March Madness

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The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament kicks off this week and while that is sure to mean some lost productivity in the workplace when games commence in earnest on Thursday, investors have a little more at stake than office pool bragging rights. What To Know While sports-related market indicators...

The NCAA tournament kicks off Thursday, March 15, and millions of people are still readying their perfect March Madness bracket. A Brief History Of The Bracket The NCAA tournament has been around since 1939. Its popularity really began to explode during the 1978-1979 season. That year's...

After all the drama, star performances, incredible comebacks, heartbreaking defeats and, of course, plenty of bracket busting, the NCAA Tournament is finally down to its Final Four competitors. South Carolina Vs. Gonzaga On Saturday, seventh seed South Carolina takes on one seed Gonzaga. Few...

You may have heard, but the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament starts today. CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is the official rightsholder of the tournament. These next few weeks will be a big deal for them, as ad revenue from March Madness topped $1 billion in 2016. With the tournament comes the...

Thousands of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) employees are hoping 2017 is the year they become millionaires. But they aren’t buying up shares of Berkshire stock to get there. Instead, they are filling out a March Madness brackets. Warren Buffett joined The Dan Patrick Show...

With the NCAA basketball tournament commencing, this could be a “big week” for both CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) and Time Warner Inc’s (NYSE: TWX) Turner Networks, Loop Capital Markets’ David Miller said in a report. “Based on recent conversations within the media...

The NCAA tournament is staying put – for a long (long) time to come. Just over a week after Villanova was crowned this year's winner of March Madness, the network that aired the game and its partner have extended their deal for broadcast rights to the tournament through 2032. Turner Networks...

The NCAA tournament is set to kick off on Thursday afternoon. As the excitement heats up, millions of people are readying their perfect March Madness bracket. In 2016, there are multiple ways you can track how your teams are doing. Fat Bracket The newest way to track your bracket is brought...

Maybe the only place more excited about March Madness than the campuses of the schools that made the tournament is Las Vegas. Around $9 billion in legal and illegal bets were placed on the tournament last year, and Vegas casino operators Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), Wynn Resorts, Limited (...

It’s that time of year again when everyone with any level of knowledge (or no knowledge whatsoever) sits down and spends anywhere between a few minutes and a few sleepless nights agonizing over their NCAA March Madness bracket. Certainly there’s a lot of variables involved, but how...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s ESPN has some exciting developments ahead, on the back of some disappointing subscriber numbers out late last year. In November 2015, Walt Disney released information that over three million subscribers were "lost." According to a regulatory filing, as...

The casino businesses in Las Vegas have gone through tough times since the economic crisis in 2008. Despite improving conditions in Nevada, Atlantic City has not had the same good fortune. Caesars Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ: CZR) Chairman Gary Loveman, was on CNBC recently to discuss why things...

The most interesting part of March Madness isn't happening on the TV screen, it's what's going on behind the scenes. For the next three weeks, as America's collective attention shifts from its normal responsibilities to brackets, a not-so-small fortune is going to change hands between...