All Russian businesses have been affected by the fallout from the war and Western sanctions, but “perhaps the most dramatic events have unfolded at Yandex,” writes TheBell, a respected Russian online publication, in its English edition. While founder Arkady Volozh and head Tigran Khudaverdyan were sanctioned by the European Union, “compromises with the authorities have led the country’s leading IT company into a trap.” Yandex is now divided internally, as “some top managers… Source link
Read More »Paolo Banchero’s Summer League with Magic is over
Paolo Banchero‘s Summer League is done. Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley told reporters on Monday that he’s seen enough of the No. 1 pick and wants to put his minutes to use elsewhere. “I want to give these other guys an opportunity to play, to kind of be able to show what they’re capable of doing,” Mosley said, per the Associated Press. “That’s the point of Summer League, you know — give them a chance … an opportunity for these other guys to see what they’re capable of… Source link
Read More »Mofarah says he was trafficked as a child, given new identity
Olympic champion Mo Farah revealed on Wednesday that he was trafficked from Somalia to the United Kingdom as a child and forced into domestic servitude for a London family. He also announced that Mo Farah is not his real name. “Most people know me as Mo Farah,” he told BBC. “But that’s not my name or it’s not the reality. The real story is I was born in Somaliland, north of Somalia as Hussein Abdi Kahin.” Farah made the revelation for a BBC documentary scheduled to air on Wednesday. BBC… Source link
Read More »Former Michigan, Lions coach Gary Moeller dies at 81
Former Michigan and Detroit Lions head coach Gary Moeller died Monday, the university announced. He was 81. Details of his death are not yet known. Moeller spent five seasons leading the Wolverines from 1990-94, and compiled an impressive 44-13 record while picking up a share of the Big Ten title three times and earning Big Ten Coach of the Year honors twice. He won four of five bowl games and won 19 straight conference games at one point, which set a then-Big Ten record. Moeller first joined… Source link
Read More »Lea Michele’s bullying scandal resurfaces with ‘Funny Girl’ role
News that Lea Michele is replacing Beanie Feldstein in Broadway’s revival of Funny Girl lit up the internet on Monday. Feldstein, whose performance as Fannie Brice received mixed reviews, abruptly announced she made the “difficult decision” to depart the show two months early as “production decided to take the show in a different direction.” One day later, it was revealed Michele will take over her dream role. Funny Girl will mark Michele’s big return to the spotlight after three years. In… Source link
Read More »Gap in crisis mode after CEO becomes latest exec to depart struggling retailer
Struggling retailer Gap (GPS) is in crisis mode ahead of the crucial selling periods of back to school and the holidays, with the stock down nearly 6% in pre-market trading after it revealed the departure of its CEO. Gap surprised a few on the Street Monday evening after the market close by announcing CEO Sonia Syngal would be stepping down as CEO after a “brief” transition period. In her place, executive chairman Bob Martin will assume the role as interim CEO. Syngal was seen as a potential… Source link
Read More »Bill Ackman to wind up SPAC, return $4 billion to investors
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Anirban Sen and Arunima Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Billionaire investor William Ackman, who had raised $4 billion in the biggest-ever special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), told investors he would be returning the sum after failing to find a suitable target company to take public through a merger. The development is a major setback for the prominent hedge fund manager who had initially planned for the SPAC to take a stake in Universal Music Group last year when… Source link
Read More »Why it’s easier than ever to get addicted to gambling
‘We’ve seen people go from six-figure incomes … to living on the streets’: Why it’s easier than ever to get addicted to gambling Noah Vineberg, a bus driver based in Ottawa, Canada, lost over $1 million to his gambling addiction. Vineberg can trace the roots of his addiction all the way back to grade school, where he avidly traded marbles and hockey cards on the schoolyard. “It wasn’t until much later — like 16 to 18, 19 — I knew that I was gambling heavier than anybody else. And I knew… Source link
Read More »Olympic medalist Kim Glass attacked on Los Angeles street
Olympic silver medalist Kim Glass says that she was attacked by a random man with a pipe while walking on a Los Angeles street. Glass shared video on Instagram speaking about the attack that shows multiple facial injuries including fractures around her right eye and cuts that required stitches. (Warning, the video seen here and included above shows graphic injuries.) Glass’ right eye was swollen shut, and she had a gash on the bridge of her nose. She told her followers that the attack happened… Source link
Read More »The Google One-Star Review Scam Targeting Restaurants
In a new scam targeting restaurants, criminals are leaving negative ratings on restaurants’ Google pages as a bargaining chip to extort digital gift cards. Restaurateurs from San Francisco to New York, many from establishments with Michelin stars, said in recent days that they’ve received a blitz of one-star ratings on Google, with no description or photos, from people they said have never eaten at their restaurants. Soon after the reviews, many owners said, they received emails from a… Source link
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