Monthly Archives: November 2020

Another 742,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week

TipRanks Shift Into 5G Could Fuel a Rally in These 3 Stocks The tech world is in the midst of a shake-up. Since the end of 2017, the new 5G wireless technology has been moving forward, bringing with it a combination of faster connection speeds and lower latency, and the promise of great changes in how we connect to the online world. New technologies – connected automobiles and agile IoT come to mind – would not be possible without 5G.Investment research firm HSBC Global, in a recent report… Source link

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Yandex.Checkout to work under YooMoney name outside Russia

The payment service Yandex.Checkout is changing its name outside Russia to YooMoney. The company will complete the transition after 15 December, and, up to that date, the new brand and the old one will be used simultaneously.  YooMoney serves 120,000 online platforms and mobile applications from 75 countries, according to Ivan Glazachev, the CEO of YooMoney. It was the No. 1 online payment service provider in Russia and CIS according to the 2019 statistics provided by… Source link

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Five best players who went undrafted in 2020 NBA Draft

At any given time, around 15% of NBA rosters are made up of guys who went undrafted. These are really talented guys — Jeremy Lin, Udonis Haslem, JJ Barea — that teams just had not caught up with. Or who had questions about parts of their game but go on to prove they can fix or overcome those issues. That was also true of the wide-open 2020 NBA Draft; some outstanding players got passed over. Here are five players to watch who went undrafted. • Devon Dotson, 6’2″ point guard, Kansas.… Source link

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Week 11 Betting Preview on the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast

Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast Scott Pianowski and Yahoo Sports’ own Frank Schwab are here to talk all things betting in Week 11 on the latest episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast! [Week 11 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] Scott & Frank handicap all Week 11 matchups and also throw in some moneylines, player props and fantasy nuggets. Who will emerge victorious when the Seahawks (-3) take on the Cardinals in a huge NFC West matchup?… Source link

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COVID-19 crisis: a shot in the arm for Russian e-commerce

By Anna Rzhevkina, Alexander Marrow GDANSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The coronavirus crisis has helped fuel a surge in online shopping in Russia that has put even the remote icy expanse of Chukotka on the e-commerce map. FILE PHOTO: A Yandex.Eats food delivery courier wearing a protective face mask rides a scooter amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Moscow, Russia April 12, 2020. Picture taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo The windswept region in Russia’s far… Source link

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76ers, Grizzlies have big nights

After a five-month delay, the NBA draft finally happened Wednesday night, and with it came some surprises — good and bad. The Minnesota Timberwolves ended up drafting Anthony Edwards despite him saying he’s “not really into basketball” earlier this week, while the Golden State Warriors drafted James Wiseman with questions surrounding Klay Thompson’s health after he suffered a lower leg injury. We take a look at the winners and losers of the 2020 NBA draft. WINNERS Florida State coach… Source link

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2020 NBA Draft Winners and Losers – Yahoo Sports

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports NFL Week 11 picks My two-game lead has been squandered. A pathetic 6-8 performance last week in the straight-up category, coupled with MDS going 9-5, gives MDS a one-game edge through 10 weeks. He also picked up three games against the spread, 7-6-1 vs. 4-9-1. MDS is now 92-57, and I’m 91-58. Against the spread, I’m still holding a [more] Source link

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Klay Thompson injury on James Wiseman’s big day

The dynasty had crumbled, seemingly all at once. Kevin Durant blew an Achilles in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Klay Thompson tore an ACL three nights later in Game 6. By the time Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors celebrated an NBA championship in the last game ever played at Oracle Arena, it felt more like the end (or at least a pause) of an epic era. Everyone suspected KD would soon leave via free agency. They knew Klay was headed to a year of rehab. When the 2019-20 season finally… Source link

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Mavericks trade Seth Curry to Sixers for Josh Richardson

The Philadelphia 76ers’ retooling continued yet again on Wednesday with a draft-day trade for sharpshooter Seth Curry from the Dallas Mavericks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Going back to Dallas was Josh Richardson, a starter on the Sixers’ underperforming 2019-20 team, and the 36th overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, which turned into Colorado forward Tyler Bey. Dallas is acquiring Philadelphia’s Josh Richardson and No. 36 pick for Seth Curry, source tells ESPN. — Adrian… Source link

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Knicks take NCAA POY Obi Toppin

The New York Knicks landed college basketball’s biggest star from last season, selecting Dayton’s Obi Toppin with the No. 8 pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft. Toppin rose from an unheralded prospect and redshirt freshman at Dayton in 2017 to a consensus All-American and Associated Press National Player of the Year in 2020. He also won the Naismith and Wooden awards for a sweep of the player of the year honors. He was in tears on Wednesday when he learned that he’d become an NBA lottery… Source link

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