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John Wall‘s absence only benefits the Houston Rockets‘ ability to lose games. Unless you consider being paid $44.3 million to not play at some cost to his own legacy a benefit for the 31-year-old five-time All-Star. The Rockets and Wall met on Sunday to discuss his future, and they left with little more clarity beyond the veteran’s desire to resume playing to his capability. Public discourse on the issue — largely framed as a refusal from Wall to accept less than a starting job — has… Source link

Yandex’s (NASDAQ:YNDX) stock is up by 6.7% over the past three months. We wonder if and what role the company’s financials play in that price change as a company’s long-term fundamentals usually dictate market outcomes. Particularly, we will be paying attention to Yandex’s ROE today. Return on equity or ROE is an important factor to be considered by a shareholder because it tells them how effectively their capital is being reinvested. In simpler terms, it measures the… Source link

ATLANTA — The game was screaming for someone, anyone to say “enough” — to cut through the emotion of the night and take command of this series. Khris Middleton stepped in and although he was probably hard to hear, his right wrist did the talking for him, the Milwaukee Bucks and the rest of the NBA took notice. Middleton has been with Giannis Antetokounmpo since the days both were battling in practice over playing time eight years ago, and while Antetokounmpo has blossomed into a… Source link

Chris Noth’s return to the role of Mr. Big in the “Sex and and the City” revival almost didn’t happen. The actor tells Yahoo Finance Live that at first, he was “hesitant” about reprising his role as Carrie Bradshaw’s on-again, off-again main squeeze in the Emmy-winning HBO comedy-drama that originally ran from 1998-2004. “It was a little bit of a sort of creative negotiation because I didn’t really feel I had anything to offer in that role again. It kind of felt like I had done… Source link

NEW YORK, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — INvolve, the Inclusion People, are excited to launch its annual EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Models Lists, that celebrates leaders in a variety of business sectors who play a central role in breaking down barriers at work for people of color, using their positions to keep diversity and inclusion at the top of the agenda. The EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Models Lists celebrates the individual achievements of 100 leaders in business who are dedicated… Source link

NEW YORK, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — INvolve, the Inclusion People, are excited to launch its annual EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Models Lists, that celebrates leaders in a variety of business sectors who play a central role in breaking down barriers at work for people of color, using their positions to keep diversity and inclusion at the top of the agenda. The EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Models Lists celebrates the individual achievements of 100 leaders in business who are dedicated to… Source link

Last week, Apollo Global Management agreed to purchase Yahoo and AOL (along with some other digital media assets) from Verizon Communications for $5 billion. Given some of Apollo’s recent acquisitions in the gaming arena—it’s added the Venetian, Great Canadian Gaming and Gamenet in the last 18 months—the speculation is that the private equity firm is hotly pursuing the sports betting gold rush, looking to cash in on Yahoo’s more than 900 million monthly active users. “Sports… Source link

The battle over bitcoin’s evolving role just became a piece in a complex game of political strategy. Peter Thiel’s talk earlier this week at a Richard Nixon Foundation event thrust the cryptocurrency even further out onto the geopolitical stage and highlighted two important macro narratives that investors should keep an eye on, not just for their potential impact on crypto returns. Here’s one extract from his comments: Related: JPMorgan Testing Blockchain Solution to Improve Transfers… Source link

The SEO community has been rumbling over the past few days over a new study shared by SparkToro which suggests that more than two-thirds of Google searches now result in no click-through at all. As explained by SparkToro’s Rand Fishkin: “From January to December, 2020, 64.82% of searches on Google (desktop and mobile combined) ended in the search results without clicking to another web property. That number is likely undercounting some mobile and nearly all voice searches, and thus it’s… Source link

López wants role in Sox good times after offseason overhaul originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Reynaldo López used the phrase “arm action” so much Saturday that it seemed he was trying to sell a new karate-chopping action figure. But no, López is trying to do the same thing he’s been trying for years now: pitch consistently well as a member of the White Sox starting rotation. This might be his last chance, coming off back-to-back tough seasons and the White Sox officially out of… Source link