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The Las Vegas Raiders have made a landmark hiring by naming Sandra Douglass Morgan as team president. The team announced the hiring in a news conference on Thursday shortly after a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Mick Akers. She is the first Black woman to serve as a team president in NFL history. “It’s my honor to be here today as the newest member of the Raiders family,” Douglass Morgan said while sitting alongside team owner Mark Davis. “It’s the honor of a lifetime to serve as… Source link

Patrick Harker, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, joined Yahoo Finance Live on June 22, 2022, to discuss his economic outlook and the Fed’s recent decision to raise interest rates by 0.75%. — BRIAN CHEUNG: President Harker. Good morning. How are you? PATRICK HARKER: Good morning, Brian. Thanks for having me. BRIAN CHEUNG: So a lot to talk about, obviously the big news headline coming from the Fed last week of that 0.75%, 75 basis point, move. It was an interesting kind of… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Investors in Colombia are trying to gauge how radical a government led by Gustavo Petro will be when he takes office as president in August. Most Read from Bloomberg The peso and the nation’s bonds are expected to fall Tuesday when markets re-open following a holiday, after Petro won the June 19 presidential election. Some of his plans will be relatively simple to implement, such as firing the management of Colombia’s state oil company. Other proposals, such taxing wealthy… Source link

Elon Musk and Gwynne Shotwell.Angela Weiss, Amanda Edwards via Getty Images SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell defended Elon Musk following sexual misconduct claims. The top female executive said she didn’t believe the allegations against Musk, which Insider first reported. In a companywide email obtained by CNBC, Shotwell said she would “never” comment on legal matters. SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell defended founder Elon Musk in an employee email last week following Insider’s… Source link

James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, joined Yahoo Finance to discuss his outlook on inflation and the central bank’s response. Below is a transcript of his appearance, aired live on May 11. – BRIAN CHEUNG: I am joined here live on Yahoo Finance in an exclusive conversation with St. Louis Fed President James Bullard. Obviously the Federal Reserve very much in focus so it’s great to have you on the program President Bullard. How are you? JAMES BULLARD: Very good,… Source link

Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, joined Yahoo Finance to discuss her outlook on inflation and the central bank’s response. Below is a transcript of her appearance, aired live on May 10. – BRIAN CHEUNG Welcome back to Yahoo Finance. I’m Brian Cheung here live on site at the Atlanta Fed’s Financial Markets Conference in beautiful Amelia Island and I’m here with Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester. President Mester, so it’s great to see you and also in… Source link

Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, joined Yahoo Finance to discuss his outlook on inflation and the central bank’s response. Below is a transcript of his appearance, taped and aired on May 10. – BRIAN CHEUNG: Hi I’m Brian Cheung here on the sidelines of the Financial Markets Conference hosted by the Atlanta Fed alongside the Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic. President Bostic, great to see you. RAPHAEL BOSTIC: Good to see you too, Brian. BRIAN CHEUNG: It’s… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Shopify Inc.’s president appealed to investors to focus on the company’s growing customer base as the stock dropped again Friday to a fresh two-year low. Most Read from Bloomberg The Canadian firm’s shares have plunged 21% since it disclosed first-quarter profit on Thursday morning that fell far short of analysts’ estimates. Shopify is navigating a “rebalancing” in retail that has seen shoppers head back to physical stores now that the Covid-19 crisis is easing,… Source link

While subscription gaming services have been on the rise for the past few years, thanks largely to the growth of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass platform, the shift in consumer spending and consumption hasn’t followed. Instead, subscription platforms and the smaller cloud gaming services often bolted onto them make up a tiny slice of the overall global games market. It may take years or perhaps even decades, alongside major advances in internet speeds and coverage as well as streaming… Source link

On Tuesday, the NCAA announced Mark Emmert would step down as its president, either once his replacement is found or by June 30, 2023. The distant departure date allows the Association to find a new leader and Emmert to continue to receive paychecks which, considering his approximate $2.7 million annual base salary, should be around $112,500 every couple of weeks. Emmert certainly learned long ago that when it comes to “amateur sports,” the grift never ends. The decision was supposedly… Source link