Steve Cohen, the hedge fund titan who owns the New York Mets, wants to raise $1 billion to buy stocks in artificial intelligence firms, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Sources told the financial newswire his Point72 Asset Management firm will create a new fund to bet on or against AI hardware and semiconductor companies. The 68-year-old … Read more
Two state lawmakers say it’s time to roll the dice on awarding casino licenses in the New York City area and are backing a bill that would speed up the current much-criticized timetable. Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Queens) and Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-Mount Vernon) are pushing a proposed law in the waning days of the state legislative … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — With an offense that has not hit for the majority of the still-early season, the Mets are leaning on their past and believing it will eventually become their present. Francisco Lindor entered play with a .200 average and .651 OPS. Pete Alonso’s on-base percentage had sunk to .306. Jeff McNeil, the 2022 NL … Read more
