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Fantasy Football Make or Break: Big names with big problems and bye-week booms

With six teams on bye, fantasy football managers are forced to decide between big names with big problems or the potential for bye week booms. Analyst Tera Roberts helps us sort through the mess!

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 hours ago

Private prison firms donated more than $1M to Trump. Now they expect a business boom

Private prison companies contributed more than a million dollars to Donald Trump's reelection -- and are now poised to benefit from his mass deportation plan.

Major geothermal bills pass House, widening path for clean energy drilling boom

Two bills making it easier to tap the Earth’s heat for on-demand clean power have passed the House. The CLEAN Act and HEATS Act remove many of the federal permitting regulations currently necessary ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

3 Fast-Growth Lessons That Inc. 5000 Companies Follow to Make Business Boom

These may not be one-off tricks for hockey stick growth—but they are solid principles to employ in your business strategy.

Business - Inc. - Yesterday

‘I hit the boom operator’s car with an arrow. He was inside’: how we made Robin of Sherwood

‘We’d invite famous actors to guest star for a fee topped at £3,000. “Come and have some fun!” we’d say – and nobody ever turned us down’. Richard “Kip” Carpenter, the writer, wanted our outlaws to ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Week 11 Booms and Busts: Anthony Richardson delivers hope and points for fantasy football managers

Scott Pianowski breaks down Week 11's top fantasy developments, including a huge bounce-back performance for Anthony Richardson.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago

Chef-level fillings, queues down the street, big on TikTok: Britain’s new sandwich boom

Deluxe, restaurant-quality sandwiches have become a national obsession. Here’s why tuna mayo will never be the same again. It’s a weekday lunchtime and about 30 people, mostly millennials in ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

China's state-owned tobacco behemoth is booming, defying global trends and anti-smoking efforts

Powered by "the biggest tobacco company most people have never heard of," China is bucking global smoking trends as cigarette sales surge in the country.

Business - CNBC - November 12

Christian McCaffrey's return a rare bright spot in Week 10 that offered more fantasy busts than booms

Scott Pianowski breaks down a Week 10 that lacked the scoring fantasy managers were hoping for.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 11

Affirm sees booming buy-now-pay-later growth, but stock dips after earnings

The company is seeing more of its business shift toward interest-bearing products.

Business - MarketWatch - November 8

'Trump trade' takes off: Tesla, Bitcoin and Truth Social boom in election aftermath

The value of assets tied to Donald Trump — and those likely to benefit under his administration — are soaring in the wake of his decisive electoral victory on Tuesday.

‘No social life, no plans, no savings’: Americans aren’t reaping benefits of booming US economy

While some were optimistic about stabilizing costs, others told the Guardian high prices continue to squeeze finances. Experts seem to agree the US economy has been on the upswing in 2024. A wave ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

Fantasy Football Booms and Busts: Derrick Henry headlines monster Week 9 for veteran RBs

Scott Pianowski breaks down Week 9's fantasy highs and lows, including Derrick Henry continuing to be an ageless wonder.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 3

We're hiking our price target on an industrial whose earnings benefit from AI data center boom

Given Eaton stock's year-to-date outperformance, it's not too surprising to see some profit taking on the mixed print.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Colts' Anthony Richardson has been most boom-or-bust quarterback since merger; will he turn it around?

Richardson was benched for Joe Flacco on Tuesday amid his early-season struggles

Sports - CBS Sports - October 29

AI boom thrusts Europe between power-hungry data centers and environmental goals

The growth in demand for AI could come at a cost to Europe's decarbonization goals as the specialized chips used by firms like Nvidia are expected to result in a rise in energy use of already ...

Business - CNBC - October 29

Booms and Busts: Browns, Bucs and Dolphins go from potential fantasy football afterthoughts to bringers of hope

Scott Pianowski breaks down Sunday's fantasy highs and lows, including Jameis Winston breathing new life into the Browns.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 27

NFL punt of the year? Jaguars' Logan Cooke booms 73-yarder that pins Packers at their 2-yard line

The Jaguars punter had what could be the punt of the year, booming a 73-yard kick that pinned the Packers back at their 2-yard line.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 27

Tech boom forces US funds to dump shares to avoid breach of tax rules

Asset managers including Fidelity and T Rowe Price are bumping up against limits on size of large holdings

World - Financial Times - October 25

Online gambling has fueled an industry boom that threatens public health, commission finds

The rise of online betting has led the commercial gambling industry to grow worldwide, posing a threat to public health, according to a report from an international commission of health experts.

Jim Cramer explains why fossil fuels remain vital as the Big Tech boom continues

CNBC's Jim Cramer noted Big Tech's growing energy demands, with companies like Meta, Nvidia, Google and Microsoft building more and more data centers.

Business - CNBC - October 24

‘DJT’ is booming. Here’s why other SPAC stocks haven’t been so lucky.

A surge of companies decided to go public via SPAC mergers in 2020 and 2021. Since then, not so much.

Business - MarketWatch - October 24

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