The lawyer for 24 women who filed civil suits against Deshaun Watson held a media conference Thursday in which he criticized an arbitrator’s six-game suspension of the Cleveland Browns quarterback as a “kiss on the cheek,” then called on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to “do the right thing” in an appeal that will determine Watson’s final punishment. In a wandering set of remarks that criticized the NFL’s investigation into Watson, Houston attorney Tony Buzbee expressed… Source link
Read More »Block reports 34% drop in Cash App bitcoin revenue, takes $36 million charge in Q2
Payments company Block (SQ) announced second quarter results Thursday that showed bitcoin revenue from its Cash App product fell 34% to $1.79 billion, with the company taking a $36 million charge on its bitcoin investments. Gross profit in the quarter totaled $1.47 billion against Wall Street expectations for $1.46 billion, while adjusted earnings per share of $0.18 topped estimates for $0.16. Excluding bitcoin, total net revenue in the second quarter was $2.62 billion, up 34% year over… Source link
Read More »Roger Goodell names former New Jersey attorney general to hear Deshaun Watson’s suspension appeal
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has named the designee to oversee the league’s appeal of Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension. Former New Jersey attorney general Peter C. Harvey will hear the appeal, the league announced on Thursday. “Mr. Harvey served as the Attorney General of New Jersey and is now a partner at the Paterson Belknap firm in New York,” the league said in a statement. “He has also served as a federal prosecutor. He has deep expertise in criminal law, including domestic… Source link
Read More »Warner Bros. Discovery sinks on $3.42 billion loss, HBO Max restructuring plan revealed
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reported its first quarterly report since the $43 billion merger as the company battles consolidation challenges. The media conglomerate swung to a $3.42 billion loss in the second quarter, partly due to obstacles related to its recent merger. The stock plummeted in after-hours trading, down as much as 9%. Here are Warner Bros. Discovery second quarter results compared to Wall Street’s consensus estimates, as compiled by Bloomberg: In total, the company said it… Source link
Read More »Ne-Yo’s wife Crystal Smith files for divorce, alleges he fathered a child with ‘paramour’
Ne-Yo’s wife has filed for divorce, claiming he recently fathered a child with another woman. Days after publicly accusing the singer of cheating, Crystal Smith, who married Ne-Yo (real name: Shaffer Chimere Smith) in 2016, filed divorce papers in Atlanta this week, according to multiple news outlets. In her divorce filing, Ne-Yo’s wife Crystal Smith accuses him of recently fathering a child with another woman. (Photo: Prince Williams/ Getty Images) Smith, who shares three children with the… Source link
Read More »Stocks close mixed ahead of July jobs report
U.S. stocks were little changed Thursday following uneventful trading as investors looked ahead to July’s jobs report on Friday and barreled through more earnings. The S&P 500 edged down 0.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped roughly 0.3%. After rallying on Wednesday, tech stocks tried to build back momentum, with the Nasdaq up 0.4%. The biggest action in markets on Thursday, however, was happening away from the major stock indexes with the price of WTI crude oil falling below… Source link
Read More »EU antitrust regulators quiz developers on Google app payments – sources
The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BRUSSELS, Aug 4 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have asked app developers whether Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google’s threat to remove apps from its Play Store if they use other payment options instead of its own billing system has hurt their business, two people familiar with the matter… Source link
Read More »‘Unforgiven’ screenwriter describes the lost ending Clint Eastwood cut from classic 1992 Western
Clint Eastwood, Shane Meier and Aline Lavasseur in Unforgiven. The young actors were part of a discarded ending to the film that was shot, but has never been seen. (Photo: Warner Bros./ Courtesy: Everett Collection) Clint Eastwood knows when a story’s been told. Over the course of his filmmaking career, the Hollywood icon has cultivated a famously no-frills style behind the camera, often shooting scenes in one take and excising material he deems extraneous — even if the sequence plays… Source link
Read More »Ocean SUV on track; 400K annual capacity coming by 2024
Fisker (FSR) shares are on the move after the company posted an upbeat quarterly financial report. Though the EV automaker hasn’t posted meaningful revenue or earnings yet, its upcoming first model, the Fisker Ocean SUV, crossed 56,000 reservations as of August 1. Of those, 5,000 are for the Fisker Ocean One special edition, which requires a $5,000 down payment. Fisker confirmed it is all set to begin production of the Fisker Ocean on November 17 at contract partner Magna Steyr’s (MGA)… Source link
Read More »Google is making quoted searches even better
Did you know you can search for an exact word or phrase on Google by putting quotation marks around it? It’s a great way to get specific about something you’re looking for. And on Thursday, Google announced what I think will be a nice improvement: the small snippets underneath a search result link will now be created based on where the quoted term appears on the page. Google’s blog post about the change has a good image that illustrates how this will work in practice, which I’ve… Source link
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