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☆ Terence Crawford Stands Alone at the Top of Boxing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Morgan Campbell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He had the World Boxing Organization welterweight title belt, which he has owned since 2018, draped over his left forearm, along with the green World Boxing Council belt, which he had just won from Errol Spence Jr. The other two belts, from the International Boxing Federation and the World Boxing Council, rested with members of Crawford’s entourage, who followed him to ringside for the postfight news conference. Crawford greeted Spence, whom he had just defeated by technical knockout in the ninth round of the most important boxing match of the year. Spence, his face red and swollen, and Crawford, his face unblemished, hugged and spoke with each other. Before Spence could exit, Crawford handed him the W.B.C.

Persons: Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jr, Crawford, Spence Organizations: Mobile, Boxing, Boxing Council, International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Council Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Terence Crawford Knocks Out Errol Spence in One-Sided Bout
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Morgan Campbell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But in Round 2, a quick exchange of punches ended with a short right jab from Crawford that put an off-balance Spence to the canvas. Spence opened the next round on offense, as if to prove the punch had not damaged him. As the punch traveled toward Crawford’s head, Crawford fired a short, sharp right hook that dropped Spence a second time. For Crawford, the result was a lesson on the value of turning defense into offense. Spence had hinted that the Crawford bout would be his last in the 147-pound welterweight division.

Persons: Crawford, Spence, Harvey Dock, ”, “, ” Spence, Cody Crowley, Jaron Ennis Locations: Crawford’s, Philadelphia

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Persons: Errol Spence Jr, Terence Crawford, Spence, Crawford, We've, ExpressVPN, CEST, There's, Terence Crawford —, Isaac Cruz, Giovanni Cabrera —, Alexandro Santiago, Yoenis Tellez, Sergio Garcia — Organizations: Showtime, TNT Sports, BT Sport, TNT, USA Showtime, Apple, TV, LG, Samsung, Xbox, Sports, UK's TNT Sports, Spence, Giovanni Cabrera — WBC, WBC Locations: Las Vegas, USA, Australia

☆ Forget Musk vs. Zuckerberg. Spence vs. Crawford Is the Fight of the Summer.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Jim Chairusmi | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Forget Musk vs. Zuckerberg. Spence vs. Crawford Is the Fight of the Summer. Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford will face off for the undisputed welterweight championship on July 29. It is the rare boxing match between two undefeated superstars in the primes of their careers. Errol Spence Jr., left, and Terence Crawford, right, will fight for the undisputed welterweight championship on July 29 in Las Vegas.

Persons: Forget, Zuckerberg, Spence, Crawford, Errol Spence Jr, Terence Crawford, Adam DelGiudice Organizations: Zuma Locations: Las Vegas

☆ What Spence-Crawford Lacks in Trash Talk, It Makes Up in Talent
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Morgan Campbell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Saturday’s world title fight will be his eighth. The Spence bout is his 18th consecutive world title fight. Spence’s trainer, Derrick James, traded insults with Crawford’s head coach, Brian McIntyre. James argued with the Crawford supporters who had gathered at T-Mobile Arena for the news conference. Crawford began the event pleading for calm between the two camps, and ended it exchanging R-rated barbs with the loudest member of Spence’s entourage.

Persons: Errol Spence Jr, Terence Crawford, Spence, Crawford, Derrick James, Brian McIntyre, James, McIntyre Organizations: Mobile Locations: Long, Dallas, Omaha, Neb

[1/3] A selection of injector pens for the Wegovy weight loss drug are shown in this photo illustration in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 31, 2023. It highlights the challenge Novo and rivals face in convincing European governments to pay for obesity drugs, which analysts say is likely to slow their take-up there. Germany's health ministry told Reuters there were no plans to change the law to cover weight loss drugs. DIFFERENT PICTUREIn the United States, the federal Medicare health plan for older Americans is prohibited from covering weight-loss drugs. Many health plans paid for by large employers will cover Wegovy, although they may require that patients try a rigorous diet programme or cheaper drugs first.

Persons: Jim Vondruska, Wegovy, Martin Merkel, Merkel, Duane Mellor, Novo, Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, Michael Wirtz, Terence McManus, Phil McEwan, they've, McEwan, Patricia Weiss, Josephine Mason, Catherine Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Novo Nordisk, Wegovy, Europe's, pharma, European Union, Endocrinology Society, Aston University in, Reuters, Bellevue Asset Management, Barclays, Thomson Locations: Chicago , Illinois, U.S, Germany, FRANKFURT, Aston University in Birmingham, England, Wegovy, Europe, Danish, Berlin, Norway, Denmark, Britain, United States, Switzerland, Bellevue, EU, Cardiff , Wales, Frankfurt

☆ Taylor Swift changes controversial lyrics for ‘Better Than Revenge’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

From Taylor Swift On her birthday in 2019, Swift shared this photo of herself as a child. From Taylor Swift A 13-year-old Swift sings the National Anthem before an NBA game in Philadelphia in 2002. Kevin Winter/ACMA/Getty Images Swift sings the National Anthem before Game 3 of the 2008 World Series in Philadelphia. John Mabangalo/Pool/Getty Images Swift performs during a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden in 2009. Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images Swift performs on stage during an "Eras Tour" concert in Atlanta in April 2023.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Swift, ” Swift, “, Swift, ” Taylor, shaming, ” Taylor Swift, Christopher Polk, Scott, Andrea Swift, Taylor Swift, Jesse D, Tim McGraw, Kevin Winter, John Mabangalo, Chad Batka, Bryan Bedder, Larry Busacca, Miley Cyrus, Lucas Till, Hannah Montana, Sam Emerson, Everett, Jonas, Frank Masi, Taylor, I'm, West, Beyonce, Jeff Kravitz, Lucy Nicholson, Christopher Morris, Josh Haner, Kevin Mazur, James Taylor, Charles Sykes, Matt Sayles, Mark J, Terrill, Invision, Jimmy Fallon, Douglas Gorenstein, Nicholas Harvey, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Laraine Newman, Bill Hader, Taran Killam, Kristen Wiig, Keenan Thompson, Fred Armisen, Kerry Washington, Betty White, Bradley Cooper, Dana Edelson, Andrea, Ethan Miller, Tim Boyles, Selena Gomez, Jordan Strauss, Mike Coppola, John Shearer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Brandon Urie, Katy Perry, Republic Records Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Will Heath, Seth Wenig, Terence Rushin, didn’t, It’s, –, Scooter Braun, Braun Organizations: CNN, Staples Center, NBA, of Country, Garden, New York Times, New York's Rockefeller Center, Walt Disney Co, Kanye, Madison, MTV, NBC, ACM, Academy of Country, Getty, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Universal Pictures, Coachella, Republic Records, New York University, Machine Locations: Los Angeles, West Reading , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, New York, Auburn Hills , Michigan, Newark , New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Frankfurt, Germany, London, Arlington , Texas, Tampa, Chicago, Atlanta

June 27 (Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes rebounded on Tuesday from a recent losing streak as upbeat economic data soothed investor worries about an imminent recession triggered by the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes. While the economic data was encouraging, Rhys Williams, chief strategist at Spouting Rock Asset Management, said the market also rose on seasonal factors. "You'd a bad week in the stock market last week and a bad day on Monday. According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 49.25 points, or 1.14%, to end at 4,378.07 points, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) gained 219.71 points, or 1.65%, to 13,555.49. Signs of U.S. economic resilience also boosted the Dow Transports index (.DJT) and small-cap Russell 2000 index (.RUT).

Persons: Rhys Williams, It's, Williams, Russell, Jerome Powell's, hawkish, Dow, Sinéad Carew, Sruthi Shankar, Johann M, Terence Gabriel, Shinjini Ganguli, Richard Chang Organizations: Federal, Management, Dow, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Dow Transports, Traders, bps, European Central Bank, Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Tesla Inc, Nvidia Corp, Inc, Citigroup, Nvidia, Walgreens Boots Alliance, CVS Health Corp, Rite Aid Corp, Lordstown Motors Corp, U.S, Thomson Locations: Sintra , Portugal, U.S, New York, Bengaluru

☆ ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ brings Afro-futurism to Disney+
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Flo Cornall | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It’s not only the episodes making leaps and bounds into the future – there’s also a new generation of African filmmakers who are taking to the small screen. Fourteen up-and-coming directors are at the helm of the anthology, hailing from Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt. “There was a real coalescing of talent, and it felt like the time was right for this particular set of voices to be unleashed on the world.”A year later he was contacted by Triggerfish, the driving force behind “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” about its anthology idea which had Disney+ support. At some point you forget that we are all one tribe.”Mogajane views all the shorts in “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire” as fundamentally human stories that spark an important conversation. “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire” will premiere on Disney+ on July 5, 2023.

Persons: It’s, there’s, Peter Ramsey, ”, Nyeke, Anthony Silverston, “, ” Ramsey, Ramsey, Triggerfish, “ Kizazi, Lesego Vorster, Sundiata, Lesego, Nonzi Bogatsu, Terence Maluleke, Isaac Mogajane, ” Mogajane, Moto ’ Organizations: CNN, Cape Town Animation, Disney, South, “ Locations: Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Cape Town, Africa, America, Europe, South, Soweto, Johannesburg, Mati

☆ Eli Lilly's weight loss drugs trounce sky-high expectations, boosting the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

What's more, some showed no signs their weight loss was leveling off, suggesting they could continue to shed pounds. (Both use semaglutide, but Ozempic is marketed as a type 2 diabetes treatment, while Wegovy is primarily for weight loss.) Bank of America's Geoff Meacham said retatrutide "exceeded expectations" for weight loss. "This is important, as while the overall 22.4% weight loss was impressive, looking at men and women separately, weight loss was 21.9% and 28.5%, respectively, with the slope in females not yet plateauing. Schott also described the weight loss as "impressive" and said it will likely compare favorably with Novo's next-generation drug CagriSema, which is expected to show weight loss of more than 25% when it releases its next update.

Persons: Eli Lilly, What's, Lilly, Lilly's, Carter Gould, Gould, orforglipron, Bank of America's Geoff Meacham, retatrutide, Meacham, Chris Schott, Schott, Novo's, Evan David Seigerman, Seigerman, Morgan Stanley, Terence Flynn, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: American Diabetes Association, Wall, Novo Nordisk, Barclays, Bank of America's, JPMorgan, Lilly, BMO Capital, Indianapolis, ~$ Locations: Novo

☆ Johnson & Johnson is the most overbought stock on Wall Street. Here are the others
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The S & P 500 lost more than 1% for the week, snapping a five-week winning streak. A stock is considered overbought if its 14-day RSI goes above 70, signaling investors should consider easing their exposure. A 14-day RSI under 30, however, signals that a stock is oversold, meaning there may be a buying opportunity. Here's a look at the most overbought stocks in the S & P 500. Johnson & Johnson is the most overbought stock in the index with 14-day RSI of nearly 92.

Persons: Johnson, Morgan Stanley's Terence Flynn, aren't, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Airlines Delta, Royal, Akamai Technologies, Enphase Energy, SolarEdge Technologies Locations: U.S, Southwest, Royal Caribbean, DAL

☆ NPR’s Terence Samuel Is Named Top Editor of USA Today
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Terence Samuel, a top news executive at National Public Radio, will be the next editor in chief of USA Today. Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain and the publisher of USA Today, made the announcement on Friday. Mr. Samuel, who will start on July 10, fills a position vacated in May by Nicole Carroll, who had led USA Today for five years. Mr. Samuel, 61, is a vice president and executive editor at NPR, where he oversees all news gathering at the network. Mr. Samuel said in a statement that he was honored to help lead USA Today, which made its debut in 1982, “into a digital future.”

Persons: Terence Samuel, Mr, Samuel, Nicole Carroll, ” Organizations: National Public Radio, USA Today, Gannett, USA, NPR, The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, . News

Short interest in Beyond Meat rose almost 30% to about 25 million shares between April 28 and May 15, according to the data. Short interest similarly climbed even more for software firm Cvent , with investors increasing shorts just over 33% to nearly nine million shares. That's almost 40% of the stock's float. Short interest grew almost 10% to nearly 25 million shares, now accounting for 36.5% of float. The table shows all names with short interest accounting for more than 25% of float.

Persons: Terence Malone, Cvent, it's, Reginald Smith Organizations: Barclays, FactSet, JPMorgan, CNBC Pro, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq

☆ Tech's been hit by layoffs. But Singapore is still investing big in its talent — in tech and beyond
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Audrey Wan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Demand for individuals with specialized tech talent isn't limited to the tech sector, says Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority. "This has been a consequence of tech companies anchoring and growing their higher-value tech development and corporate functions here," he said. Tech 'powers all the big banks'In finance, technology is the engine that "powers all the big banks," said Donald MacDonald, OCBC head of group data. and deep tech," MacDonald said. Specialized tech skills

☆ Wall Street is empowering its employees to build their own tech tools. But who is keeping track of all this stuff?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A story about training non-tech workers that has nothing to do with ChatGPT? Man Group, a $144 billion investment firm, has a popular training program to get non-tech workers up to speed on coding and data-science. Programs like <develop>, along with the rise of ChatGPT, speak to a wider trend across Wall Street of enabling employees to build their own tools despite not having a background in tech. Empowering people to build their own tools and apps to streamline their work seems great on paper. Read more about how Man Group teaches non-tech workers programming skills that help them save time.

☆ Terence Kawaja's adtech-focused investment bank Luma Partners may lose 3 of its partners amid a disagreement over its future direction
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Luma Partners' three partners are currently planning to exit the company, Insider has learned. It followed a disagreement with Luma Founder and CEO Terence Kawaja about the future vision for the firm. Luma Partners, the adtech-focused investment bank may lose all three of its partners following a disagreement with the company's founder, Terence Kawaja, about the future direction of the firm, Insider has learned. Kawaja's court jester style is in sharp contrast to that of Andersen, Greenbaum, and Filippini who tend to keep a lower profile. For the moment, they remain partners with Luma, which is currently working on a live M&A deal, Andersen said.

☆ Obesity is a chronic disease. It's why treating it will be so profitable unless payers push back
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Lilly manufactures tirzepatide, which is sold under the brand name Mounjaro as a type 2 diabetes treatment. It's the chronic nature of obesity that will make these drugs so profitable, analysts have said. Huynh increased his target due to higher expectations for Mounjaro sales this year. Huynh boosted his prediction for the drug's sales this year to $3.7 billion from an prior estimate of $2.7 billion. "$48 billion is a monster number," Holz said, referring to an annual sales estimate that Bank of America has floated for future Mounjaro sales.

☆ US Army grounds its aircraft after 2 deadly mid-air crashes killed 12 soldiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The US Army has temporarily grounded all its aviation units except those on "critical missions." The order follows two mid-air collisions in Alaska and Kentucky that killed 12 soldiers. Units will remain grounded until they complete extra training, the army said. The suspension is effective immediately and grounds all aircraft except those "participating in critical missions," an Army statement said on Friday, according to the Associated Press. The incident followed another fatal collision in March in which two Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed and killed nine soldiers.

☆ James Corden bids an emotional farewell to ‘The Late Late Show’
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —After eight years and multiple Emmy awards, James Corden’s time as host of “The Late Late Show” has come to an end. James Corden sings "That's Our Show" to say his last goodbyes to "The Late Late Show" on April 27, 2023. “I’ve watched America change a lot. Over these past few years, I’ve watched divisions grow and I’ve seen and I’ve felt a sense of negativity bubble and at points boil over,” he added. Corden ended his final appearance by performing a piano ballad, as a video montage of his finest moments on the show played.

Such diversification failed to benefit investors last year, when stocks and bonds both tumbled as the Federal Reserve raised rates to fight surging inflation. A typical 60/40 portfolio tracked by Vanguard last year suffered its worst annual decline since 2008. "Inflation, and the perception of tighter credit as a result of inflation, is going to hurt both bonds and stocks,” he said. But benchmark Treasury yields drifted lower, at least partially offsetting those declines. "We now have yield in the bond market, which we haven’t had for 10 years," said Paul Nolte, market strategist at Murphy & Sylvest Wealth Management.

REUTERS/Tom KaeckenhoffLEVERKUSEN, Germany, April 5 (Reuters) - Incoming Bayer (BAYGn.DE) chief executive Bill Anderson says he is keeping an open mind on whether to break up the company into smaller pieces, as some fidgety investors want. "That's why I said I am going to have an open mind," he said. On the stock market Bayer, once the most valuable company on Germany's DAX blue-chip index, is now worth only about the same as it paid for Monsanto. At Bayer, he said he did not have his own desk and made use of the company's meeting rooms as needed. Professing a love of American football, hiking and snowboarding, he was also effusive about Bayer as a company and its heritage of medicines such as Aspirin.

☆ Johnson & Johnson shares rise after company proposes baby powder cancer settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Johnson & Johnson shares on Wednesday climbed after the company proposed paying $8.9 billion to settle thousands of claims that its baby powder and other talc products caused cancer. The pharmaceutical giant also said its subsidiary LTL Management refiled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its first attempt faced legal challenges. JPMorgan analyst Chris Schott on Thursday called the proposed settlement a positive for the company in a note. The proposed $8.9 billion settlement is also in-line with JPMorgan's $8 billion to $10 billion estimate, Schott noted. It's also unclear whether the proposed settlement will win approval in bankruptcy court, Bank of America analyst Geoff Meacham noted Thursday.

☆ MediaMath seemed destined for a $1B fairy-tale exit. Instead, most early investors got nothing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

At its Halloween party in 2015, the adtech startup MediaMath seemed on the brink of greatness. The machine-learning revolution that took over the financial industry was finally happening in marketing, and many industry insiders considered MediaMath to be the hottest adtech company of the time. "We never came close to consummating such a deal with MediaMath nor entertained the purported valuation," said a representative for Singtel. The Trade Desk, the most comparable independent DSP company to MediaMath, was riding high after its 2016 initial public offering. The quasi-equity agreement was structured to protect Searchlight if MediaMath didn't perform to certain quotas or if things went south financially.

☆ NBA roundup: Kings spoil Mavs' Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Kevin Huerter scored all 15 of his points in the second half, Trey Lyles added 14 points and Harrison Barnes had 13 for the Kings. Mikal Bridges scored 23 points in his Nets debut after being obtained from the Phoenix Suns on Thursday for Kevin Durant. The Hornets' losing streak reached seven games despite LaMelo Ball coming within a rebound of a triple-double. Jokic, who pulled in seven offensive rebounds, scored 40 points in a mid-December home victory against the Hornets. DeMar DeRozan followed with 16 points, and Nikola Vucevic notched a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds.

☆ China's latest IPO reform unlikely to flood markets with new issuance, bankers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Under the new system, China's stock exchanges will themselves vet IPOs with a focus on information disclosure. The reform was hailed by state media and analysts as a key milestone that would make China's IPO market more inclusive, transparent and efficient. "Paternalism and politics continue to play a big role" in the new IPO system, he said. STAR SYSTEMThe registration-based IPO system was first adopted by Shanghai's STAR Market when the tech-focused board was launched in 2019. The new IPO system was later rolled out to the start-up board ChiNext, and the Beijing Stock Exchange.

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