I am sick for Sean Taylor’s family. Again. Because once again the Washington Commanders franchise — to be more specific, we mean team owner Dan Snyder — exploited the memory of the beloved slain safety for cheap public relations points. Via a cheap mannequin it is calling a “permanent memorial installation.” In advance of Sunday’s home game against Atlanta, which was the 15th anniversary of the day Taylor was killed in his Miami-area home by intruders who didn’t expect the rehabbing young… Source link
Read More »Cam Newton gets the career ending he deserves
What comes to mind when you think of Cam Newton? The Superman pose? Handing footballs to kids in the stands behind end zones? Failing to dive on that crucial Super Bowl fumble? The curious, eye-melting font in his Instagram posts? Outfits that split the difference between the Met Gala and a Marvel movie? All of those images, combined — none of which involve Newton’s actual football gifts — are what make Newton’s impending return to Carolina so compelling. Maybe he’ll lead Carolina… Source link
Read More »Chinese economy has ‘come off the boil,’ deserves ‘caution’
Citigroup (C) CEO Jane Fraser, who leads the third-largest U.S. bank, said in a new interview that she expects sluggish short-term growth in the Chinese economy as the country continues to bolster domestic consumption and taper its reliance on exports. The bank approaches China with “caution” but remains bullish about the country’s role in global economic growth over the longterm, Fraser said. “I think it’s come off the boil for sure, but I think bubbling away too ferociously isn’t great… Source link
Read More »Google’s Pixel 6 deserves a Pixel Watch to go with it
Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are the company’s most interesting devices in years. They might actually succeed at the Pixel’s ultimate goal of being the shining example of what Android phones can and should be capable of. It’s high time that Google followed that example with a Pixel Watch that does the same thing for Wear OS. It’s pretty likely that Google is already working on something along those lines: When we asked, Rick Osterloh told The Verge’s Dieter Bohn that its… Source link
Read More »Ocugen’s Valuation Deserves a Haircut, Says Analyst
TipRanks Buy These 2 New Stocks Before They Jump Over 80%, Says JPMorgan In the past week, investors have had to cope with multiple conflicting signals from the markets. The April jobs report, which was expected to show almost 1 million new positions for the month, showed only 266,000. The official unemployment number ticked upward slightly to 6.1%, and hourly wages also gained – by 0.7%. That last would seem to be a positive – except that, combined with the massive government stimulus… Source link
Read More »Robinhood deserves ‘close look’ from SEC: Elizabeth Warren
SEC Chair Gary Gensler in House testimony on Thursday criticized apps that “gamify” stock trading and the potential conflict of interest for market makers that profit from the execution of high-volume trades, hinting at potential new rules that would apply to the popular trading app Robinhood and market maker Citadel Securities. In a new interview, progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said she supports new SEC rules for companies like Robinhood. Such regulations should impose… Source link
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