Monthly Archives: October 2020

Google search is an illegal monopoly, DOJ and states allege in new suit

The Department of Justice and 11 U.S. states filed an antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday against Google, a unit of Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), accusing it of engaging in anticompetitive behavior in its search and search advertising businesses. The long-anticipated suit claims that Google has used anticompetitive tactics to maintain its dominance in general search, search advertising, and general search advertising — what the lawsuit calls “the cornerstones of its empire.” The suit targets deals… Source link

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Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) Lowered to Buy at BidaskClub

Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) was downgraded by stock analysts at BidaskClub from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday, BidAskClub reports. Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. TheStreet downgraded shares of Yandex from a “b+” rating to a “c+” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Bank of America reduced their price objective on shares of Yandex from $76.00 to $71.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock… Source link

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Boy, 13, falls 20 floors while doing homework on balcony

A 13-year-old boy has died after falling 20 stories from the balcony of his New York City apartment.  The young teen, who the New York Post has named as Matthew Pierre, was found unresponsive and shirtless on the ground outside the high-rise building in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood at 6am on Monday (local time). Earlier in the morning the boy had been doing his homework on the 20th-floor apartment’s terrace while his sister and mum were inside, the publication said.  The… Source link

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Woman, 20, found alive at funeral home dies in hospital

A 20-year-old suburban Detroit woman who was declared dead only to be found alive at a funeral home in August has died, the attorney representing her family said on Monday (local time). Timesha Beauchamp died on Sunday at Children’s Hospital in Detroit, Geoffrey Fieger said in a news release. Ms Beauchamp’s family, who live in Southfield, called 911 on August 23 because she appeared to be suffering from serious breathing problems. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics responded, and a… Source link

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Ghostery And Google: When Your Destiny Depends On Another Platform’s Whims

As an anti-tracking company and the creator of a privacy extension for the web, you’d think Ghostery would be all about the elimination of third-party cookies. But Jeremy Tillman, president of Ghostery, is wary of Google’s motivation for phasing out third-party tracking in Chrome. “You have to think about the second-order effects of these types of changes,” Tillman said. “What is better for privacy and the user experience from one perspective, can be not so good for… Source link

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Patriots might not be able to fix this

A look at the AFC East standings is a shock to the system. It has been rare over the past two decades to need to scroll down to see the Patriots. But there it is: The Buffalo Bills in first place at 4-2, and then (sit down for this one) the Miami Dolphins in second place ahead of the Patriots. If you needed more proof that 2020 is weird. This has been a rough season for the Patriots already, and it’s not even one-third done. They lost a lot of defensive talent in the offseason. The team and Source link

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Cowboys collapse in blowout loss to Cardinals

Kyler Murray entered Monday’s matchup with the Dallas Cowboys undefeated at AT&T Stadium. He left the field with his perfect record intact via a second-quarter TKO. Murray’s Arizona Cardinals torched the Cowboys on their home turf, capitalizing on multiple Dallas mistakes en route to a 38-10 victory. Ezekiel Elliott fumbles ignite downward Cowboys spiral After a sloppy start by both offenses resulted in a scoreless first quarter, the Cardinals made the most of a pair of Ezekiel Elliott

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