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There are times when Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss posting a message about how much she misses Kobe Bryant won’t raise many eyebrows. 11:11 p.m. PT on a Sunday night amid a high-stakes Lakers offseason isn’t one of them. Buss posted such a message late Sunday night, lamenting Bryant’s loss and extolling his “team over self” mindset: Why would Buss be missing Bryant’s counsel and selflessness at that exact moment? Well, it may be because that’s the kind of season (and year, really) the… Source link

Jon Voight speaks out on gun control. (Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic) Jon Voight is demanding gun control. The longtime Republican and Trump supporter posted a video to his official Facebook page, calling for “proper” qualifications for gun ownership and testing, following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. on May 24, 2022. In his social media video, the Deliverance star said his “heart bleeds for all those lost.” “It’s not about left, right, guns, no… Source link

Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -3.04% posted slower sales growth as global economic turmoil disrupted digital advertising spending, which has already been easing after pandemic-fueled highs. The company said first quarter sales rose 23% from the year-ago period, the lowest rate for the tech giant since late 2020. The company at the time saw a period of massive sales growth, as small and large businesses… Source link

Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -3.04% posted slower sales growth as global economic turmoil disrupted digital advertising spending that has already been easing after pandemic-fueled highs. The company said first-quarter sales rose 23% from the year-ago period, the lowest rate for the tech giant since late 2020. The company at the time saw a period of massive sales growth, as small and large businesses… Source link

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Thursday morning, Tiger Woods defied belief. Saturday afternoon, reality caught up with him. Roughly 50 hours after he strode to the first tee at Augusta National riding a wave of cheers from a mass of patrons thousands strong, Woods played like what he is: a man still recovering from a catastrophic car wreck, a man with enough metal in his body to set off TSA sensors, a man who’s held together with duct tape and willpower. Woods shot 78 on the day, his worst performance… Source link

With no deal yet to end Major League Baseball’s lockout, it’s unclear when the 2022 season will get started. Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper, clearly, doesn’t see that happening anytime soon. On Monday, shortly after reports that the league is content to miss a month of games amid the standoff, Harper seems to now be looking for somewhere else to play. He posted a photo to his Instagram story that showed him wearing a Yomiuri Giants jersey, a team that plays in Tokyo in Japan’s… Source link

U.S. inflation accelerated in January, with prices across a wide range of goods and services soaring further amid lingering shortages and supply chain disruptions. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Thursday morning registered a 7.5% annual gain in January. Consensus economists were looking for a 7.3% rise, according to Bloomberg data. This represented the fastest rise since 1982, as well as an acceleration from the 7.0% year-over-year increase seen in… Source link

Shares in Alphabet soared nearly 8 per cent on Wednesday, pushing the company’s market cap back towards $2tn after an unexpectedly strong surge in search advertising revenue raised Wall Street’s hopes that its momentum would continue as the coronavirus pandemic recedes. The Google parent had announced its earnings on Tuesday alongside a rare 20-for-1 stock split, only the second time it has split its shares since going public in 2004, adding to the stock market enthusiasm that… Source link

Contracts on Wall Street’s main indexes edged lower in pre-market trading Tuesday after stocks bounced back from a losing streak in the previous session to cap the last day of a historically volatile January in the green. Futures tied to the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite fell in overnight trading after the S&P 500 recorded its roughest monthly performance since March 2020 in Monday’s session. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite narrowly avoided its worst-performing… Source link

Hilaria Baldwin, 37, posted a passionate statement in support of her husband, Alec Baldwin, 63, on her Instagram page. (Photo: Jason Mendez/WireImage) Hilaria Baldwin is standing by her husband Alec in the wake of the Rust shooting last month.  On Friday, Hilaria took to Instagram to post a romantic photo of the couple kissing as they embraced each other. But it was the caption on the post that proved to be the most significant.  “‘I am here, I love you, and I will take care of you.’ These… Source link