Text size Microsoft reports quarterly earnings after the closing bell Tuesday. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images Tech investors are feeling the pain. The Nasdaq Composite index, which is heavily weighted with technology companies, just notched its worst week since March 2020, and is now down 14% from its all-time high in November, putting it firmly in correction … Read more
Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan. (Associated Press) Somewhat amazingly, the Rams and the 49ers have faced each other only once in the postseason, a 30-3 San Francisco rout in 1990. It’s an interesting bit of history that will have no bearing on Sunday’s second postseason meeting involving the two teams. More relevant is this more … Read more
I just cannot get over just how dumb some people are. It’s almost as if they took college courses on how to be really dumb. But based on the number of notes I receive asking for more of them or saying how much they enjoyed a Dumb Outdoor Crooks column that I wrote, many of … Read more
(Bloomberg) — One after the other, stock market bears say their calls have finally been vindicated. Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson is the latest to claim his warnings were spot on. Most Read from Bloomberg The strategist, who has long been a skeptic of the rally that pushed U.S. equities to successive records, said Monday that … Read more
Bills receiver Stefon Diggs didn’t have much of a stat line on Sunday night, with three catches for seven yards. However, Diggs racked up a “one” in a very rare category. Diggs wiped out a fan who entered the field, and who apparently was making a beeline for the football. A fan named Carl Fugate … Read more
A COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on Dec. 25, 2020. (Los Angeles Times) To the editor: How about a very simple answer to the anti-vaxxers when they inevitably contract COVID-19? Just don’t come to the hospital if you are in denial that you have the disease. (“Anti-vaccine … Read more
Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Kohl’s shares surged more than 28% in premarket trading Monday following reports the retailer could be fielding takeover offers from two suitors. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that activist hedge fund Starboard Value was behind a group that made a $9 billion bid for Kohl’s (ticker: KSS), … Read more
CBS News is rebranding its streaming channels as CBS News Streaming Network, with a new slate of programming featuring more of the network’s broadcast talent, including a Person to Person series hosted by Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King tapped to anchor the first of new CBS Reports documentary projects. Other shows include new weekly series … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Kelce scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime. But even he knew it. “It was a situation where whoever had the ball last was going to win that game,” the Chiefs Pro Bowl tight end said after Kansas City edged Buffalo 42-36 in an AFC divisional-round matchup. “Both offenses were hitting … Read more
