#Activision-Blizzard CEO to get 0 million payout

#Activision-Blizzard CEO to get $390 million payout

“#Activision-Blizzard CEO to get $390 million payout” Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will walk away with a $390 million check as a result of Microsoft’s acquisition of his gaming company — just two months after employees demanded his firing over the firm’s alleged culture of sexual misconduct. Kotick, 58, who is expected to leave Activision-Blizzard after…

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#Make NYC more affordable by extending Manhattan: professor

#Make NYC more affordable by extending Manhattan: professor

“#Make NYC more affordable by extending Manhattan: professor” The answer to New York City’s affordable housing crisis? Make Manhattan bigger. Rutgers professor Jason Barr believes there is a single solution to both cheaper NYC real estate and the issue of increasing global warming-related climate threats: Build more NYC.  “There is a way to help tackle…

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#HBO leads GLAAD Media Awards with 19 nominations

#HBO leads GLAAD Media Awards with 19 nominations

“#HBO leads GLAAD Media Awards with 19 nominations” HBO and HBO Max have become the top contenders at the GLAAD Media Awards with a combined 19 nominations, landing the bulk of its nods for its TV shows like “Hacks,” “The Other Two” and “The Sex Lives of College Girls.” The annual awards honor media for…

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#Dear Joe … Your first year’s been a total disaster

#Dear Joe … Your first year’s been a total disaster

“#Dear Joe … Your first year’s been a total disaster” Dear Joe, Happy Anniversary. Can we get a divorce? Sorry if this isn’t the most effusive of messages as you celebrate your first year in office as president of the United States. But I fear it’s exactly what many disillusioned Americans, including some who voted…

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#EU regulator wants ban on energy-intensive bitcoin mining

#EU regulator wants ban on energy-intensive bitcoin mining

“#EU regulator wants ban on energy-intensive bitcoin mining” The European Union should ban a form of bitcoin mining that uses up an excessive amount of energy because it poses a threat to the continent’s climate goals, according to one of the bloc’s top financial regulators. Erik Thedéen, the vice chairman of the European Securities and…

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#Morgan Stanley shares up after fourth-quarter profits beat expectations

#Morgan Stanley shares up after fourth-quarter profits beat expectations

“#Morgan Stanley shares up after fourth-quarter profits beat expectations” Morgan Stanley reported fourth-quarter profit of 9%, beating market expectations and outperforming rivals as its focus on advising wealth clients bore fruit, sending its shares up as much as 3.7% on Wednesday. The Wall Street investment bank also benefited from a boom in global dealmaking and keeping expenses…

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#Greg Maddux almost signed with the Yankees in the 1990s

#Greg Maddux almost signed with the Yankees in the 1990s

“#Greg Maddux almost signed with the Yankees in the 1990s” One medical emergency could have dramatically changed the landscape of baseball in the 1990s. Greg Maddux, who was a key part of the Braves’ powerhouse teams in the 1990s, revealed on an episode of the “Toeing the Slab” podcast with David Cone that he didn’t…

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#NY dad goes viral after posting photo of son’s school meal

#NY dad goes viral after posting photo of son’s school meal

“#NY dad goes viral after posting photo of son’s school meal” Bon appétit? An upstate New York school lunch has prompted outrage after a father shared a photo of his son’s meager cafeteria offerings. Chris Vangellow, whose children attend the Parishville-Hopkinton Central School District, shared a photo to Facebook blasting the unsavory-looking meal, which consisted…

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