Djokovic wins Rome title: 'I moved on' after US Open default
For four or five days after being defaulted from the U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic did some serious soul searching. Dropping only one set all week, Djokovic won his fifth Italian Open title on Monday after beating Diego Schwartzman 7-5, 6-3 in the final, and restored his confidence heading into Roland Garros, which starts in six days. The only player to take a set off Djokovic this week was German qualifier Dominik Koepfer in the quarterfinals. With his 36th Masters 1000 title, Djokovic moved one ahead of Rafael Nadal atop the all-time list. Able to run down virtually everything, the 5-foot-7 (170-centimeter) Schwartzman gave Djokovic fits early on, when there was a brief rain shower.
Source:Fox News
September 21, 2020 20:03 UTC
Woodley Park's Marilyn Monroe gets a facelift
Roi said Kevin — a Winchester, Va., artist who goes by Jazirock — was the perfect person for the job. “I said, ‘Oh my god Kevin, that’s wonderful, on one condition: Get a pup tent that’s big enough for both of us. “I started painting. “You don’t get to paint,” Kevin said. Marilyn Monroe is at least the second great American Kevin, 48, has painted.
Source:Washington Post
September 21, 2020 20:03 UTC
Activist Trian Fund Management Takes Stake in Comcast
Trian Fund Management LP, a hedge fund known for pushing big companies to make operational and other changes, has launched an activist campaign against Comcast Corp. in a bet that the cable-TV and entertainment giant’s stock is undervalued. Trian has accumulated about 20 million shares in Philadelphia-based Comcast, for a roughly $900 million stake or about 0.4% of the company, a person familiar with the matter said. Comcast’s market value is about $200 billion.
Source:Wall Street Journal
September 21, 2020 19:52 UTC
Popcorn farmers are sitting on mountains of unsold popcorn, in part due to closed movie theaters
With movie theaters shut down, people are obviously eating less movie theater snacks. This has left the farmers who supply theaters (and other venues) with a massive surplus of unsold food. Popcorn farmers who typically sell to movie theaters and other venues (bars, concert halls, sporting events, etc.) One company, Preferred Popcorn, reportedly had to construct seven new silos in order to hold all of the unsold kernels. With the future of movie theaters still uncertain, many farmers are reportedly concerned that it will still be some time before popcorn sales return to normal levels.
Source:Fox News
September 21, 2020 19:41 UTC
Microsoft is buying Bethesda's parent company for $7.5 billion
New York (CNN Business) Microsoft (MSFT) on Monday announced plans to purchase game publisher Bethesda Softworks's parent company, ZeniMax, in a landmark $7.5 billion acquisition deal. Bethesda is one of the world's largest privately-held gaming developers, and its studios have produced several critically acclaimed franchises including " Elder Scrolls ," "Fallout" and " Doom ." Bethesda is also the developer behind "Starfield," one of the gaming world's most-anticipated unreleased titles. Microsoft's Its acquisition is expected to help give a boost toMicrosoft's Xbox Game Pass , a monthly subscription service similar to Netflix that grants users access to a catalog of more than 100 games. Game Pass has raised Microsoft's gaming revenues every year since its June 2017 debut.
Source:CNN
September 21, 2020 19:41 UTC
Microsoft Grabs Some of World’s Biggest Games in $7.5 Billion Deal
By buying the game maker ZeniMax Media, the parent company of gaming studios like Bethesda, Microsoft gained control of major gaming titles like The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein. The deal allows Microsoft to counter criticism that it lags behind Sony in the quality of its games while deepening its game catalog seven weeks before both Microsoft and Sony release a new generation of gaming consoles. Gamers have long complained that Microsoft’s Xbox consoles lacked the type of exclusive, high-quality games that Sony promotes as a major selling point for its PlayStation consoles. For years, Sony owned more games studios than Microsoft. The deal announced on Monday increased Microsoft’s lead to 23 game studios, and gives it control over some of the world’s most popular franchises.
Source:New York Times
September 21, 2020 19:30 UTC
A Covid-19 Vaccine for Kids May Not Arrive Before Fall 2021
Dr. Anderson said that vaccine makers could have started running trials for children over the summer, as soon as they had gotten good Phase 2 results from adults. Whenever these trials do start, it could take upward of a year to get vaccines for Covid-19 ready for children. A couple more months might pass while the vaccine developers give a low dose to a small group of kids. Only then would vaccine developers start a new trial with a higher dose. These tests would likely start with older children, before researchers could shift down to kids between 3 and 8.
Source:New York Times
September 21, 2020 19:30 UTC
A Burmese Kitchen That Combines Fidelity and Freedom
Rangoon, a Burmese restaurant that opened in Brooklyn this year just in time for the pandemic, is not precisely the place that its owners, Myo Moe and Daniel Bendjy, envisioned. Ms. Moe, the chef, would build her plates with more contrast and complexity if the world weren’t upside down. Try them anyway, along with the tea-leaf salad, even though the lotus root it should contain isn’t always available. A number of dishes have been stripped down, made simpler and sturdier so they can be packed in disposable containers. The scarcity of the cuisine alone should make Rangoon a compelling destination, but it would be an exciting one even if tea-leaf salad were as common here as Jamaican beef patties.
Source:New York Times
September 21, 2020 19:30 UTC
How to Ventilate Your Home to Fight Coronavirus, Wildfire Smoke
Healthy air in homes is a bigger concern than ever. Evidence that Covid-19 spreads through the air means that those spending time indoors—even at home—might be at risk of exposure. The virus, along with added threats from wildfire emissions in the Western U.S., are prompting calls for new ventilation measures in dwellings. Using filters, fans, air purifiers and open windows can help. Here, experts weigh in on ways to improve your home’s ventilation to combat viruses as well as outdoor and indoor pollutants.
Source:Wall Street Journal
September 21, 2020 19:30 UTC
Judge dismisses Trump campaign challenge to Nevada mail-in voting law
(CNN) In a significant setback for the Trump campaign in the battleground state of Nevada, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the campaign over the state's new mail-in voting law. Under the recently passed law all active voters receive a mail-in ballot, whether they ask for one or not. The bill, AB-4, was passed in a special session and requires all active voters to receive a mail in ballot during the state of emergency caused by the Covid-19 pandemicThe Trump campaign has 30 days to appeal. CNN has reached out to the campaigns for comment. The Nevada case has been one that the President has closely watched and hoped to win, according to his tweets -- and it's one of the few absentee ballot challenges initiated by the Trump campaign and Republican Party this election.
Source:CNN
September 21, 2020 19:13 UTC
TikTok Deal Trips Over U.S.-China Power Struggle
On Saturday, Mr. Trump said he had given his “blessing” to a transaction that he said would result in non-Chinese investors, including Oracle and Walmart, owning TikTok. But ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, threw cold water on that structure on Sunday, disputing both Oracle’s and Mr. Trump’s characterization of the deal. ByteDance said it would hold a majority share of the new company until it went public within the next year. Oracle said on Monday that as soon as the new company, TikTok Global, was created, ByteDance would lose its ownership stake in the service. Asked during a television appearance on “Fox & Friends” on Monday about the potential that ByteDance would still own 80 percent of the service, Mr. Trump said that the Chinese firm would “have nothing to do with it, and if they do, we just won’t make the deal.”
Source:New York Times
September 21, 2020 19:12 UTC
Quibi Reportedly Exploring Strategic Options, Including A Sale
ToplineQuibi is considering strategic options including a possible sale, anonymous sources told the Wall Street Journal on Monday as the streaming service continues to struggle to gain subscribers despite raising nearly $2 billion from investors and attracting a high-profile team and famous actors and producers. Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman speak at an event in Beverly Hills on October 10, 2018. Quibi launched during the height of the pandemic, which Katzenberg cites as the main source of difficulties for the company. “I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus,” Katzenberg told the New York Times in May. But we own it.” With more people staying home, Quibi backpedaled from being exclusively on mobile to allowing subscribers to watch the content on television screens.
Source:Forbes
September 21, 2020 19:07 UTC
Rory McIlroy divided over Bryson DeChambeau's strategy in US Open victory
Bryson DeChambeau’s unconventional golfing style was part of the reason why he won the U.S. Open on Sunday after months and months of criticism from other pros. DeChambeau’s so-called “bomb and gouge” strategy on the courses has sparked an intense debate. BRYSON DECHAMBEAU WINS THE US OPEN, HIS FIRST MAJOR TITLE OF HIS CAREERThe 27-year-old came into the new PGA Tour season last year looking more muscular. Rory McIlroy was one of the golfers conflicted with DeChambeau’s style. McIlroy hypothesized that if those types of shots can work at Winged Foot then why not August?
Source:Fox News
September 21, 2020 19:07 UTC
Novak Djokovic defeats Diego Schwartzman to win fifth Italian Open title
(CNN) Little over three weeks since being defaulted at the US Open , Novak Djokovic has returned to his winning ways with victory at the Italian Open in Rome. Djokovic defeated Diego Schwartzman 7-5, 6-3 in a tight contest on clay in the build-up to the French Open. Djokovic (left) meets at the net with Schwartzman following the Italian Open final. Djokovic celebrates winning his fifth Italian Open title. As for Halep, she can approach the French Open with confidence having not lost a match since the Australian Open semifinals in January.
Source:CNN
September 21, 2020 18:56 UTC
A puppy was pulled from the rubble in an area devastated by wildfires. Rescuers named him Trooper
(CNN) Authorities in California made an unexpected discovery while searching a property that had been burned by wildfires: a small black puppy. "These last several days have been hard on our entire county and we thought we would share a positive story," the Butte County Sheriff's Department wrote on its Facebook page Saturday. Search and Rescue teams found the puppy on a large property in Berry Creek. CNN reached out to the Sheriff's department but has not heard back. In terms of acres burned, this year is the worst in the state's wildfire history.
Source:CNN
September 21, 2020 18:45 UTC