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We learned yesterday afternoon that the club would be promoting top prospect Nick Kurtz all the way to Double-A, courtesy of Martin Gallegos:

A’s 2024 first round pick Nick Kurtz is being promoted to Double-A Midland, per GM David Forst.

It’s an aggressive promotion for the #4 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. The Wake Forrest... Читать дальше...

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Cross, Mitchell, and Cags all go deep on the week.

The Blind Baseball International Cup 2024, featuring an expanded lineup of nine teams, including defending champions Italy, will take place at Farnham Park, England, from 27-29 September.

Dustborn, the colorful indie road-trip action-adventure from publisher Quantic Dream, is debuting today. The single-player game has a buffet of styles that portray an emotional punk-rock road trip across a post-apocalyptic America. The game is out on the PC, PlayStation 4 and PS5, and the Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One today for $30. Developed […]

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Two decades ago, China pioneered the so-called “Angola model” wherein it provided oil-backed loans from China to Angola and other African cuntries to finance the building of roads, hydroelectric dams, railways, and other infrastructural projects. Between 2000 and 2022, Angola borrowed $45 billion from China, repaying some of it in oil.  Unfortunately, that model did not last very long, with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace noting that Angola has slipped to the 8th largest crude supplier to China... Читать дальше...

These recasting choices made history for better or worse. Who won and who failed?

Popmenu co-founders Brendan Sweeney and Tony Roy discuss the challenges restaurants face and how AI tools can help them grow bigger than ever before.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has moved to ban medical debt from appearing on credit reports, but its analysis relies on a sliver of consumer data from more than a decade ago.

Mike Lynch's wife Angela Baceras survived the sinking but the couple's 18 year old daughter Hannah is among those who remain missing, with one body recovered.

That's a wrap for Netflix. Today, the streaming giant officially closed its second-ever TV upfront negotiations. Amy Reinhard, the company's president of advertising, announced the news, saying, "We closed deals with all major holding companies, as well as independent agencies, with a 150%-plus increase in upfront ad sales commitments over 2023, in line with our...

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The streamer's ad-supported tier reached 40 million monthly active users as of May and accounts for over 45% of Netflix sign-ups in the 12 countries where it's available