After all the offseason turbulence, social media scrubbing and trade rumors, the San Francisco 49ers finally locked down wide receiver Deebo Samuel. It’s a three-year, $73.5 million deal with $58.1 million million guaranteed for Samuel, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The move is a long-time coming for Samuel and the 49ers after months of speculation. Samuel originally deleted all traces of the 49ers from his Instagram account and requested a trade from San Francisco earlier this… Source link
Read More »Zion Williamson’s $193 million contract requires him to stay below 295 pounds
The New Orleans Pelicans want Zion Williamson around for a while, but only on one big condition. The Pelicans star signed a five-year, $193 million max contract earlier this month that could be worth as much as $231 million. According to The Times-Picayune, the contract stipulates that Williamson must weigh in at below 295 pounds periodically throughout the deal. His body fat percentage will also be monitored. Should Williamson tip the scales too much, the amount of guaranteed money in his… Source link
Read More »Google Is Buying The Thompson Center For $105 Million
CHICAGO — Google will take over the Thompson Center in The Loop, officials announced Wednesday. The tech giant has agreed to buy all of the building for $105 million after it is renovated by other organizations. The Thompson Center will be “entirely redeveloped” into an office suite for Google’s workers as part of the deal, Gov. JB Pritzker said at a news conference. The sale will benefit the company, as well as Illinois taxpayers and Chicagoans, he said. “Google is one of… Source link
Read More »production capacity now close to 2 million units
Tesla (TSLA) stock was up over 10% Thursday afternoon, as the electric vehicle maker reported a better quarter than feared, given production challenges in China, component shortages, and the resources it’s using to gear up production at new factories in Austin and Berlin. In Tesla’s shareholder letter, the company noted that its installed annual capacity, or theoretical max production, increased by nearly two-fold. Tesla’s Fremont production capacity expanded to 650,000 vehicles from… Source link
Read More »Kyler Murray’s $46 million annual salary is almost the same as the Athletics’ 2022 payroll
We can finally put to bed the question of whether or not Kyler Murray made a mistake of picking football over baseball. After Murray signed a lucrative five-year, $230.5 million contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday, his $46.1 million annual salary was almost that of the entire 2022 payroll of the Oakland Athletics — the same team that drafted him ninth overall in 2018. Yes, the Athletics are only spending $48.5 million this season. If you only look at the 26-man roster,… Source link
Read More »James Harden, Philadelphia 76ers reach agreement on 2-year, $68 million deal
Free agent star James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement on a two-year, $68 million deal with a player option, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Harden declined a $47 million option this offseason to facilitate the new deal at a discount. “I had conversations with [president of basketball operations] Daryl [Morey], and it was explained how we could get better and what the market value was for certain players. I told Daryl to improve the roster, sign who we needed to… Source link
Read More »Russia fines Google $365 million over YouTube videos containing ‘prohibited’ content
Russia imposed a nearly $365 million fine (21.1 billion rubles) on Google for failing to delete YouTube videos that go against the country’s laws, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a translated press release, Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor states that YouTube didn’t follow orders to remove “prohibited content,” which includes videos “promoting extremism and terrorism,” as well as supposedly false information about the war in Ukraine. In March, the Roskomnadzor… Source link
Read More »Spurs F Keldon Johnson agrees to 4-year, $80 million extension
The San Antonio Spurs traded away their top player this offseason, but they’re also locking down last season’s breakout player. Spurs forward Keldon Johnson has agreed to a four-year, $80 million contract extension, his agents at Klutch Sports announced Friday night. Johnson is coming off a career season in which he averaged 17.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game while shooting .466 from the field and .398 from deep. The Spurs drafted Johnson 29th overall in the 2019 NBA draft and… Source link
Read More »You.com raises $25 million to take on Google’s search dominance
“Why won’t Google just build that?” That question has been posed to entrepreneurs by venture capitalists so often that it’s become a cliché. But not when asked of Richard Socher, the former Salesforce chief scientist who founded a web search startup called You.com. Driving the news: You.com today is announcing $25 million in Series A funding led by Radical Ventures. This follows a $20 million seed round last fall led by Marc Benioff’s Time Ventures. Other backers in the new deal include Breyer… Source link
Read More »Amazon says members bought 300 million items on Prime Day
Amazon (AMZN) released the results of its Prime Day 2022 event on Thursday, saying Prime subscribers purchased some 300 million items worldwide during the two-day sales event. That’s a significant uptick from Prime Day 2021 when users bought 250 million items through the retailer. Amazon didn’t release total sales numbers for the event. The company, however, said customers spent $3 billion on small business items during its Support Small Businesses to Win Big sweepstakes, which took place… Source link
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