HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson will meet with NFL investigators this week as the league moves closer to concluding its probe into sexual misconduct and assault allegations against the Cleveland Browns quarterback, two sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports. “It is safe to assume that the NFL will be interviewing Deshaun at great length in the near future,” one source said. The NFL has repeatedly declined comment on its Watson investigation. Both sources said the league still hasn’t indicated a… Source link
Read More »Google Unveils Its Digital Workplace Plans for the Coming Year
While Google’s I/O developer conference isn’t exclusively dedicated to the digital workplace, there are enough announcements on workplace technologies to make it worthwhile taking a deeper dive, so that will be the focus of our news wrap up this week. Google made a number announcements this year which look liked interesting additions to any organization operating in Google environments, particularly for those operating in a hybrid environment. So with no further ado, five… Source link
Read More »Rivian jumps on outlook, says R2 mid-size SUV coming in 2025
Rivian (RIVN) shares are popping today, a small respite for the electric adventure vehicle maker’s investors, following the release of its first quarter financial results. Although the company reported a revenue miss for the quarter ($95 million vs $131.2 million expected), it did post a narrower EPS loss than the Street was expecting on an adjusted basis ($1.43 loss vs 1.45 loss expected). While Rivian reaffirmed its production forecast of 25,000 vehicles for the year, reported over 90,000… Source link
Read More »NFT rookie cards are coming to the NFL
Even sports rookie cards now have their own NFTs as the digital-token craze continues to push further into sports. Panini America, which traditionally makes standard hard-copy playing cards, will be providing 16 NFL prospects with their own 1-of-1 NFT after the Thursday night’s 2022 NFL Draft. “We’ve been doing this the last 12 years where we’d showcase them with their physical trading car, and we’re still going be doing that from the physical trading card side of it, but as the world… Source link
Read More »Members-only club Chief coming to San Francisco with help of Google
Chief co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan Photos courtesy of Chief As companies see a record number of women leaving their jobs in “the Great Resignation,” Google parent Alphabet is putting money behind an initiative that could help them stay. Launched in 2019, Chief is a membership-based company for female executives that’s designed to provide meetups with curated groups of peers, mentorship and fireside chats with people like former first lady Michelle Obama. The start-up has… Source link
Read More »Electric vehicle coming in 2028 could be 4-seat sports car
Lamborghini (VOW.DE) took the opportunity to give its fans a real treat at this year’s New York Auto Show – a new V-10 powered supercar. And its CEO also gave a hint of what the company’s electric future vehicle could look like. Up first though, is the new Huracán Technica. “It combines performance, lifestyle, and fun to drive,” Lamborghini global CEO Stephan Winkelmann said in an interview with Yahoo Finance from the floor of the show. “It’s a car which is very close to our heart because… Source link
Read More »GameStop’s Ryan Cohen isn’t the second coming of Warren Buffett: top analyst
GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen has a long way to go before being mentioned in the same breath as investing legend Warren Buffett. At least that’s the hot take from top Wall Street analyst Anthony Chukumba of Loop Capital Markets, who famously dropped coverage of GameStop in early 2021 amid the meme stock frenzy. “I am not taking anything away from Ryan Cohen. He has at least three zeros in his net worth more than I do. He founded this company Chewy and sold it for a gazillion dollars. But let’s… Source link
Read More »A new world order for the stock market is coming, explains BlackRock CIO
Making money in the stock market will likely look different over the next few years compared to the low interest rate era seen from the end of the Great Financial Crisis, says BlackRock’s CIO of U.S. fundamental equities Tony DeSpirito. “It’s a really big deal,” says DeSpirito on Yahoo Finance Live. DeSpirito explains that since the end of the financial crisis, the economy has experienced very low growth, very low inflation and very low rates. But those factors largely ended during the… Source link
Read More »A new COVID wave is probably coming, and America just doesn’t seem to care
It was a viral moment that elicited both nervous laughs and tears of joy from a pandemic-weary nation: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis awaiting his state’s first COVID vaccine shipment in December 2020, staring at a delivery door like a child stares at a fireplace on Christmas Eve. “Any minute now we’re going to hear a doorbell,” Polis says with childlike glee, his words muffled by a surgical mask. “And then we’re going to ….” He dramatically pauses before saying, “of course, let the… Source link
Read More »A “recession shock” is coming, BofA warns
LONDON (Reuters) – The macro-economic picture is deteriorating fast and could push the U.S. economy into recession as the Federal Reserve tightens its monetary policy to tame surging inflation, BofA strategists warned in a weekly research note. “‘Inflation shock’ worsening, ‘rates shock’ just beginning, ‘recession shock’ coming”, BofA chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note to clients, adding that in this context, cash, volatility, commodities and crypto currencies could… Source link
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