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Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Quinn Priester will undergo season-ending surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome and is expected to be sidelined for eight to 10 months.
MarketWatch
As Tesla has doubled down on artificial intelligence, investors are left trying to make sense of the company’s progress. According to analysts at Oppenheimer, tracking how Tesla spends its cash may provide some insight.
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Investors are demanding steep discounts to buy debt banks have been stuck holding since financing a leveraged buyout tied to Pellera Technologies, an HIG Capital-backed software company, for over a year.
BBC Sport
Lord Botham criticises England captain Ben Stokes for breaking a team curfew and says there is no way to "justify what happened".
Variety
A series adaptation of Andrew Mayne’s “The Naturalist” book series is in active development at ABC. The series is described as a procedural that follows a “brilliant but socially estranged biologist who uses the laws of animal behavior to hunt human predators.” The twist is that the protagonist has his own dark secrets, and he […]
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South Africa’s Absa Group Ltd. plans to raise its stake in its Kenyan unit to 85% through a $238.7 million tender offer, underscoring its confidence in East Africa’s growth prospects.
Variety
Alessio Liguori is to direct “Moriarty Rising: A Sherlock Holmes Tale” in Turin, Italy. The project, written by Oliver Draiv, explores the origins of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest adversary against the backdrop of modern-day Turin. “Moriarty Rising” is a “dual-format” production, meaning it will function both as a premium vertical series and a standalone feature film. […]
Variety
Charles Melton, the star of “Beef” and “May December,” will join Matt Damon in the new movie from Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the filmmaker duo known as the Daniels. The project, which is described as an “event film,” marks the pair’s follow-up to “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Plot details remain under wraps, but production is […]
The Guardian
Wealth tax criticized by billionaires and Gavin Newsom would levy a one-time 5% tax on residents worth over $1bnA controversial proposal in California to issue a wealth tax on billionaires has gained enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in November, state officials announced on Wednesday.The news is set to intensify an already heated debate around the tax, which has pitted tech moguls and the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, against the labor unions backing the measure. Continue reading...
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