On Thursday, the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds will meet in Dyersville, Iowa, for the second edition of Major League Baseball’s Field of Dreams game. The game is a living tribute to the iconic 1989 film “Field of Dreams” starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan and the late Ray Liotta, which was in …
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TORONTO – Karl Hale has been the tournament director of the National Bank Open since 2006, and he’s never seen anything like the 24 hours after Serena Williams said she was ending her professional tennis career. “We heard about it yesterday morning and immediately ticket sales picked up,” Hale said. “In the players’ room, you …
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The Fed is now seen offering a 50bp hike in September US consumer price growth slows in July Musk sells $6.9 million worth of Tesla stock The volatility index closes at a four-month low NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Wednesday, sending the Nasdaq more than 20 percent above its June …
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Placeholder while loading item actions After the FBI seized the cell phone of Rep. Scott Perry, a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who pushed former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud, all eyes are on Trump’s latest ally to face the scrutiny of federal law enforcement. Perry’s cell phone was seized Tuesday as part …
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Lightning, a chain of fireball explosions so large they could be seen 65 miles away in Havana, and a lingering stench of sulfur. The five-day fire at Cuba’s main oil storage facility in Matanzas was sparked by lightning on Friday night. Over the next few days, flames spread “like an Olympic torch” to three more …
Comment on this story comment Dozens of rescuers watched a whale suspended in a net in the air, in what French officials described as “an unprecedented operation” to save the 13-foot mammal. After hours of delicate lifting, a crane had pulled the whale from the River Seine before dawn, in the first phase of a …
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Aug 10 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk sold $6.9 billion of shares in the electric vehicle maker, saying the funds could be used to finance a potential Twitter deal if it loses a legal battle with the social media platform. “In the (hopefully unlikely) event that Twitter forces …
Futures higher ahead of CPI report Shortly before the CPI report, futures have been based on their morning gains. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 101 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures gained 0.4% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.5%. -Jesse Pound The inverted yield curve “will collapse,” says Novogratz Galaxy Digital CEO Michael Novogratz …
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Voter support is reduced by the party’s ties to the church The change comes sooner than analysts expected The Church defends its right to participate in politics Kishida only chose ministers who will “review” ties to the group TOKYO, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday as he …
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European stocks mixed on key US inflation impression; Ahold Delhaize rises 6% European markets were mixed on Wednesday morning as global investors await the key US inflation print. The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell 0.2% in early trade, with health care shares down 0.6% while autos gained 0.5%. Turning to data in Europe, official figures revealed …
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