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Basketball games on tennis courts. College hoops on a battleship. Baseball in a cornfield. You can get real creative about where teams play. We’ll see another one on Saturday – an MLB game on a NASCAR racetrack – when a record crowd is expected at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway.As we prepare to watch home runs fly high over the high banks, let’s dive back into some of the other interesting places to catch a game.MLB at Field of Dreams – Yankees vs. White Sox, Aug. 12, 2021 The White Sox and Yankees walking onto the field ahead of 2021’s “Field of…
The rapid pace of development in the world of tech, particularly in AI, spurred a judge’s cautious approach to curbing Google’s online search monopoly, revealing a hurdle for U.S. antitrust enforcers’ efforts to win their other cases against Big Tech.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled last year that Alphabet’s Google holds an illegal monopoly, saying its dominance in online search “has gone unchallenged for well over a decade.” But he declined on Tuesday to impose stringent requirements that the government had called for, saying the rise of AI companies in the past two years has already created competitive pressure.He noted that…
[TOKYO] Japan and the United States are in the final stages of talks to implement lower tariffs on Japanese automobile imports within 10-14 days after the issuance of a US presidential executive order, a Japanese government source told Reuters on Thursday (Sep 4).That means that a reduced US tariff rate on Japanese cars, from the current 27.5 to 15 per cent, is set to take effect by the end of this month, said the source, who declined to be identified as the matter is confidential.The exact date to be specified in the executive order is still under discussion, the source…
On September 9, Apple is unveiling its 2025 flagship smartphone line, featuring the iPhone 17, 17 Air, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max. Naturally, millions of customers will rush to pre-order ASAP and secure a phone before the first wave sells out. Getting your hands on the new iPhone 17, however, is just the beginning of the phone upgrade process. There are several other steps you should take, including moving your data from the old phone and correctly wiping it before you sell or donate it. If you find this entire procedure too overwhelming or confusing, you’ve come to the…
A 55-year-old Texas man who told police he was in “an imaginary relationship” with WNBA star Caitlin Clark was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to stalking and harassing the Indiana Fever guard.Michael Lewis, of Denton, Texas, reached a deal with Marion County prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty to one felony count of stalking and one misdemeanor count of harassment. He will get credit for time served.Lewis was also ordered to stay away from Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Fever events and Indiana Pacers organization events, as well as to have no contact with Clark.…
A garment worker sorts tailored shirts and denim jeans at an apparel manufacturing unit in Bengaluru on August 25, 2025. Idrees Mohammed | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Indian government’s move on Wednesday to formally reduce the goods and services tax on a variety of items is expected to spur consumption and ease the impact of U.S. tariffs.The tax cuts, first mooted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August on the country’s Independence Day, and an earlier round of income tax cuts in April, should boost consumer demand and corporate profits in the near and medium-term, Citi Research said in…
[WASHINGTON, DC] Elected political leaders often express frustration with monetary policymakers. If only the central bank would lower interest rates, they reckon, businesses and households could borrow more easily for long-term purposes, such as building factories and buying homes, boosting the economy and, typically, incumbents’ re-election chances. If the central bank, concerned about inflation, keeps interest rates higher, some politicians try to pressure the officials into lowering interest rates by all possible means, from browbeating to changing the leadership.This is the current situation in the US, where President Donald Trump is determined to subordinate the Federal Reserve to his will.At…
Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more. A cloud application represents an app that works via remote, distant servers – aka cloud servers. Users only need a browser on their mobile phone or desktop, as the APIs ensure the interaction between servers and user devices. Such infrastructure allows you to offer users swifter responses, scale up or down based on the user number, and strengthen data security. And probably the best part…
New York Mets star outfielder Juan Soto announced on Wednesday that he’ll play for the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, which will air exclusively on FOX networks.It will be the second time that Soto plays in the World Baseball Classic, with the Dominican Republic going 2-2 and failing to advance out of Pool D in the 2023 tournament. However, Soto was one of the team’s bright spots, hitting two home runs and going 6 for 15.Japan beat the United States in the championship game to win the 2023 World Baseball Classic.The Mets, of course, have a bad…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer chairs a roundtable with UK business leaders in Downing Street in London on April 3, 2025. Ben Stansall | Via ReutersWhile not alone in experiencing bond market volatility this week — with global yields rising among major economies as investors worry about the inflation trajectory, yawning budget deficits and growing debt piles — confidence in the U.K. has been dented by concerns over the country’s particulars.Doubts have mounted over Finance Minister Rachel Reeves’ ability to balance the budget and bring down the national deficit, which hit 4.8% in 2024, as well as the country’s debt pile…