The Military Bowl won’t be played as scheduled on Monday while the Fenway Bowl will have to wait another year to happen. Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel reported that both games aren’t going to happen because of COVID-19 issues among teams set to participate in them. The Military Bowl is off because Boston College doesn’t have enough players to play East Carolina while Virginia is unable to play SMU in the Fenway Bowl on Wednesday. Virginia said that positive COVID-19 tests on Saturday and Sunday… Source link
Read More »3 Top Auto Stocks for 2022, According to RBC
We’re about to turn the page on the calendar, put 2021 behind us, and stride into the brave, new year of 2022 – and Wall Street’s prognosticators are busy scanning the stocks to find the winners and losers for next year’s markets. Whether it’s individual stocks, whole industry sectors, or some combination of both, the analysts are finding plenty of Buy-rated equities for investors to consider. Take the automotive sector. Few industrials will present as many investment opportunities,… Source link
Read More »COVID helped create ‘a relationship with the restaurant’ via online orders
A challenging year for the restaurant space is ending just as it began: with waves of new COVID-19 infections threatening the outlook as vaccine mandates, labor shortages and inflation make tough service sector jobs even harder. Yet Krystle Mobayeni, the CEO and founder of restaurant website platform BentoBox, told Yahoo Finance that the Omicron wave has not deterred the embattled industry. Restaurants continue to “get creative” to battle the surge, she insisted, and are using the pandemic… Source link
Read More »A chocolate company’s key ingredient for warding off supply chain, inflation pressures: its customers
Supply chain backlogs and inflationary pressures have taken a toll on consumer-facing brands throughout 2021, but one specialty chocolate company has defied the trend. Jeff Stoeckel, the CEO of Connecticut-based Bridgewater Chocolate, told Yahoo Finance the company is able to avoid the disruption thanks to its niche focus, loyal customers and planning in advance. Supply chain strains spurred the creation, orders and delivery process to be in a “condensed timeline,” he added. “We started… Source link
Read More »Santa Claus Rally watch: What to know this week – Yahoo Finance
As traders return from the holiday-shortened week, the price action heading into the new year will be closely monitored — especially given the relatively light economic data and earnings calendar for the coming days. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is entering the period known for ushering in the so-called Santa Claus Rally, or seasonally strong timeframe for stocks at the end of each year. The term, coined by Stock Trader’s Almanac in the 1970s, encompasses the final five trading days of the year and… Source link
Read More »New easy-to-use COVID-19 pills come with a catch
Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home. But that convenience comes with a catch: The pills have to be taken as soon as possible once symptoms appear. The challenge is getting tested, getting a prescription and starting the pills in a short window. U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer’s pill, Paxlovid, and Merck’s molnupiravir last week. In high-risk patients, both were shown to reduce the chances of hospitalization or death from COVID-19,… Source link
Read More »Boston Starbucks workers ‘inspired’ by Buffalo union, seek votes as movement spreads
Employees at two Boston-area Starbucks locations began steps to form a union earlier this month, days after one store in upstate New York became the company’s first union-represented cafe. Workers at stores on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston and Harvard Avenue in Brookline sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson last week about their intent to unionize. “We see unions as the best way to make Starbucks a place to have a sustainable career and a true partnership,” the letter stated. “We… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Basketball: Sunday Picks
The Christmas Day slate was fantastic. It felt like there were a handful of players on every team with way too cheap salaries, and that’s going to continue with COVID protocols dropping every day. The DFS sites can’t keep their valuation in line with the ever-changing rotations, which means it’s a great time to play. There’s a lot to discuss with today’s card, so let’s go ahead and get into it. Guards Tyrese Haliburton, SAC vs. MEM ($30) Haliburton got off to a slow start this season, but he’s… Source link
Read More »Colts top sloppy, slumping Cardinals on Christmas
When the Indianapolis Colts fell to 1-4, their playoff hopes looked dim at best. And while their Christmas wishes were not answered officially on Saturday night, beating the Arizona Cardinals, 22-16, put them one step closer to making the postseason at 9-6, with their sixth victory in their past seven games. Jonathan Taylor notched his ninth 100-yard game of his brilliant season, keeping him in the MVP discussion, and Carson Wentz overcame some rocky patches in the game to make a brilliant TD… Source link
Read More »76ers Tyrese Maxey in COVID protocols after home fire
Tyrese Maxey’s Christmas weekend just got worse. One day after his home caught fire, the Philadelphia 76ers guard landed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Keith Pompey. Maxey is now questionable for the 76ers’ game on Sunday against the Washington Wizards. Maxey’s New Jersey home caught on fire around 7 p.m. on Friday, according to the Inquirer, and it suffered significant damage. Maxey and his family are all safe. Officials said the… Source link
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