Google Scholar’s co-founder, Anurag Acharya.Credit: Amit Basu Google Scholar, the popular free search engine for scholarly literature, revealed an unexpected feature on 23 March: it is keeping track of whether research papers covered by funders’ public-access mandates are free to read. A scientist’s Google Scholar profile now displays how many of their papers should be free to read because a funder requires it; how many… Source link

Longleaf Partners Fund, a Memphis-based fund under Southeastern Asset Management, recently released its Q4 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The fund posted a return of 22.75% for the quarter, outperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 12.15% in the same quarter. You should check out Longleaf Partners’ top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of 2021. In the Q4 2020 Investor Letter, the fund highlighted… Source link

With President Biden rolling out his big infrastructure plan on Wednesday, Congress will now debate the tax changes that should go along with it. One of those changes should be a tax cut that would benefit wealthy taxpayers, mostly in blue states. You read that right. Yes, Biden rode to the White House promising to raise taxes on the wealthy, not cut them. Polls show voters strongly support higher taxes on those who earn the most. But first Congress should rectify a mistake Republicans made… Source link

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Google promised not to silence workers who talk about their pay, part of a settlement resolving one of the first legal complaints filed by a new union representing hundreds of employees and contract workers at the internet giant. “WE WILL NOT tell… Source link

Alphabet’s GOOGL division Google is adding useful and smart updates to its Maps app in a bid to capitalize on the uptake of digital maps throughout the world. New updates include navigating indoors with Live View, more information on weather and air quality and eco-friendly routes. In addition to these, the company is updating the delivery and curbside pickup feature of Google Maps. The latest move bodes well for its growing efforts toward delivering an advanced and seamless mapping… Source link

It isn’t nothing. But it basically is. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has dropped a maximum (yes, maximum) $5,000 fine on Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid for his very unnecessary, and very late, blow to the head on Jesperi Kotkaniemi in Tuesday’s 4-0 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. As the NHL’s highest-paid performer, McDavid will forfeit 0.04 percent of his salary for the infraction, which many fans believed deserved a suspension. Here’s the knock, via Twitter user… Source link

Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) by taking the forecast future cash flows of the company and discounting them back to today’s value. This will be done using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Don’t get put off by the jargon, the math behind it is actually quite straightforward. Remember though, that there are many ways to estimate a company’s value, and a DCF is just one method. Anyone interested in learning a bit more… Source link

The New York Times As Mask Mandates Lift, Retail Workers Again Feel Vulnerable Marilyn Reece, the lead bakery clerk at a Kroger in Batesville, Mississippi, started noticing more customers walking around the store without masks this month after the state mandate to wear face coverings was repealed. Kroger still requires them, but that doesn’t seem to matter. When Reece, a 56-year-old breast-cancer survivor, sees those shoppers, she prays. “Please, please, don’t let me have to wait on… Source link

MMA Weekly UFC 260 results: Francis Ngannou KO’s Stipe Miocic, becomes new baddest man on the planet Stipe Miocic was the baddest man on the planet heading into Saturday night’s event at The Apex in Las Vegas. Now that the UFC 260 results are in, there is a new baddest man on the planet. UFC 260 results: Francis Ngannou lands brutal KO Francis Ngannou showed massive improvement in his skill and his approach in taking out Stipe Miocic at UFC 260. It was evident from the opening bell that… Source link

The PGA TOUR heads to TPC San Antonio for this week’s Valero Texas Open. It’s a short journey for the stars in the field who played in Austin last week. They will return to the Lone Star State in May. There is plenty of course history to lean on this week as TPC San Antonio has hosted here since 2010. However, most of those editions were not played a week before the Masters. There are few added elements to the course setup that come into play when that’s the case. So, instead of relying too… Source link