De’Aaron Fox is headed to the San Antonio Spurs in a multi-team deal that’s sending Chicago’s Zach LaVine to the Sacramento Kings, a team source told The Athletic.Kevin Huerter, Zach Collins and Tre Jones will head to the Chicago Bulls as part of the deal. Jordan McLaughlin will go to the Spurs. The Kings also are acquiring three first-rounders and three second-rounders in the trade, league sources said.But one of the firsts is a Hornets 2025 top-14 protected pick, which almost surely won’t convey, instead becoming their 2026 and 2027 seconds, league sources said. So the final draft tally on…
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President Trump’s decision to impose hefty tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China included a little-noticed but significant change to how online purchases will be taxed when they enter the United States.One provision of Mr. Trump’s executive order will increase costs for more than 80 percent of U.S. e-commerce imports. The decision could shift the landscape for online sales from Chinese vendors like Shein and Temu that have swiftly expanded their market share by sending cheap goods into the United States.The president’s order erased a workaround that many companies have taken advantage of in recent years, particularly since Mr. Trump imposed…
Bundles of steel from Nucor Corporation sit for sale at Thompson Building Materials in Lomita, California, on Aug. 30, 2012.Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. steelmakers should be beneficiaries of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, but Wall Street warned that there are some risks in the longer term.On Saturday, Trump slapped 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada and a 10% levy on those from China. On Monday, the U.S. agreed to pause tariffs on Mexico for one month in return for President Claudia Sheinbaum sending troops to northern border.Those decisions reversed the stock market’s early slide. The…
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, listens as investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.Matt Kelley | APPresident Donald Trump has made Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firing former head Rohit Chopra over the weekend.Bessent, a former hedge fund manager who was confirmed as head of the U.S. Treasury last week, will presumably lead the CFPB until a permanent pick is named.”I look forward to working with the CFPB to advance President Trump’s agenda to lower costs for the American people and…
Executives around the WNBA largely expected this offseason’s market to serve as a tune-up for next winter. At the start of the offseason, only two non-rookie contract players had deals that extended past 2025. Seismic change loomed.But after an avalanche of moves, significant shifts have come an offseason early as a hectic week of free agency is reshaping the upcoming season.In six days, 10 multi-time All-Stars — Satou Sabally, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Brionna Jones, DeWanna Bonner, Natasha Howard, Tina Charles and Courtney Vandersloot — changed teams via trade or the open market.Veterans who had only…
A delivery driver of the Turkish delivery service “Getir” rides his bicycle.Michael Kappeler | picture alliance | Getty ImagesThe CEO of Turkish grocery delivery company Getir said on Monday he had been removed from his position, weeks after a shareholder meeting approved an updated restructuring plan that was disputed by one of the firm’s co-founders.Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Batuhan Gultakan, chief executive since 2022, left his role on Thursday, the latest twist in a struggle for control at Getir.”Yes, last week the Turkish Board of Directors, which consists of the sons of Getir founder Nazım Salur, terminated my duty…
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones believes the financial markets are far less stable entering President Donald Trump’s second term than they were back in 2017. “There’s so many moving parts, and there’s so many things that are cross currents. The one thing that I would say is this is a completely, totally different landscape than Trump 1.0,” Jones said on CNBC’s ” Squawk Box .” The widely followed investor said fixed income, foreign exchange and equity markets have all gone through sea changes during the past eight years. He noted that the Treasury is now issuing a record amount…
A new trade tiff is here, and investors are already feeling the pinch. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada, and unveiled a 10% levy on Chinese imports. The news sent global stock markets tumbling . S & P 500 futures were last down more than 1.5%. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index slid more than 1% as well, while the Japanese Nikkei 225 dropped 2.7% overnight. The U.S. 10-year Treasury note yield shed about 6 basis points to around 4.51%, a sign that investors are looking for safety and betting on slower U.S.…
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks about U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies during a press conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Henry RomeroHenry Romero | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Monday said that he is pausing for one month his new 25% tariff on goods entering the United States from Mexico after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to immediately send 10,000 soldiers to her country’s northern border to prevent drug trafficking.The announcement of the pause came two days after Trump slapped 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as a…
You can place plenty of bets on the Super Bowl, from typical wagers on the game itself to weird and bizarre props. Somewhere, someone is offering a bet on or including on a watch party’s prop sheet almost anything even vaguely related to the Super Bowl. By that standard, betting on the result of the coin toss is relatively tame and normal, and it involves nothing more than luck.The Super Bowl coin toss is probably the most-watched flip of a coin in American sports. So, of course, people bet on it. Should they? Well, that’s another story.On BetMGM, there are…
