The final place in the playoffs of the Western Conference will come down to a play-in this weekend, where the No. 9 seed will have to win two matches against the No. 8 seed – Saturday at 14: 30 a.m. ET on ABC and, if necessary, Sunday at 4:30 p.m. …
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Rising star in Detroit suddenly leaves for Silicon Valley
SILVERFRING, Md. – The chief financial officer at General Motors, Dhivya Suryadevara, trades Detroit for Silicon Valley in a surprise departure to join the startup Stripe of payments. Suryadevara became a rising star in the automotive sector, at the age of 39 became GM’s first female CFO in 2018 at …
Read More »Five for Five – Dana White pulls out five UFC contracts in Week 2 of the Contender series
All future participants in Dana White’s Contender Series will probably be hoping for one thing in advance: please, please, that White is just back from vacation. The UFC president was in a ‘good mood’ at the Apex facility in Las Vegas on Tuesday, as he issued contracts to all five …
Read More »China to bring WeChat, TikTok up in next US trade talks
(Bloomberg) – U.S. and Chinese negotiators plan to discuss the progress of their trade agreement in the coming days, with Beijing pushing to broaden the agenda to address Washington’s recent crackdown on companies including TikTok and WeChat. A virtual meeting is likely to take place as soon as this week, …
Read More »Player Unity Group criticizes Pac-12’s handling of proposed decision
In the wake of the Pac-12’s decision to keep all sports at least for the remainder of 2020, the Pac-12 #WeAreUnited unit group issued a statement calling for renewal for the establishment of a players’ association for university athletes , was critical of the handling of the conference over Tuesday’s …
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