This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI), Nasdaq 100 (^NDX), and S&P 500 (^GSPC) all notched record highs on Wednesday. The latter, the world’s benchmark stock index, also came tantalizingly close to hitting the big, psychological 5,000 level for the first time. Meanwhile, stocks are now in one of the seasonally weakest months of the year, with an even weaker month ahead… Source link
Read More »Asked if he supports RNC chairwoman, Trump suggests there will ‘probably be some changes made’
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued a warning to the Republican National Committee’s chairwoman in an interview aired Sunday, saying when asked about her that there would “probably be some changes made.” Trump had been asked by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo about Ronna McDaniel, who has been facing withering attacks from some Trump allies, including the group Turning Point, which was part of an unsuccessful effort to oust her last year. “I think she did great when she ran… Source link
Read More »Stocks sink after Powell suggests Fed may not cut rates in March
Paramount Global (PARA) shares skyrocketed more than 10% in early trading on Wednesday after Bloomberg reported media mogul Byron Allen made a $14.3 billion bid to buy all of Paramount’s outstanding shares. According to the report, Allen offered $28.58 each for the company’s voting shares, marking a 50% premium compared to recent trading levels, and $21.53 for non-voting shares. Including existing debt, the total value of the deal amounts to roughly $30 billion. It’s unclear how he would… Source link
Read More »Stocks sink after Powell suggests Fed may not cut rates in March
Paramount Global (PARA) shares skyrocketed more than 10% in early trading on Wednesday after Bloomberg reported media mogul Byron Allen made a $14.3 billion bid to buy all of Paramount’s outstanding shares. According to the report, Allen offered $28.58 each for the company’s voting shares, marking a 50% premium compared to recent trading levels, and $21.53 for non-voting shares. Including existing debt, the total value of the deal mounts to roughly $30 billion. It’s unclear how he would… Source link
Read More »Jimmy Fallon Spots Tom Brady Retirement Video Clue That Suggests What’s Next
Tom Brady is done with the NFL “for good” and Jimmy Fallon thinks he knows what’s next for the superstar quarterback. On Wednesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show,” Fallon joked the “deserted landscape behind” Brady in his video announcing his retirement meant he’s landed a role on HBO’s “The Last Of Us.” Failing scoring a part in the post-apocalyptic drama, Fallon later aired a promo for what could be Brady’s next gig — in “The Bachelor.” Watch the video here:
Read More »ESPN’s Troy Aikman suggests the NFL ‘take the dresses off’ after controversial ‘MNF’ roughing penalty
ESPN analyst Troy Aikman used a sexist trope during the Chiefs-Raiders game on Monday night after another brutal roughing the passer penalty. (Isaiah J. Downing/USA Today) ESPN “Monday Night Football” analyst Troy Aikman was, understandably, upset after a bad roughing the passer call right before halftime of the Kansas City Chiefs‘ 30-29 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. It’s easy to understand why. Yet right before play resumed, Aikman made a sexist comment during the broadcast. “I hope… Source link
Read More »New data suggests the CDC’s COVID guidance to isolate for 5 days after testing positive is wrong. You should follow Joe Biden’s example instead
Five days. That’s how long you should isolate after testing positive for COVID before going back to normal life (while wearing a mask in public for five more days), according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The CDC’s five-day quarantine policy for COVID cases is not law, but families, human resource departments, schools, and other institutions across the country depend on its advice for deciding how to return to normal life after a COVID infection. Scientists have questioned the… Source link
Read More »Google exec suggests Instagram and TikTok are eating into Google’s core products, Search and Maps – TechCrunch
The TikTok threat to Google’s business isn’t just limited to YouTube, as it turns out. Core Google services, including Search and Maps, are also being impacted by a growing preference for social media and videos as the first stop on younger users’ path to discovery, a Google exec acknowledged today, speaking at an industry event. Senior Vice President Prabhakar Raghavan, who runs Google’s Knowledge & Information organization, referenced the popular social apps in a broader… Source link
Read More »Dana White suggests Nate Diaz go fight Jake Paul
Sit down and get ready to hear some shocking news: Nate Diaz is not happy with the UFC. OK, maybe that isn’t very shocking. Maybe it’s been the intermittent status quo for months if not years, and Diaz is once again pushing for the UFC to either give him the fight he wants or let him find that fight for himself. Diaz kicked off his latest public dispute with the promotion on Monday when he tweeted a public demand to be either given a fight in July or August or to release him from his contract…. Source link
Read More »Greg Norman suggests Rory McIlroy has been ‘brainwashed,’ Jack Nicklaus is a ‘hypocrite,’ Tiger Woods was offered ‘high nine digits’ by Saudi-backed LIV Golf
Greg Norman, the public face of the breakaway LIV Golf series, says the executives and agents who currently run golf “are conspiring against LIV to protect an antiquated system that prevents golfers from realizing their own power and worth amid a global movement of athlete empowerment.” In a story by the Washington Post titled, “The Shark is on the attack again,” Norman also criticized Rory McIlroy and others, suggesting they’ve been “brainwashed” against the LIV movement…. Source link
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