Reuters: Yandex and TCS Group Holding, the parent company of Russia’s top online bank Tinkoff, have terminated talks on Yandex’s proposed $5.48B deal to buy Tinkoff  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Plans for Russia’s biggest corporate deal of 2020 collapsed on Friday after talks over a $5.48 billion cash … Source link

MMA Weekly Brian Ortega dominates Korean Zombie at UFC Fight Island 6 to land title shot In the fourth of its five-event stint on Fight Island, the UFC saw Brian Ortega dominate Korean Zombie (Chan Sung Jung) to earn a featherweight title shot. Jessica Andrade may very well have punched her own ticket to a championship challenge in the flyweight division with her win over Katlyn Chookagian in the co-main event. Brian Ortega puts on striking display to best Korean Zombie After a short… Source link

Women in India in 1870 – new research by a Harvard professor explores sexuality under British authorities In 1868, police in the British-ruled Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) sent a woman called Sukhimonee Raur to prison for evading a genital examination which had been made compulsory for “registered” sex workers. Under the colonial Contagious Diseases Act, designed to contain the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, sex workers had to “register themselves at police stations, get… Source link

(Bloomberg) — When OPEC and its allies met last month, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister dared oil speculators to test his determination to stabilize global markets. Now that a resurgent pandemic is threatening demand once again, the moment of reckoning is getting closer. The coalition of crude producers gathers on Monday to assess the state of the market. No supply decisions are expected until Dec. 1 but leading members Saudi Arabia and Russia are already stepping up diplomacy. President… Source link

Ask Google to name that tune. Angela Lang/CNET It happens all the time — you get a song stuck in your head, try to hum it… Source link

The coronavirus is relentless, insidious, infectious and completely oblivious to your opinions. Last Saturday afternoon, Florida coach Dan Mullen was pushing for his school to allow some 90,000 fans to jam Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville for this week’s matchup with LSU. By Wednesday, the game was postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among Florida players and coaches.  By Saturday, Mullen announced he had COVID-19 himself. Just like that. There is no need to pile on Mullen. After… Source link

Florida coach Dan Mullen has tested positive for COVID-19, he confirmed in a statement on Saturday. Mullen said he’s isolating from his family and he’s experiencing “mild to no symptoms.” Mullen’s positive test comes amid an outbreak of staff and players that’s amounted to more than 20 positive tests. Florida’s game against LSU scheduled for Saturday had already been postponed, as the school announced on Wednesday that it didn’t have enough players to play. Mullen’s positive… Source link

A positive COVID-19 test on the practice squad of the Jacksonville Jaguars appears to have had significant consequences. The Jaguars announced early Saturday that an unidentified member of their practice squad had tested positive through the NFL’s daily testing protocols. 13 Jaguars players hit reserve/COVID-19 list Hours later, the team announced this whopper of a roster move: The Jacksonville Jaguars have placed the following players on the Practice Squad/COVID-19 list: Cottrell, Nathan (RB,… Source link

The recently proposed merger between Yandex, a major Russia-based tech firm, and banking challenger Tinkoff will not be finalized because the bank’s founder Oleg Tinkov has walked away from the deal. Tinkoff’s management confirmed that all negotiations between the two parties have now been “terminated, effective immediately.” Yandex and Tinkoff had previously reached an agreement “in principle” which would have led to the tech giant acquiring the challenger bank in a $5.5… Source link

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign is warning supporters that the 2020 race is “far closer” than has been suggested. Biden’s campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, in a memo warned supporters they should not grow complacent about the state of the race due to the Democratic nominee’s consistent lead in national polls, The New York Times and The Washington Post report. “We cannot become complacent because the very searing truth is that Donald Trump can still win this race,… Source link