O Ree Taking His Rightful Place in Garden Rafters
NHL s first Black player will become 12th Bruin to have his number retired by Eric Russo @erusso22 / BostonBruins.com
BostonBruins.com - For decades, Willie O Ree was without one of his most prized hockey possessions. Almost 60 years after he suited up for the Bruins, he had yet to track down one of his game-worn Spoked-B sweaters.
That changed unexpectedly in January 2018.
As the Bruins and NHL celebrated the 60
th anniversary of O Ree becoming the league s first Black player, he was invited to Boston for a number of celebrations that included the dedication of a street hockey rink bearing his name and a pregame ceremony at TD Garden.
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Affirm Stock Skyrockets After IPO
Point-of-sale lender’s stock briefly exceeded $100 in early trading and closed at almost double its initial offering price
Affirm Holdings started trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol AFRM. Photo: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News By
Shares of Affirm Holdings Inc. surged in the company’s trading debut Wednesday.
The buy-now, pay-later fintech firm, trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol AFRM, jumped as high as $103 shortly after it began trading around midday, far above its initial offering price of $49. The shares closed at $97.24.
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Just Eat Takeaways results show just how much the Covid-19 pandemic has boosted the food delivery sector. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Strict lockdown measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Europe helped JustEat Takeaway.com’s growth accelerate dramatically in the final quarter of 2020 especially in the key U.K. market, where it has doubled down on increasing its footprint.
But shares in the company fell 4.5% in London trading, as investors eyed full-year guidance indicating smaller-than-expected margins.
The back story. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has proved to be rocket fuel for the food-delivery sector. With millions of people housebound, Just Eat Takeaway formed out of the merger between the Danish JustEat and Dutch