Axios Scoop: GOP leaders threaten Cheney ouster Top Republicans are turning on Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s highest-ranking woman in Congress, with one conservative leader suggesting she could be ousted from her GOP post within a month.Why it matters: The comments by Reps. Steve Scalise, the minority whip, and Jim Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, carry weight because of their close relationship with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — who is openly feuding… Source link
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Google Pay serves up grocery deals for Safeway
Albertsons Cos.’ Safeway chain and Target Corp. stores are helping shoppers find deals on groceries via Google. Mountain View, Calif.-based Google said yesterday it has partnered with Safeway and Target to simplify the task of finding grocery and other specials using the Google Pay app. Customers can find deals on thousands of items at more than 500 Safeway stores as well as at all Target stores nationwide. Related: Albertsons, Google eye… Source link
Read More »The MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner: Round 6
Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This free-to-enter, single-entry contest consists of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this multi-round MLB DFS contest at any point, but enter today to give yourself the best chance to take home the title. Click here to begin the… Source link
Read More »Amazon shares hit record high after blowout earnings results
Amazon (AMZN) shares reached a record intraday high after reporting first-quarter results and guidance that blew past expectations. Shares of the e-commerce giant jumped as much as 2.4% to reach as high as 3,553.39 Friday morning in New York. The stock lost steam in afternoon trading, however, and ultimately ended lower by 0.1% to 3,467.42, or short of a record closing high. The surge came after the company posted yet another quarter of ballooning sales and earnings, easily exceeding… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin rises 6.54% to $57,098.08
Bloomberg Coinbase Backer Parlays ‘Fantasy’ Bet Into $4.6 Billion (Bloomberg) — Before his bet on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. became a multi-billion-dollar exit, Union Square Ventures co-founder Fred Wilson compared Bitcoin to science fiction.“We may be completely wrong, it may be a fantasy,” he said at a marketing conference in May 2013. That was shortly after he had invested $2.5 million in Coinbase, the U.S.’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, where people can… Source link
Read More »bne IntelliNews – EWDN: After successes in Russia and Israel, Yandex prepares to launch express delivery service in Western Europe
Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian tech major, is preparing to launch its express e-grocery delivery service in Western Europe – after successful deployment in Russia and Israel, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN). The first target is France, where Yandex registered a local company earlier… Source link
Read More »bne IntelliNews – EWDN: After successes in Russia and Israel, Yandex prepares to launch express delivery service in Western Europe
Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian tech major, is preparing to launch its express e-grocery delivery service in Western Europe – after successful deployment in Russia and Israel, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN). The first target is France, where Yandex registered a local company earlier… Source link
Read More »bne IntelliNews – EWDN: After successes in Russia and Israel, Yandex prepares to launch express delivery service in Western Europe
Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian tech major, is preparing to launch its express e-grocery delivery service in Western Europe – after successful deployment in Russia and Israel, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN). The first target is France, where Yandex registered a local company earlier… Source link
Read More »At 100 days, Americans say Biden has faced bigger challenges and performed better than Trump
Americans believe that President Biden faced bigger challenges than his predecessor Donald Trump during his first 100 days in office — and performed better than Trump despite those difficulties, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. The survey of 1,558 U.S. adults, which was conducted from April 27 to April 29, found that less than a third say Trump’s challenges were bigger than Biden’s (31 percent) or that Trump performed better (32 percent) during the first 100 days of his… Source link
Read More »At 100 days, Americans say Biden has faced bigger challenges and performed better than Trump
The Daily Beast Bombshell Letter: Gaetz Paid for Sex With Minor, Wingman Says Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos via GettyA confession letter written by Joel Greenberg in the final months of the Trump presidency claims that he and close associate Rep. Matt Gaetz paid for sex with multiple women—as well as a girl who was 17 at the time.“On more than one occasion, this individual was involved in sexual activities with several of the other girls, the congressman from Florida’s… Source link
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