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Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesThe Las Vegas Raiders may have put themselves in a position to sign Tom Brady after deciding to bench Derek Carr for the rest of the season.Jeff Howe of The Athletic wrote a detailed breakdown of why it “makes all the sense in the world” the Raiders’ future plan at quarterback starts with…
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports) Derek Carr is officially benched in Las Vegas, but what can the Raiders realistically expect in return in an offseason trade? It took less than a full season for Mark Davis to begin hedging the bet he placed on Josh McDaniels. The ex-Patriots offensive coordinator,…
AP Photo/Jed JacobsohnThe Golden State Warriors and guard Jordan Poole are reportedly expected to discuss a new contract ahead of the Oct. 18 deadline for rookie extensions.Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic reported Wednesday that while the sides are expected to “engage” in talks, so far there “doesn’t appear to be a…
Where California goes, America follows. And where America goes, the world soon does the same. And from what is happening in California, it’s safe to conclude the Covid-19 crisis is over. Yesterday the Governor of California Gavin Newsom announced that Covid-19 cases in the state have fallen 65% from the Omicron high. As a result,…
Earlier in the week, I pointed out how ArcelorMittal (AM) shareholders enjoyed a ten-bagging 2021 primarily due to the lobbying efforts of the Indian-owned company. A construction professional dropped me a note to confirm why users of the steel maker’s products are at the opposite end of the spectrum. He wrote: “A cursory look at…
Am indebted to BizNews tribesman Simon Ellis for a cutting from my Money Meandering column of a decade back for The Witness, our local daily newspaper while we farmed in the KZN Midlands. This one was written shortly after I’d interviewed SA’s famous novelist Wilbur Smith, 78 and “feeling immortal”, then still at the top…
It was always rather strange to me that the Omicron variant originated in Botswana as assumed by the world’s knee-jerking politicians and their friends in the media. BizNews community member Barine Steynberg yesterday sent me the answer via LinkedIn. Consider this: there are just 2.3m citizens of the landlocked country. That’s 0.03% of the global…
At BizNews, we love partnerships. Like the one with SA’s wine queen Carrie Adams, whose passion for the subject reminds me of my colleague Clive Eksteen’s for Liverpool FC. Carrie writes a weekly newsletter for wine lovers – it’s free, subscribe here. Yesterday the BizNews Wine Club celebrated news that our very first partner, Andrew Gunn’s…
Two decades ago, my then new business radio show moved from SAFM to 702, taking me close to SA’s top broadcasting talent. Their leader, as news editor, was Jeremy Maggs, later to become a huge name in television as SA’s host of the hit Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Our relationship has now come full…