Tag Archives: Hate

  (Via Apple TV+) In retrospect, “The Last Dance” was both the best and the worst thing to happen to the sports documentary genre. On one hand, the behind-the-scenes account of the 1997-98 champion Chicago Bulls was a revelation, a shot of nostalgia for a long-gone era and an appreciation of one of the greatest teams of all time. On the other, it was a highly curated behemoth that convinced every athlete who’d ever made an All-Star team, every team that broke .500, that they deserved… Source link

Wall Street analysts aren’t expecting S&P 500 companies to blow the doors off with their fourth quarter earnings reports when they begin to trickle out in January. Actually, quite the contrary, as sluggish economic growth, rising interest rates, and stubborn inflation has strategists cautious about the stock market in 2023. Fourth quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies are seen dropping 2.8%, according to fresh data from FactSet. If that turns out to be correct, it would mark the first… Source link

On a recent episode of “Influencers with Andy Serwer,” civil rights leader and former ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young praised the city of Atlanta for its role in the fight for civil rights — citing a slogan that captured the city’s commitment to both equality and productivity. “I think I’m most proud of the fact that we set out a slogan, ‘a city too busy to hate’,” Young told Yahoo Finance. “And it looks like we’re living up to it.” Born and raised in New Orleans, Young… Source link

The bloodbath in the markets this past week wrecked retail stocks, as Walmart (WMT) posted its worst week ever, falling 20%. Amid the carnage, investors piled into beaten-down names like the Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) while shunning the best performing sector of the year. The energy sector’s stunning 47% return this year stems from soaring oil and gas prices, as WTI crude oil futures (CL=F) surged 56% this year. Still, investors have yanked $705 billion from the iShares U.S. Energy ETF (XLE)… Source link

Concerns over commodities inflation and slowing consumption by shoppers has led to consumer staples stocks really being out of favor among investors right now.  The share of consumer staples within the S&P 500 has plunged below 6% for only the second time in 30 years, according to a note from Sundial Capital Research. Researchers at Sundial say the decline reflects lagging stock prices and shrinking market caps among consumer staples, and more upbeat trading in other S&P 500 sectors.  “So… Source link

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on September 8, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Since it worked so well the last time, Congress is about to flirt once again with the prospect of a U.S. government shutdown, followed by an ignominious and totally unnecessary default on the nation’s debts. Yes, you’ve heard this before. Yes, it’s tiresome and foolish. But it’s happening… Source link

Nonito Donaire spoke out against anti-Asian hate after his fourth round KO of Nordine Oubaali at Dignity Health Sports Park on May 29, 2021, in Carson, California. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) Nearly 14 years after the first time he knocked out an unbeaten world champion, Nonito Donaire did it again on Saturday at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. In addition to becoming the WBC bantamweight champion, Donaire become sort of a philosopher after his fourth-round… Source link

Several influential business leaders have recently started a $250 million initiative dedicated to serving 23 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the nation. Members of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)launched the initiative on Monday. According to its organizers, the initiative is the “largest-ever philanthropic effort to support the AAPI community,”Reuters reported. In the last five years, TAAF’s board members have contributed around $125 million. The nonprofit… Source link

When Apple bans a podcast, such as Mr. Jones’s, it removes the RSS feed from its directory. Google Podcasts says it’s unwilling to take that step except in a narrow set of cases. The services’s content policy compares its function to Google Search’s aggregation of links. Unless a podcast violates the rules that apply to links appearing in Google Search, most of which are based on legal restrictions, it will remain on Google Podcasts. Google does draw distinctions when it comes to… Source link

This summer, Racine was among 20 state attorneys general who wrote to Facebook urging it to do more to crack down on hate and disinformation amid an advertiser boycott over the same issues. His office also has an ongoing lawsuit against the social network over the Cambridge Analytica data breach and signed on to the antitrust lawsuits filed this month against both Facebook and Google. “They react and change policy when they are under pressure,” Racine said. “Left to their own devices they… Source link