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Mindful of social-distancing mandates, Newsweek reached out to Cuban by email to discuss his investment strategy in one of the most turbulent times in the history of the U.S. stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 29 percent from its recent high. On Friday, the Dow was at 20,950 and one of Cuban’s predictions is that it might test its near-term bottom of around 18,200. Read our conversation with Cuban below....

In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on Wednesday morning, Zell, the 80-year-old chairman of the private investment firm Equity Group Investments, praised Manchin for not supporting the approximate $2 billion legislation that passed the House in mostly partisan fashion in November. “The Fed controls demand….I’ve been around for a long time,” Zell said. “A piece of legislation used to include…$100 million or $200 million, and then all the sudden it became trillions....

The team announced Wednesday plans to honor the Hall of Fame defensive end during their home opener against the Jets in Week 2. That honor is the retirement of his No. 78 jersey, which has been long overdue. Smith holds the NFL career record with 200 sacks, the majority of which he earned as a member of the Bills. As the first overall pick in 1985, Smith helped Buffalo make four Super Bowl appearances in a row and is regarded as one of the best defensive players of all time....

Bush, who is cousins with former President George W. Bush, said he is “not at all” angry at now-President Donald Trump for bragging he could grab women “by the p***y” in a lewd 2005 tape leaked to the media in September 2016. NBC immediately fired Bush after the audiotape was leaked at the height of the 2016 presidential election drama between Hillary Clinton and Trump. In the 2005 tape, Bush can be heard agreeing with Trump that celebrities can “do whatever [they] want” to women....

RELATED: Top 10 Permadeath Games While most trinkets’ effects are hardly noticeable, there are some that can completely change a run. The Binding of Isaac: Repentance adds trinkets that many fans consider much more powerful than the ones found in previous expansions – some, like the Jawbreaker, are powerful enough to be alternatives for passive items with similar effects. 8 Jawbreaker The Jawbreaker trinket gives Isaac a small chance to fire teeth instead of tears, and each tooth shot deals three times Isaac’s normal tear damage....

RELATED: 10 Unresolved Mysteries & Plot Holes Left Hanging In Biomutant Of course, this means gameplay will double in length, but the story’s true potential lies in the details. Most side quests mean finding one of many hidden locations that help deepen the story and make the world more colorful. Additionally, there are hidden locations that aren’t a part of a side quest, but intriguing details of the open world of Biomutant....

Biomutant is set to be one of the biggest video game launches so far this year, and sees players taking control of furry warriors equipped with weapons crafted out of household materials to fight a variety of monsters. The game is hotly anticipated, leaving many fans to eagerly await any look at what the game has in store for them later this month. RELATED: New Biomutant Pre-Order Bonus Revealed...

If your healthcare provider recommends one, know that BPP testing is considered safe and it’s non-invasive. It utilizes a non-stress test to evaluate the baby’s heartbeat and ultrasound technology to view the amniotic fluid, the baby’s movements, muscle tone, and breathing patterns. Each of these areas is given a score ranging from zero to two, with a possible combined score of 10 points. The average duration of a BPP test may last from 30 minutes to over an hour....

The Kneecap The kneecap, or properly named, the patella, is a type of bone called a sesamoid bone. Sesamoid bones are enveloped within a tendon. The patella is within the quadriceps tendon and it has three important functions: It is a fulcrum to increase the power of the knee jointIt protects the knee from traumaIts cartilage surface lubricates and provides nutrition for the knee joint Normally, the patella is formed from one ossification center, a place that forms bone in fetal development and early childhood....

The current analyst for CBS sports said trading for Fitzpatrick will help the Steelers improve on defense, which should in return help the offense keep the game close as second-year quarterback Mason Rudolph finds his way. “I think at this point, you kinda go back to a little bit of the onus that when Ben goes down, everyone talks about the offensive side,” Cowher said on an appearance with CBS Sports HQ earlier this week....

Maher, speaking Friday on his Real Time program, said the responsibility of “figuring out when politicians are full of s**t” falls on the American people and not on the policing methods of a tech company. The longtime comedian railed against Facebook’s presence in society as a whole, joking that Zuckerberg himself is a “socially awkward” person who climbed to the top of the news business by creating a “hot-or-not” website in the early 2000s....

Afterward, Bills veteran guard Richie Incognito gave the NFL an earful for scheduling midweek games, which normally don’t allow players a full week to recover physically from the previous weekend’s game. (USA Today has more on this.) MORE: NFL’s TV numbers continue decline (WARNING: NSFW lanaguage included) Was Incognito salty just because the Bills got smoked? Perhaps, but his point is valid in a way: The NFL is in business to make money, and that’s why it has separate TV packages for Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games....

Line: Dolphins -3 (even), Total: 42 Line movement: The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened the Dolphins as 3-point favorites, and the line moved slightly this week, with oddsmakers easing the juice on the favorite. The Dolphins have been available to -2.5 at the South Point, whose policy it is never to waiver from the standard -110 vig, as well as CG Technology. The over-under is where oddsmakers have seen the greatest adjustment, dipping down to as low as 41....

The morbid irony of Gajelli’s suicide is that he drank pesticides, the very chemicals he had borrowed so heavily to buy for his farm. Gajelli is one of more than 10,000 cotton farmers in India who have committed suicide in the past 15 years in anguish over their failing farms. Many of them were burdened by the high cost of pesticides, which account for 60 percent of the average small farmer’s budget in India....

The World Health Organization (WHO) classified Omicron, which was first detected in Botswana, as a “variant of concern” last week. Political alarm spread quickly across the world, as the U.S. joined a growing list of countries in imposing fresh travel restrictions on South Africa. “Inevitably, it will be here. The question is will we be prepared for it?” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House chief medical adviser, said on ABC News’ This Week....

The disease, also called avian influenza A, can spread quickly and severely amongst poultry populations. It means poultry farms and facilities must slaughter birds—sometimes tens of millions of them—to stem the spread, including healthy ones. In bird populations the virus can cause huge numbers of fatalities with a mortality rate of around 50 percent, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The disease can also jump to humans....

Here’s all there is to know about the tentatively named ‘BioShock 4’ including release date rumours, platforms and the latest gameplay leaks. When will BioShock 4 be released? Those excited by confirmation of the existence of the game may want to hold off on the party streamers and balloons, as when publisher 2K Games announced the game it also confirmed that it’ll be in development “for the next several years....

Fitness trackers and smartwatches can measure heart rate and alert you when it crosses the normal threshold. However, electrical data can tell much more about your heart than just the beats per minute (BPM). Bioheart is a heart monitor, worn directly around the chest, that measures your heart’s electrical activity with high accuracy. Created by the California-based medical technology company Biotricity, Bioheart is the only remote patient monitoring (RPM) device of its kind that can record the heart’s electrical activity 24/7....