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This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Jay Powell always has a tough job — looking out for the US economy while avoiding partisan potholes along the way. Tough might be the kindest version of the task. And this position rarely looks more tenuous than when Powell is being grilled by members of Congress, as he was on Wednesday and will be again later this morning. “It’s a super difficult situation,” Seth… Source link

Jay Leno broke his ribs in a motorcycle accident; days later, CNBC announced it canceled the late night legend’s show Jay Leno’s Garage after seven seasons. (Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images) This week has been a rough ride for Jay Leno. Literally and figuratively. On Thursday, the late-night legend, 72, revealed to the Las Vegas Review Journal that he’s on the mend — again — from a Jan. 17 motorcycle accident that broke several bones in his body. To make matters worse, soon after that… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Emily McCormick, a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter The stock market isn’t trading like it’s expecting the Federal Reserve will swoop in to save it. The S&P 500 has tumbled by more than 17% from a January record high through Monday’s close. The index has posted monthly losses each… Source link

Former Alabama quarterback Jay Barker was arrested early Saturday morning on a felony assault charge after he allegedly tried to hit his estranged wife with a car. Barker was arrested by the Davidson County (Tennessee) Sheriff’s Office just after 4 a.m. on Saturday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to the Tennessean, Barker tried to hit his wife, country singer Sara Evans, and another person with his car after a party early Saturday morning.  From The… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, July 29, 2021 Things happen in markets, according to the Fed chair The Federal Reserve wrapped up its latest two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, and offered investors a few surprises.  As Yahoo Finance’s Brian Cheung notes, the Fed’s statement and subsequent press conference from Fed chair Jerome Powell “hinted that the U.S. economic… Source link

Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets absolutely walloped the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night, but the afterglow of that win didn’t last long for Durant. On Tuesday morning he saw something that annoyed him so much that he had to tweet about it.  What he saw appears to be a clip from ESPN’s morning show, “Get Up,” in which Jay Williams tells a story about Durant being upset that Williams compared him to Giannis Antetokounmpo. Apparently Durant was so angry that he confronted Williams about it… Source link

LSU’s Jay Ward got the craziest interception of the season against Florida on Saturday night. Ward somehow came up with an interception while kneeling along the sideline after Kyle Trask’s pass bounced off a hand and a helmet before ricocheting back towards Ward while he was laying down on the field at the time of the deflections. You have to see this to believe it. Toney reached back to try to catch the ball. His right hand deflected the ball toward LSU’s Dwight McGlothern. The ball then… Source link