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Disaster averted. Big time. With 12:38 remaining Thursday, Georgia State and Gonzaga were tied at 54. Then a Chet Holmgren layup sparked a 29-4 run as the Bulldogs turned a massive sweat into a 93-72 blowout. In short order, concern about a historic upset promptly subsided. The 2018 Virginia team remains the only No. 1 seed to fall to a No. 16 seed in men’s NCAA tournament play. While Holmgren put the full arsenal of his NBA lottery talent on display, the Bulldogs can thank a steady dose of… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Tuesday evening after a technology-led rally during the regular trading day, as investors looked through concerns over the Omicron variant and a potential policy pivot by the Federal Reserve.  Contracts on the Nasdaq Composite opened in the green. Earlier, the index closed higher by more than 3%, posting its best day since March. The S&P 500 and Dow also advanced solidly, rising more than 2% and 1.4% during the session, respectively. Treasury yields climbed, and… Source link

The Federal Reserve is not expected to announce any major policy change at the conclusion of its meeting on Wednesday, but markets could jitter from Fed signals that one could be coming soon. The Fed has signaled that it will likely start pulling back on its extraordinary monetary support before the end of the year. The Fed’s playbook calls for slowing its asset purchase program first, followed by interest rate hikes down the line. But Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has already communicated to… Source link

Stocks rose on Monday, with the major equity averages looking to recover some losses after five straight sessions of declines. The Dow added more than 200 points, or 0.6%, shortly after the opening bell. Shares of Apple (AAPL) led the way higher as the stock shook off losses from Friday, which came after a California judge issued a permanent injunction against the iPhone-maker’s App Store policies amid an antitrust lawsuit with Epic Games. Investors also awaited a highly anticipated Apple… Source link

WASHINGTON—A House committee approved far-reaching legislation to curb the market dominance of tech giants, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., but much of the effort faced intensive lobbying by affected firms that slowed the committee’s work and foreshadowed a pitched battle in the Senate. In a package of six bills, the most significant measure to pass by late Wednesday requires that the largest internet platforms make it easier for users to transport their data to… Source link

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — For the second time in two weeks, fans inside Nassau Coliseum watched their team close out a playoff series. The Islanders eliminated the Bruins in Game 6 Wednesday with a 6-2 victory. They will now play the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Semifinals for the second consecutive postseason. Brock Nelson scored twice and Kyle Palmieri netted his seventh of the playoffs during a second period that spun the game in New York’s favor. The Islanders pounced on three… Source link

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and TOKYO, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Seven-Eleven Japan is advancing its digital transformation strategy with Seven Central, its data cloud platform built on Google Cloud that consolidates and analyzes data from its 21,000 stores across the country to drive real-time business decision making. At its core, Seven Central’s purpose is to enable real-time data views to enable faster business decision making. It brings siloed point of sale (POS) data from Seven-Eleven Japan… Source link

DK Metcalf didn’t embarrass himself in his professional track debut. The Seattle Seahawks wide receiver showed on Sunday that he doesn’t have world-class speed but he’s also more than merely football fast. In his first track meet since he began training to try to make next month’s U.S. Olympic Trials, Metcalf failed to advance out of his semifinal heat at the Golden Games and Distance Open in Walnut, Calif. Metcalf’s time of 10.37 seconds was very respectable given his size and limited… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures rose ahead of data expected to show the biggest increase in jobs in five months. Most other markets were closed for Good Friday. The labor report for March has the potential to roil the bond market when trading will be thin during a holiday-shortened session. Treasuries will be open for a half-day session, while the New York Stock Exchange is closed today. The median economist estimate points to 650,000 gain in non-farm payrolls, which would indicate that the… Source link

UCLA players celebrate after beating Michigan on Tuesday. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) UCLA’s improbable NCAA tournament run continues. The No. 11-seeded Bruins held on in the second half to upset No. 1 seed Michigan, 51-49, to advance to play Gonzaga in the Final Four on Saturday night. UCLA joins 2011 VCU as the only teams to advance to the Final Four after having to play in a First Four play-in game before the first round of the NCAA tournament. Michigan had three chances to win the… Source link