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Zoom’s (ZM) revenue surged more than 350% in the second quarter, and profits rocketed by nearly 10 times as much, as companies signed up for the video conferencing app to connect staff working from home during the pandemic. The California-based video communication service provider reported net profit of $185.7 million for the quarter through July 31, up nearly 3,300% compared with a year earlier. Revenues ...

While the fans of the Bundesliga club clearly do not expect the Argentine to sign, all money donated will go to a good cause In response to the news that Lionel Messi has handed a transfer request in to Barcelona, Stuttgart fans have rallied around to make an audacious crowdfunded bid for the Argentina superstar. Messi believes that he is ...

The Barcelona midfielder is happy to play with his countryman but concedes any relationship beyond that is off the table Arturo Vidal has declared he and Claudio Bravo will never be friends again following their public falling out while representing Chile. The duo’s relationship first began to fracture in 2017 when a 3-0 loss against Brazil meant Chile failed to ...

The Argentine wants to leave Camp Nou, and the former Spain international believes he can explain why Xabi Alonso has said that he understands why Lionel Messi wants to depart Barcelona. The former Spain international midfielder, who started his career with Real Sociedad before excelling at Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, believes that the Argentine needs to move on to rekindle his love for the sport. Messi stunned ...

The Barcelona star’s situation has drawn the attention of his country’s leader Argentina’s president Alberto Fernandez has called on Lionel Messi to return to his homeland and end his career with Newell’s Old Boys. Messi’s future has dominated headlines over the past week after he handed in a shock transfer request at Barcelona. Any Camp Nou exit is now shrouded ...

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has announced his resignation for health reasons. He said he did not want his illness to get in the way of decision making, and apologised to the Japanese people for failing to complete his term in office. He has suffered for many years from ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, but his condition has worsened recently, ...

Chelsea have signed England left-back Ben Chilwell from Leicester on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Chilwell is Chelsea’s third addition of the summer after the arrivals of winger Hakim Ziyech, 27, from Ajax and striker Timo Werner, 24, from RB Leipzig. The defender, 23, is a Leicester academy product who made his debut for the club in 2015, ...

Powerful Hurricane Laura battered the Louisiana coastline Thursday morning after sweeping ashore as the region’s strongest storm in over a century. If you’re just reading in now, here are the latest developments on the storm: Downgraded: Hurricane Laura made landfall as a Category 4 storm, but it has since weakened to a Category 2. It still has winds of 110 ...

French and Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, has contracted coronavirus. France coach, Didier Deschamps, made this known to the press. Pogba was part of the France world cup winning team in Russia in 2018. Aged 27, the Guinean-origin midfielder will be self-isolating for 14 days. As a result, he is expected to miss France’s Nations League game in Sweden on ...

Jeff Bezos was already the world’s richest man. Now his net worth has skyrocketed once again, setting another new record. On Wednesday, the Amazon CEO’s wealth reached an estimated $202 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the company’s shares soared. That’s up about $87 billion since January. The explosive growth in Bezos’ fortune is being driven by his ...