May 29, 2019

Warriors were sick of LeBron too, looking forward to new Finals opponent in Raptors

“I love it,” star Stephen Curry says of heading to Toronto in pursuit of championship. After four straight years of facing LeBron James and Cleveland in the NBA Finals, this feels refreshing for the two-time defending champion Warriors. “For sure,” Shaun Livingston said with a smile of taking on the upstart Raptors, “for sure, we’ll leave it right there.” Off to Toronto, finally a fresh team that’s tops from the […]
May 29, 2019

Champion, queen, goddess, mother Serena wins at French Open

This was one mistake too far for Serena Williams. Sure, the bad backhand put her behind only 15-30 at the outset of the second set of her opening match at Roland Garros on Monday. What made the miscue so bothersome? She’d already dropped the first set against 83rd-ranked Vitalia Diatchenko — and Williams’ unforced error total already was at 15 on a windy evening. So she reacted by throwing her […]
May 29, 2019

Maryland wins 14th national title in women’s lacrosse

The Maryland women’s lacrosse team has set a high bar and continued to distance itself from the rest of the field this weekend en route to another title. Brindi Griffin and Grace Griffin each scored three goals and Maryland won its 14th national championship with a 12-10 victory over Boston College on Sunday at Johns Hopkins. “It’s a great day to be a Terp,” Maryland coach Cathy Reese said. “I couldn’t be […]
May 29, 2019

WeWork parent company continues spending spree with big real estate investment

WeWork may be losing money, but its parent company plans to spend even more this time, by investing in real estate. The We Company announced on Wednesday the launch of ARK, a real estate acquisition and management operation with the goal to own stakes in buildings where it operates coworking space. ARK raised $2.9 billion in capital ahead of the launch.  In an email announcement, a spokesman for We Company […]
May 29, 2019

Huawei CEO says China shouldn’t punish Apple

Ren Zhengfei, the CEO and founder of embattled Chinese tech company Huawei, is defending US rival Apple.  Asked in an interview with Bloomberg about calls in China to boycott Apple (AAPL), Ren said he would be opposed to any such retaliatory action from Beijing even as tensions with the United States escalate.  “That will not happen first of all, and second of all if that happens, I’ll be the first to protest,” Ren told […]
May 29, 2019

New auto giant? Fiat Chrysler wants to merge with Renault

Fiat Chrysler proposed on Monday to merge with France’s Renault to create the world’s third-biggest automaker, worth $40 billion, and combine forces in the race to make electric and autonomous vehicles. The merged company would reshape the global industry: it would produce some 8.7 million vehicles a year, leapfrogging General Motors and trailing only Volkswagen and Toyota. Shares of both companies jumped on the news of the offer, which would […]
May 29, 2019

Arkansas newspaper gambles on free iPads as the future

Over a lunch of hamburger steaks, mashed potatoes and green beans, Walter Hussman delivered his pitch to the dozen or so attendees of the Hope, Arkansas, Rotary Club meeting. He promised that if they keep paying their current rate of $36 a month for subscription to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper, even though it will no longer be printed daily or delivered to their door, they’ll get a free iPad to […]