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Whether you’ve played Daily Fantasy on Yahoo before or are giving it a try for the first time, this weekly column will take an early look at the DFS landscape, revealing whom I like building lineups around, stars to fade, undervalued plays and bargain bin options to help you construct a better team. Lineup building blocks Josh Allen ($40) @ Baltimore Ravens Allen is second only to Lamar Jackson in fantasy scoring this season, so you can choose whichever QB you prefer in this matchup. Allen,… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Oil pared losses after Saudi Oil Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the disconnect between the futures market and supply fundamentals may force OPEC and its allies to act. Most Read from Bloomberg West Texas Intermediate futures bounced to about $90 a barrel after earlier trading below $87 on Monday. The Saudi oil chief warned that “extreme” volatility and lack of liquidity in the futures market are moving prices in ways that don’t conform to fundamental… Source link

Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc. and Apple Inc. are among nearly 80 companies filing a brief with the US Supreme Court in support of affirmative action programs being challenged at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The brief filed Monday argues corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts “depend on university admissions programs that lead to graduates educated in racially and ethnically diverse environments.” “Only in this way can America produce a… Source link

The Biden administration may trim mortgage costs for new and low-income homebuyers in a move to make homebuying more accessible, The Wall Street Journal reports. Industry officials are asking the Federal Housing Administration to cut premiums it charges for loans they insure by $50 to $70 a month per buyer, though some analysts say the federal agency is unlikely to make such deep cuts, the newspaper reports. Biden’s moves to make homebuying more affordable have so far centered on easing… Source link

Boston Celtics players delivered a message to the White House on Saturday during their NBA Finals practice. Bring Brittney Griner home. Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Grant Williams and other Celtics players wore T-shirts at practice reading “We are BG” and imprinted with a QR code on the back linking to a petition calling for Griner’s safe return. Griner — a seven-time All-Star for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury — has been detained in Russia on drug charges since Feb. 17 after she allegedly… Source link

UFC 273 is Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida, and figures to be a wild card. It’s headlined by a pair of title fights, with featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski defending his belt in the main event against “The Korean Zombie,” Chan Sung Jung. At BetMGM, Volkanovski is a massive -750 favorite over Jung who is +500. In the co-main event, bitter rivals will meet for a second time, as bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling (+360) defends against interim champion Petr Yan (-500). The… Source link

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said that the central bank can raise interest rates more aggressively to dampen the high rate of inflation felt by Americans. Brainard, who is awaiting a confirmation vote to serve in the central bank’s number two role, added that policymakers are attuned to the disparate impacts of inflation on particularly lower-income households. “Currently, inflation is much too high and is subject to upside risks,” Brainard said at a conference Tuesday. “The… Source link

All eyes are on Russia this week as the West’s growing docket of financial penalties deal a harder-than-expected blow to the country’s economy, challenging a decades-long effort by President Vladimir Putin to make the system sanction-proof. To add to the economic blowback, Corporate America and a growing number of multinational companies have joined in protest of Moscow’s military attack on Ukraine, moving to sever business dealings with Russia or take a stand in support for Ukrainian… Source link

It’s been 861 days since Robert Whittaker lost his middleweight title in front of over 57,000 fans at UFC 243 inside Marvel Stadium. The man who took it from him via a second-round knockout, Israel Adesanya, went on to defend the title three times since, but also suffered his first MMA loss when he moved up a division to light heavyweight and challenged then-champion Jan Blachowicz. To earn his rematch Saturday at UFC 271 in Houston, Whittaker won three fights in a row all via unanimous… Source link

Following a summit on open-source security hosted at the White House Thursday, Google has called for increasing government involvement in identifying and securing critical open-source software projects. In a blog post published shortly after the summit, Kent Walker, president for global affairs and chief legal officer at Google and Alphabet, said that collaboration between government and the private sector was needed for open-source funding and management. “We need a public-private… Source link