By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial value of $40 billion, the US chipmaker’s acquisition of British design firm ARM would have been the largest semiconductor deal on record. But regulators around the world have long raised concerns about
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By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Freshman Azzi Fudd was supposed to pair with good friend Paige Bueckers this season and lead No. 8 UConn in a romp toward its 14th straight Final Four and 12th national title. Instead, Fudd, the nation’s top recruit, and Bueckers, the reigning national player of
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer As the coach of his son’s 12-and-under Pop Warner championship team, Eric Weddle had a message for the young players to not take the opportunity to win a championship for granted. Weddle is now aiming for a second title, one with much larger stakes than a Pop Warner
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Davidson junior forward Hyunjung Lee and Kayla Padilla of the Penn women’s basketball team are among the players of Asian descent excelling at the NCAA Division I level in the United States. Both are playing well enough to have legit shots of making it to
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 23 Murray State will play two games this week with its first AP Top 25 ranking since 2015. The Racers are unbeaten in the Ohio Valley Conference. Coach Matt McMahon says the ranking is a “big deal” and that he has a mature enough team to handle the
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 10 years ago, Chad Vincent was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. He vowed not to allow the disease to limit his experiences. On Sunday, Vincent will attend the Super Bowl — one of many sporting events on his attendance resume. Vincent and his wife,
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A Telenor Myanmar customer has complained to Norway’s data protection authority that a planned sale of the business risks a potentially dangerous breach of privacy. After the military ousted Myanmar’s elected government last year, Norway’s Telenor Group announced it would sell its business there. Final details
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — México es actualmente una “fuente dominante” del suministro de fentanilo en Estados Unidos y los opioides sintéticos saturan rápidamente los mercados de drogas, según un nuevo informe del gobierno estadounidense publicado el martes que detalla cómo ha cambiado el tráfico de opioides en el país en los últimos años. Encuentran cerca de
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hockey at the Olympics is happening on NHL-sized ice for the first time since the 2010 Vancouver Games. The smaller surface should be an advantage to teams like the U.S. and Canada that want to play a direct, north-south style game. It’s a bit harder on
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By Rob McLean, CNN Business Crypto fans rejoice: Bitcoin is mounting a comeback. The virtual currency briefly breached the $45,000 milestone for the first time in roughly a month overnight, according to CoinMarketCap. It later dipped back below that mark, and was last trading around $44,800 per coin. It’s not clear what caused the latest
Continue Reading By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is fielding naturalized athletes at the Beijing Games in an effort to popularize winter sports and be represented across the Olympic program. Athletes in sports including hockey were born and raised in North America. Some have Chinese heritage and see competing for China as a
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Marie-Philip Poulin capped a three-goal run by scoring on a penalty shot with 2:35 left in the second period and Canada upended the defending Olympic champion United States 4-2 to claim the women’s hockey tournament’s top seed entering the playoff round. The two global hockey powers
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Abu Dhabi Ports Group is trading on Abu Dhabi’s stock exchange for the first time, following a $1.1 billion capital raise from a primary issuance ahead of its listing. AD Ports Group operates ports, logistics and industrial zones in the United Arab Emirates’ seat of power, Abu Dhabi. It
Continue Reading By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say there are 32 athletes in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus and that the average time spent in isolation is seven days. They say 50 athletes have also been discharged from isolation. The disclosure came after complaints by athletes about inedible food,
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Through my coverage of various media industry scandals over the years, and through my first-hand experience with a few of them, I can confidently say this: The scandals are more
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Through my coverage of various media industry scandals over the years, and through my first-hand experience with a few of them, I can confidently say this: The scandals are more
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By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Eileen Gu fans temporarily crashed China’s leading social media platform on Tuesday, as tens of millions rushed online to celebrate the teenage freeski sensation winning her first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics. American-born Gu, 18, jumped into the top position at the women’s big air competition
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Coy Wire, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung, CNN Beijing 2022’s official mascot has emerged as a fan favorite at the Winter Games. Eliciting some of the biggest cheers from crowds — sometimes louder than those heard for the athletes — Bing Dwen Dwen has appeared all over the Olympic venues. Dressed in a full-body icy “shell,”
Continue Reading Coy Wire, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung, CNN Beijing 2022’s official mascot has emerged as a fan favorite at the Winter Games. Eliciting some of the biggest cheers from crowds — sometimes louder than those heard for the athletes — Bing Dwen Dwen has appeared all over the Olympic venues. Dressed in a full-body icy “shell,”
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen had just shattered the world record for a figure skating short program, even throwing a defiant fist in a rare display of emotion, when he was asked how he’d spend the next 48 hours before his long-awaited Olympic coronation. “I’ve been here a while,”
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