Credit: AP, Getty Images, Reuters We’re back and better than ever! Yes, I’m talking about America post (sort of) COVID-19, but also Yahoo Finance’s 100 Greatest Things about America list. Of course many of us have had a rough time of it this past year. What better reason then to celebrate the good things about our country. So before you mix up the G&Ts (and/or the margs) and fire up the grill (and/or the fireworks), please check out our latest list. First a few notes. This project has… Source link
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(Bloomberg) — From his perch high above Midtown Manhattan, just across from Carnegie Hall, Bill Hwang was quietly building one of the world’s greatest fortunes. Even on Wall Street, few ever noticed him — until suddenly, everyone did. Hwang and his private investment firm, Archegos Capital Management, are now at the center of one of the biggest margin calls of all time — a multibillion-dollar fiasco involving secretive market bets that were dangerously leveraged and unwound in a… Source link
Read More »Alabama makes case for greatest team ever
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Alabama quarterback Mac Jones has spent his four-year career with the explicit instructions of not succumbing to rat poison. That’s the dismissive term that coach Nick Saban created for the praise, hyperbole and expectations that follow big wins. In the wake of a wire-to-wire dominant performance that delivered Alabama its sixth national title in the past 12 years, Jones dropped a declaration that would normally make his head coach cringe. “I think we’re the best… Source link
Read More »Vote for the greatest athlete of all time
Who is the GOAT of GOATs? The greatest of the greatests? An answer to the question: Who is the greatest athlete of all time? We’ve asked you to vote, and now we’re down to the final two: Wayne Gretzky vs. Michael Jordan. When you vote, keep this in mind: It’s impossible to compare players of different sports. What we can attempt to determine is this: Who dominated their competition the most? That’s ultimately the question we’re trying to answer here. So let’s get to it to determine… Source link
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