When Joe Biden took office, he bet voters would judge his presidency on one thing and one thing only: how well he handled the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. Now, with vaccination accelerating, optimism rising and another round of relief checks arriving in the mail, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that a clear and growing majority of Americans approve of Biden’s policies and leadership, providing the president with momentum that could bolster his next major legislative push,… Source link

When Joe Biden took office, he bet voters would judge his presidency on one thing and one thing only: how well he handled the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. Now, with vaccination accelerating, optimism rising and another round of relief checks arriving in the mail, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that a clear and growing majority of Americans approve of Biden’s policies and leadership, providing the president with momentum that could bolster his next major legislative push… Source link

By Scott Murdoch and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) – Bilibili Inc, which is backed by Alibaba Group, closed 1% below its listing price in its Hong Kong trading debut on Monday as analysts said a U.S. regulatory crackdown on listed foreign firms hit enthusiasm for the Chinese online video site. It was the worst start in the city in six months by a major stock listing. Bilibili debuted 2.2% lower, and trade down by 6.7% before it recovered to close at HK$800 a piece. The company raised HK$20.2… Source link

By Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) – Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network, the latest sign of growing acceptance of digital currencies by the mainstream financial industry. The company told Reuters it had launched the pilot program with payment and crypto platform Crypto.com and plans to offer the option to more partners later this year. Bitcoin, the most popular crypto coin, jumped to a one-week high on the… Source link

There are seven games in the NHL on Monday with the Avalanche, Golden Knights and Flyers the three largest favorites on the docket. It’s also worth noting that Anaheim is the only team playing for the second consecutive night. The highest over/under total is in the Toronto-Edmonton bout. Here are some picks and pans for Monday’s DFS action. All statistics from Natural Stat Trick and Hockey Reference. GOALIE Brian Elliott, PHI at BUF ($28): The Sabres have scored the fewest five-on-five goals… Source link

FRANKFURT, Germany and SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Google Cloud and Commerzbank, a leading German commercial bank with a strong international focus, announced today that they are expanding their collaboration by entering into a five-year, strategic partnership. With the help of Google Cloud, Commerzbank will move a significant number of its banking applications to the cloud, a continuation of a comprehensive digital transformation strategy underway since 2017. Google… Source link

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is planning two undersea cables, along with Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), which will connect Southeast Asia with North America, Reuters reported Monday.What Happened: The two cables named — Echo and Bifrost — will be the first to go through a new diverse route across the Java Sea and will increase trans-pacific subsea capacity by nearly 70%, according to Kevin Salvadori, Facebook’s vice president of Network Investments. The cables will directly… Source link

COVID-19 forced the NCAA to rework its longstanding schedule for the men’s basketball tournament, and while recognizing that this damn pandemic shouldn’t be credited with anything positive, well, turning the Sweet 16 into a weekend affair and moving the Elite Eight to prime time on Monday and Tuesday was … genius. And it’s something the NCAA ought to make permanent. Sweet 16 games have consistently been played on Thursdays since 1953. It wasn’t called the Sweet 16 then, of course. With… Source link

Creighton coach Greg McDermott cringed when he glanced at a halftime box score. The Bluejays held Gonzaga first-team All-American Corey Kispert to two first-half points on Sunday, yet they still trailed by 10. “There’s just so many ways that they can beat you,” McDermott lamented. This is the pick-your-poison challenge that Gonzaga poses. With a patient, unselfish approach, three of the 15 best players in college basketball and a wealth of complementary talent, the Zags always seem to… Source link

NFL news can truly come from anywhere. Even from an online video game between complete strangers. In what has to be one of the most random potential news leaks in recent memory, Reddit user ProbationOfficer2035 posted a blind nugget on Saturday to Reddit’s NFL thread about what he believed to be a trade. It wasn’t so much that the user had gotten some information about something in the works — it was how they got the nugget. In this case? In a bit of wild improbability, it came from an… Source link