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The Big Ten and Pac-12 seasons will carry on into championship weekend, and now we know which matchups are on the schedule. Let’s start with the Pac-12, which will host its championship on Friday night in Los Angeles at the Coliseum. The title game will feature Washington, the Pac-12 North champion, and USC, the Pac-12 South champion. The game will kick off at 5 p.m. locally, 8 p.m. ET. Of note is the location of the Oregon vs. Colorado game: Los Angeles. The conference wants to have its two… Source link

Following is a summary of current odd news briefs. Solo sauna a hot favourite in Tokyo as coronavirus cases rise The spread of the novel coronavirus may have slowed economies and closed many businesses worldwide, but it hasn’t been a damper on a newly opened Tokyo sauna that caters to solo customers. The Finnish-style sauna rooms at Solo Sauna Tune, where customers can relax in solitude and enjoy the heat from water over hot stones, are so popular they are booked up within hours. Time is… Source link

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks with Over 7% Dividend Yield It’s been up, up, and away for the markets since the end of September. Both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 are trading within 3% of their recent record high levels, after counting for daily fluctuations. It’s a clear sign of a bullish mood among investors.And that bullish mood is finding fertile soil among Wall Street’s stock analysts, who are not hesitant to make buy-side calls. There are some indications that the analysts are… Source link

Google Stadia is expanding internationally, adding eight more countries in Europe today. The new markets include Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland, bringing the total number of countries the cloud gaming service supports from 14 to 22. The service should be available in the newly added locations within the next 24 hours, and Google says you just need a Gmail address to sign up. Stadia just celebrated its anniversary last month with a slew of… Source link

The price of bitcoin hit a new all-time-high on Nov. 30, driven by institutional buying and other factors that have accelerated in 2020. Read more: Bitcoin: 74 questions answered Bitcoin’s previous peak was in mid-December 2017, almost exactly three years ago. But different bitcoin exchanges and data sites vary on what that 2017 peak actually was: Bloomberg, using terminal data, pegs it at $19,511; CoinDesk, the bitcoin news site, lists it at $19,783; CoinMarketCap, the data partner Yahoo… Source link

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is aiming to reduce the quarantine requirements for someone potentially exposed to the virus from 14 days to somewhere between 7 to 10 days. The change in days, in addition to conducting a test, is being pursued as health officials try to gain better compliance with an increasingly covid-weary population, according to the Wall Street Journal. The decision is also guided by a better understanding of the phases of virus incubation and… Source link

Bloomberg HSBC Shares Surge on Dividend Bets as Turnaround Gains Steam (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc shares surged as much as 8% in Hong Kong trading on optimism Europe’s biggest lender may soon resume paying dividends as a turnaround gathers speed.The shares rose 6.8% to HK$42.45 as of 11:54 a.m. in Hong Kong, paring this year’s decline to 30%. They gained 4.1% in London on Tuesday.“This is mainly due to the change in market expectation, as HSBC’s operating conditions aren’t as… Source link

Bitcoin topped $18,600 on Friday, continuing a vertical climb that accelerated in early October. The largest digital currency by market cap is up 160% in 2020, and up 190% since March 15, following a crash in the second week of March that saw the price drop 25%. Now it’s not far from its all-time-high of around $19,800 toward the end of December 2017. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are hoping this time is different. And it is, judging by the breathless media coverage and general mania: there isn’t… Source link

Google says it knows best times to visit places like coffee shops, pharmacies, grocery stores, restaurants and parks if you want to avoid crowds. The data is pulled from Google Maps, which can already show you how busy a place is before you visit. It’s pretty general and will vary depending on where you live and the store or restaurant you’re planning to visit. But, here’s when Google says is the best time to visit certain places if you don’t want to be around a lot of other people: Google… Source link

Special to Yahoo Sports This is the last week to make trades in most Yahoo Fantasy leagues, so I’ve added a few more players than usual to the end of this article to give you even more ideas for last-minute deals to swing. None of these are meant to be slam dunks, but more so starting points to negotiate with the members in your leagues. Good luck, and happy trading. Trade for … Derrick Henry, RB, Titans Henry currently sits as the RB3 in PPR scoring, second in the league in rushing yards… Source link