Police arrest second suspect, a 15-year-old, in shooting of Commanders RB Brian Robinson Jr.

Police arrest second suspect, a 15-year-old, in shooting of Commanders RB Brian Robinson Jr.

Brian Robinson was shot twice in his leg on Aug. 28 in an alleged attempted robbery in Washington D.C. (AP/Susan Walsh) Police have arrested a second suspect allegedly involved in the shooting of Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. Washington D.C. police arrested a 15-year-old boy on Friday, just days after they charged a 17-year-old with assault with intent to rob while armed, his agent said on Twitter. The suspect was 14 at the time of the shooting, per The Washington… Source link

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Nike suspends deal with Kyrie Irving, cancels shoe release after antisemitism debacle

Nike suspends deal with Kyrie Irving, cancels shoe release after antisemitism debacle

The consequences for Kyrie Irving are piling up after the Brooklyn Nets guard’s tweeting of an antisemitic video last week. A day after Irving was suspended at least five games without pay by the Nets, sports apparel giant Nike announced it was suspending its relationship with Irving effective immediately and canceling the launch of his Kyrie 8 signature shoe, per CNBC’s Sara Eisen. Nike denounced antisemitism in its statement: At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we… Source link

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Mitchell Miller signing proves hockey has learned nothing

Mitchell Miller signing proves hockey has learned nothing

Mitchell Miller signed an entry-level deal with the Boston Bruins on Friday. (via USHL) The Boston Bruins have signed Mitchell Miller. With that signing, according to hockey scholars, it has again been made abundantly clear that hockey has learned nothing, and that the insidious and toxic culture of the game persists. Originally selected by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2020 NHL Draft, Miller has a history. In school, Miller used racist slurs, including the N-word, toward a Black classmate and… Source link

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Starbucks is ‘choosing to fight tooth and nail’: Labor union president

Starbucks is ‘choosing to fight tooth and nail’: Labor union president

Starbucks reported record quarterly revenue in fiscal Q4, but the strain of ongoing unionization efforts remains. As of Friday, there are 320 Starbucks locations that have conducted unionization ballot counts. Of those, 257 have voted yes to unionize, 57 have voted no, and 6 are challenge-determinative. Of those that voted yes, 248 have been certified, and Starbucks is expected to begin bargaining in good faith with the union, according to the National Labor Relations Board. However, a… Source link

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Google fights sanctions bid over ‘chat’ evidence in app story antitrust case

Google fights sanctions bid over ‘chat’ evidence in app story antitrust case

Summary Companies Law firms Related documents Epic Games, others accuse Google of deleting evidence Google’s lawyers call bid “meritless” (Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc on Thursday denied claims in an antitrust case in California federal court that the company had deleted employees’ electronic “chats” to deprive plaintiffs of evidence in their case alleging anticompetitive conduct within the Google Play Store. Lawyers for Google at law firms Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and at Munger, Tolles &… Source link

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Google must face Uniloc patent lawsuits again – appeals court

Google must face Uniloc patent lawsuits again – appeals court

Summary Companies Law firms Related documents Uniloc sued Google for infringing IT, network, video patents Federal Circuit said Uniloc had standing to sue (Reuters) – Google LLC’s win against 11 lawsuits brought by Uniloc 2017 LLC, a company that acquires third-party patents to monetize them, was reversed by a U.S. appeals court Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Uniloc’s patent-licensing clause in a contract with a unit at affiliate Fortress Investment Group unit did… Source link

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‘We have to be worth paying for’

‘We have to be worth paying for’

Higher prices aren’t stopping Starbucks’ fans. Despite record inflation, the coffee giant saw U.S. sales jump by 11% in the fourth quarter, driven primarily by a 10% increase in average ticket size and a 1% increase in comparable transactions. CFO Rachel Ruggeri told Yahoo Finance the company is “encouraged” by customer loyalty and ongoing demand, noting that price hikes made this year were “really in response to inflationary pressures.” The company raised prices by about 5% over a 12-month… Source link

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Warner Bros. Discovery stock plunges, media giant ‘dealing with three different issues’

Warner Bros. Discovery stock plunges, media giant ‘dealing with three different issues’

Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) stock sank another 14% in mid-afternoon trading on Friday after the company reported third quarter earnings results that missed expectations across the board. “It’s a legacy company of yesteryear that is trying to be a future company of tomorrow,” Julia Alexander, director of strategy at Parrot Analytics, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). Alexander added that the media giant “is a three-prong company dealing with three different issues,” which she describes… Source link

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U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh weighs in on Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh weighs in on Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is keeping a close eye on layoffs in the tech sector, including Elon Musk’s chaotic overhaul at Twitter. “As far as Twitter, that’s a whole different situation [than the broader tech layoffs],” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “I don’t know enough about it, but I think that’s Elon Musk looking at the business model. I am sure at some point that will fix itself out as it moves forward.” To be sure, Musk’s changes to Twitter are moving forward this… Source link

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Buffett’s Berkshire sells more shares in China’s BYD

Buffett’s Berkshire sells more shares in China’s BYD

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) has continued trimming its large stake in Chinese automaker BYD (1211.HK), according to a filing listed today with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. As reported by Reuters, the filing states that Berkshire Hathaway unloaded 3.297 million Hong Kong-listed shares of BYD, netting $71.35 million in proceeds. Following the sale, Berkshire’s stake in BYD dropped to 17.92% from 18.22%, still keeping Berkshire a large shareholder. However, today’s… Source link

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