It is less than five days before he walks to the ring at Wembley Stadium in London to defend his titles against Dillian Whyte and heavyweight champion Tyson Fury still has not disassociated himself from alleged mobster Daniel Kinahan. Promoter Frank Warren told the BBC Monday that Kinahan, whom the U.S. government contends runs one of the largest drug cartels in the world, has had no involvement in Saturday’s bout for the WBC and lineal heavyweight titles. But Fury, who was pictured with… Source link
Read More »Stephen Schwarzman, Larry Ellison and the other billionaires have already cut big time midterm checks
The richest Americans are quickly coming off of the sidelines as the 2022 midterm elections heat up, according to newly released filings from the Federal Election Commission. An analysis by Yahoo Finance of the data running through March 31 finds that super PACs (Political Action Committees) have received over 30 checks so far this year of at least $1 million each. And Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison each gave eight-figure donations to Republican… Source link
Read More »You won’t believe why De’Veon Smith was cut by the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers
Who wouldn’t want pizza over chicken salad? Can anyone blame De’Veon Smith formerly of the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers for wanting a slice? Well, the slice led to Smith being cut by Kirby Wilson, head coach of the USFL team in the Steel City. Smith requested pizza from a hotel worker instead of the chicken salad that was being served to him. The hotel worker told him he couldn’t and asked if that would be a problem. Smith claims that he said “yes” and walked away. Hard to believe but… Source link
Read More »Tiger Woods makes cut at windy Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The second round of the 2022 Masters won’t go down as one of Tiger Woods’ legendary performances. The record will show that he took 74 strokes to gingerly step his way around the course. He finished the day at +1 for the week, nine strokes behind leader Scottie Scheffler and out of contention in the minds of everyone but himself. That’s the thing about numbers, though. They don’t tell the full story. Scorecards come a bit closer. Woods’ was a ransom-note collage of… Source link
Read More »Russia Surprises With Jumbo Rate Cut in Pivot to Protect Economy
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s central bank unexpectedly slashed its key interest rate in a sign of confidence that the worst of the financial turmoil triggered by the invasion of Ukraine is past. Most Read from Bloomberg Reversing part of the steep rate increase delivered after the attack, the central bank lowered the benchmark to 17% from 20% at an unscheduled meeting on Friday and said further cuts could be made in the months ahead if conditions permit. The ruble briefly halted its rebound… Source link
Read More »Russia prepared for 8 years to be cut off from the West. Meet the payment system that’s still processing its credit card transactions
Since the start of the Ukraine War, a barrage of western sanctions has crippled the Russian economy and wreaked havoc on its financial system. The country has been largely cut off from the international payment system SWIFT, seen its access to $630 billion in foreign exchange reserves restricted, and watched as more than $17 billion in assets were seized from Russian oligarchs. But for the past eight years, Russia has been preparing for the worst. In June of 2014, just three months after its… Source link
Read More »Google, Meta, FIFA, and other private companies rush to cut ties with Russia
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Read More »Some Russian bank customers have been cut off from Apple Pay and Google Pay
Customers at a number of banks in Russia can no longer use their bank cards with Google Pay and Apple Pay due to newly-imposed financial sanctions on the country, as reported by Insider. According to a press release from Russia’s Central Bank, affected financial institutions include VTB Group, Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, and Otkritie FC Bank. Sanctions issued by the EU target 70 percent of Russia’s banking network While customers can still use bank cards from these… Source link
Read More »This economic weapon could cut Russia off from ‘the 21st century economy’
In addition to the severe sanctions that Joe Biden has promised, the White House says it’s ready to deploy another economic weapon if Vladimir Putin goes ahead with his planned invasion of Ukraine. That weapon, the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), allows the Biden administration to ban foreign and domestic companies from exporting products like high-tech semiconductors to Russia. Many questions remain about how effective the rule would be at penalizing Russia. However, the U.S. has… Source link
Read More »Google cut worker pay in North Carolina. Now employees are protesting
Stock equity grants, which typically make up a significant portion of tech workers’ total compensation, are also being reduced starting last month. For some employees, that means their stock grants could be 25 percent lower than if they worked at other Google offices, like in Atlanta, the workers said in the letter. Story continues below advertisement The employees say they want the salary cut reversed, and a commitment from their bosses to be more transparent about how regional salary… Source link
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