An official MLS ball sits on a stand during a game between the FC Dallas and the Nashville SC in August. (Matthew Pearce/Getty Images) Major League Soccer on Thursday laid off 20 percent of full-time employees at its New York City headquarters as the financial impact of the global coronavirus pandemic on sports continues, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. Jonathan Tannenwald of the Philadelphia Inquirer first reported the layoffs on Twitter. One source with knowledge of the details told… Source link
Read More »Protests erupt as election count continues [Video]
Protests erupted across the U.S. on Wednesday evening as ballots for the election continued to be counted. Trump supporters in Nevada chanted “Count every vote,” meanwhile in Michigan, demonstrators shouted “Stop the count.” Video Transcript [INTERPOSING VOICES] [MUSIC PLAYING] [INTERPOSING VOICES] [APPLAUSE] [HONKING] [INTERPOSING VOICES] – Count every vote! – Count every vote. Count every vote. Count every vote. – Count every vote. Count every vote. – Stop the count. Stop the count. Stop the count…. Source link
Read More »Economic data continues to beat expectations: Morning Brief
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe But economists still warn a slowdown is coming. U.S. economic data continues to impress. On Tuesday, durable goods orders for September, and Richmond Federal Reserve data for October, showed the manufacturing sector continues to top expectations. Durable goods orders rose 1.9% while core orders rose 0.4%. Economists noted the headline figure was flattered by orders in… Source link
Read More »Google Continues To Embrace “Not-Com” Domain Names, Promoting .new
Google continues to promote its .new domain name. Google In late 2019, Google opened its .new domain name for registration. In a recent blog post, the company showed off how some major tech companies, including Adobe, WordPress, Spotify-owned Anchor, Canva and Google itself use the name ending to make content creation easier. While Google does own a handful of “not-com” domain names, including .app, .dev and .page, the company has a different… Source link
Read More »Tear gas fired again; Portland protest standoff continues
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal agents again repeatedly fired tear gas to break up rowdy protests in Portland, Oregon, that continued into the early morning Saturday as demonstrations that have happened every night for two months showed no signs of letting up. Authorities say six federal officers were injured and one person was arrested. Thousands gathered in front of the downtown federal courthouse beginning Friday evening. Demonstrations have happened in Oregon’s largest city nightly since… Source link
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