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SportsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Tigers hung around for a half Tuesday night in Nashville, then watched Vanderbilt pull away for a 105-81 win at Memorial Gymnasium. Memphis fell to 2-1, and the Commodores improved to 3-0. Vanderbilt led only 47-42 at halftime, but the…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina will close its regular-season home schedule under the lights. The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that the 21st-ranked Gamecocks and second-ranked Georgia meet Saturday, Nov. 21, in Columbia, with the opening kick set for 7:30 p.m. Georgia athletics confirmed the same…
From Merger Monday
On Tuesday the U.S. government paid 5% to borrow for 10 years. On the same day a five-year-old AI company asked public investors to value it at as much as $1.4 trillion. Both things can be true, and the gap between them says a lot about where capital is going. Start…
From Merger Monday
Akamai Technologies Inc. borrowed $2.2 billion at 1% by selling investors a piece of its stock’s upside, the latest technology company to tap the convertible-bond market to pay for computing capacity. The Cambridge, Mass., content-delivery and security company priced $1.1 billion of convertible senior notes due 2028 and $1.1 billion due…
From Merger Monday
The U.S. government will pay 5% a year for the next decade on its newest 10-year debt. The Treasury Department sold $42 billion of 10-year notes on Tuesday at a high yield of 5.02%, setting the coupon at 5%, in an auction that drew softer demand on the same day…
Politics
The Memphis City Council took a step Tuesday on how money tied to data centers will be handled, approving Ordinance 5989 on second reading. A mix-up on the day’s agenda briefly left the impression that several larger data center ordinances were headed to a vote in Memphis, Tenn., when they…
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Kickoff: Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 PM CST. Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL. Opponent coverage below runs until kickoff.
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