Here are Yahoo Sports’ Transcendent 12 for 2020 — athletes who inspired and made an impact outside the lines.
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Amazon won't be forced to restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app favored by followers of former President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Seattle said she wasn't dismissing Parler's “substantive underlying claims” against Amazon, but said it fell short in demonstrating the need for an injunction forcing it back online. Amazon kicked Parler off its web-hosting service on Jan. 11.
“I’m not one to jump on to labeling,” the "How I Met Your Mother" alum said.
Willy Walker, the chief executive and chairman of commercial real estate financing company Walker & Dunlop (WD), said he believes business travel will come roaring back soon, and it will be a bandwagon effect.
The Visual Effects Society (VES) named its 2021 Board of Directors officers with Lisa Cooke being elected as Board Chair. She is the first woman to hold this role in VES’s history. The five officers, who comprise the VES Board Executive Committee, were elected at the January 2021 Board meeting. They embody the global makeup […]
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Thursday, propelled by optimism about more pandemic relief under the Biden administration to support the economy after data showed a tepid labor market recovery. "We've had a very strong momentum going into this year and coming into the Biden administration... because of prospects of a bigger stimulus check and more spending in general," said Mohannad Aama, managing director at Beam Capital Management LLC in New York. Unofficially, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12.37 points, or 0.04%, to 31,176.01, the S&P 500 gained 1.23 points, or 0.03%, to 3,853.08 and the Nasdaq Composite added 73.67 points, or 0.55%, to 13,530.92.
1st Source Corporation Reports Earnings for Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2020, Cash Dividend Increased, History of Increased Dividends Continues
Hagens Berman urges investors in Bit Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: BTBT) with significant losses submit your losses now. A securities fraud class action has been filed and certain investors may have valuable claims.
Former Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn and Buffalo Bills QBs coach Ken Dorsey are among the Detroit Lions' candidates to be OC
The suit argues that the NRA should be dissolved because it has shown a pattern of conducting its business in a persistently fraudulent or illegal manner, violating its tax exempt status.
Small and mid-sized cities, all with populations well under 1 million, claimed the top 10 best U.S. cities for employment, according to a new study from WalletHub.
The Canadian government anticipates that at least 95 per cent of the Canadian population will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the third quarter of the year, between July and September.
They call him the In and Out Bandit because meticulous thief Tom Carter (Liam Neeson) has stolen $9 million from small-town banks while managing to keep his identity a secret. But after he falls in love with the bubbly Annie (Kate Walsh), Tom decides to make a fresh start by coming clean about his criminal past, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents.
Meeting your girlfriend’s family for the first time can be tough. Planning to propose at her family’s annual Christmas dinner - until you realize that they don’t even know she’s gay - is even harder. When Abby (Kristen Stewart) learns that Harper (Mackenzie Davis) has kept their relationship a secret from her family, she begins to question the girlfriend she thought she knew. HAPPIEST SEASON is a holiday romantic comedy that hilariously captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family’
Fiserv to Release Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings Results on February 9, 2021
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) announced today that its fourth quarter and full year 2020 financial results will be released on Thursday, February 4, after the market closes. At 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Gilead’s management will host a conference call to discuss the company’s fourth quarter and full year 2020 financial results and will provide a business update.
Precigen, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGEN) today announced it has commenced an underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock. In addition, Precigen intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase additional shares of its common stock. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the size or terms of the offering.
STAG Industrial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:STAG) today announced that for the second year in a row, the Company has been named one of the Boston Business Journal's Middle Market Leaders, a ranking of the 50 highest growth companies in Massachusetts.
Pyxus International, Inc. ("Pyxus" or "the Company") (OTC Pink: PYYX), a global value-added agricultural company, announced today, after a strategic review by the Boards of Directors of Pyxus and certain subsidiaries, that it intends to divest its cannabis business in order to focus on its more profitable tobacco and e-liquid businesses. In addition, the Company has taken action to restructure its industrial hemp and CBD operations to minimize financial investment in that business.
EXCLUSIVE: Crime kings may have graced the screen in a number of cinema’s greatest titles but director Julia Hart flips the script to spotlight the women behind the gritty antiheroes with I’m Your Woman. Written by Hart and husband and Oscar-nominated La La Land scribe Jordan Horowitz, I’m Your Woman follows Jean (Rachel Brosnahan), a suburban […]
Wearing mittens made out of recycled materials and a warm winter jacket, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled off a casual inauguration outfit — and vibe — that only he could. Many people quickly highlighted the 79-year-old independent Vermont senator's look, and created endless memes, from Wednesday's inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, which he said was more about keeping warm than fashion.
