Twitter may be moving closer to a deal with Elon Musk. The board of the social media service met on Sunday morning to discuss Mr. Musk’s unsolicited $ 46.5 billion bid to buy the company, after he began lining up financing for his offer last week, two people with knowledge of the situation said. The …
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Gerrit Cole used a wild weekend in the Bronx to regain his command. Cole, the Yankees’ ace right-hander, held the Cleveland Guardians scoreless on Sunday afternoon, rebounding from an outing Tuesday against Detroit in which he walked five batters across an inning and two-thirds. Cole was far more efficient against Cleveland, striking out nine hitters …
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The captain of the San Francisco Giants – that’s captain with a capital C, crudely concocted with strips of black tape – reported for duty this season in a boat bearing precious cargo. He wore a white captain’s hat with black-and-orange trim, flung his wares starboard and set ground, at last, on a shimmering emerald …
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A dramatic, last-gasp winner from midfielder Sandro Tonali earned Milan a crucial 2-1 comeback victory at Lazio on Sunday, as Stefano Pioli’s side climbed back to the top of the Serie A standings. Champions Inter Milan had gone top with a convincing 3-1 win over AS Roma on Saturday – their third league victory in …
Nothing is yet settled in this season’s Premiership but several things became clearer on a breezy day in north London as Saracens secured their playoff place. The most glaring is that it will take something special to beat Sarries on their own artificial pitch if they do secure a home semi ‑ final draw while …
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As an unmistakable feeling of desperation closed in on the Nets, Coach Steve Nash reached toward the deepest recesses of his bench on Saturday and summoned a former star in twilight. Blake Griffin shed his warm-ups, along with some cobwebs, and reported to the scorer’s table. Griffin, 33, has a bum ankle and a surgically …
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Meta experienced a historic nosedive in value earlier this year amid a major rebrand and shake-ups to its business model – and investors are bracing for another difficult quarter. Meta lost a record $ 230bn in market value after a disappointing earnings report in February, in which it revealed Facebook had recorded its first-ever drop …
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In the days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German software giant SAP halted all its sales in Russia. But it provoked the ire of Ukrainian leaders by continuing to offer updates and cloud computing access to Russian customers not targeted by Western sanctions. This week SAP, which makes business software to handle tasks like …
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Lap 42/63 Watching Hamilton like this is something. I guess it’s not dissimilar to watching Manchester United, both pursuits not without their humor. Lap 41/63 We’re with Hamilton as he tries to get close to Gasly … who bousts away. Lap 40/63 In sixth, Bottas is half a second quicker on his last lap than …
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What’s Up? (April 17-23) A Bad Week for CNN + and Netflix After pouring tens of millions of dollars into a nationwide marketing campaign, big-name stars and hundreds of new employees, CNN announced Thursday it was shutting down CNN +, its weeks-old streaming platform. Executives at Discovery, CNN’s new owner, were said to be concerned …
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