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Stephen Jones knew his advantage a few weeks ago in training camp.The Cowboys executive vice president quoted his father, team owner Jerry Jones, calling it an “old Jerry-ism.””Santa Claus isn’t going to put a bike under your tree every year,” Jones told Yahoo Sports in an interview on Aug. 13. “You have to accept that bikes cost money.”On Monday, the Cowboys, in Jones’ words, “reached a comfortable position” with paying their 2020 first-round draft pick a large signing bonus.The Cowboys and CeeDee Lamb have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $136 million with $100 million guaranteed, multiple sources familiar…

Shane Gillis drinking Bud Light beer at a college football game isn’t exactly headline-grabbing news. A quick scroll through his Instagram shows the comedian and his friends enjoying the blue can of beer at various events. In January, Gillis announced his partnership with the beer as he embarked on a stand-up comedy tour. But now, Gillis, 36, and beer’s relationship is a bit more official: Gillis stars in and co-wrote a new Bud Light campaign for the start of college football season. In addition to the content that will be rolled out across TV and social media, Bud Light will…

NEW DELHI: Shares of ZEE Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) surged around 12 per cent on Tuesday after the company and Sony Pictures Networks India settled a six-month-old dispute over a failed $10 billion merger.The stock closed 11.45 per cent higher at Rs 150.85 per share on the BSE, after climbing 14.25 per cent intraday to Rs 154.65.On the NSE, the company’s shares rose 11.61 per cent to Rs 150.90 per share.The company’s market capitalisation rose by Rs 1,488.81 crore to Rs 14,489.44 crore.ZEEL and Sony Pictures Networks India on Tuesday said they have agreed to settle a six-month-old dispute related to…

Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.Owning momentum stock darling Nvidia (NVDA) still makes a lot of sense.”If you don’t own Nvidia, you’re literally missing out on a revolution,” Ross Gerber, co-founder of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, told Yahoo Finance editor-in-chief Brian Sozzi on the Opening Bid podcast (watch the video above and listen to the audio below).Gerber said people who don’t invest in Nvidia are comparable to people “not investing in Napoleon during the French Revolution.”Gerber said his company has held Nvidia shares for more than 10…

DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked France to urgently provide consular services to Pavel Durov, a United Arab Emirates national and CEO of technology platform Telegram, currently detained in Paris.”We have asked the Government of the French Republic to urgently provide him with all the consular services he requires,” the ministry said in a statement.Durov was arrested by French authorities late Saturday night on suspicion of cybercrimes. The billionaire entrepreneur, who has been living in the UAE since 2017, was granted citizenship of the Gulf state in 2021. He was born in Russia and…

When and where will the Paralympics opening ceremony take place? How many athletes will compete? Al Jazeera has the answers.Less than two weeks after the Olympic Games ended, Paris will once again be buzzing with a major sporting event. The 2024 Paralympic Games get underway in the French capital from Wednesday, with thousands of athletes set to compete for coveted medals. Here’s what you need to know about the game in Paris. When are the 2024 Paralympics? The Paralympics will run from Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 8 September. When and where is the Opening Ceremony held? The Games will…

After months of speculation, the Tennessee Titans traded quarterback Malik Willis to the Green Bay Packers before Tuesday’s roster deadline. In return, the Titans received a 2025 seventh-round pick, allowing general manager Lan Carson to get a draft pick back in exchange for Willis.The Liberty University product was expected to be the next face of the franchise and was selected in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft. But Willis never took the steps necessary to become the quarterback of the future, completing just 50.8 percent of his passes in eight games as a rookie, including three starts in…

Nvidia (NVDA) Nvidia is due to report earnings on Wednesday, which are set to beat previous results. The chipmaker is expected to report quarterly adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.65 on revenue of $28.7bn (£21.7bn). This would represent a 139% increase in EPS and a 113% increase in revenue compared to the same period last year, when Nvidia posted EPS of $0.27 on revenue of $13.5bn.Nvidia is the global leader in AI chip design and software, controlling 80% to 95% of the market, and is expected to maintain its lead as it begins rolling out the next generation of…

The average card balance in the second quarter was more than $4,300, and overall outstanding balances reached $122 billion, up 13.7 percent from a year ago. (Rene Johnston/Toronto Star via Getty Images) (Rene Johnston via Getty Images)The average credit card balance of Canadians has ballooned to its highest since 2007, and signs of ongoing financial stress are most pronounced among younger people, according to the latest consumer data from Equifax Canada.Stable inflation and lower interest rates have not translated into improved credit card, mortgage and auto loan metrics, according to Equifax’s second quarter Market Pulse report. This is due in…

The illustration shows the Sony and Zee logos through the broken glass. | Credit: ReutersIndia’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sony’s Indian unit have agreed to drop all claims against each other related to their failed $10 billion merger, Zee announced on Tuesday. Reuters reported that the two companies called off the merger in January after Gee failed to meet some of the acquisition’s financial terms. Zee had applied to the Indian Company Court to enforce the deal but later withdrew it to “vigorously pursue” all claims against Sony in arbitration proceedings at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). In a…