Monthly Archives: May 2021

Swedish Brothers Ride Oat Milk Boom to $562 Million Fortune

(Bloomberg) — It began with a group of scientists and a wild idea: That the byproduct remaining after making oat bran could be turned into non-dairy milk. That idea became the foundation of Oatly Group AB, the Swedish oat milk company that debuted Thursday in New York after raising $1.4 billion in an initial public offering. The share sale cements the fortunes of one of the scientists, Rickard Oste, and his brother Bjorn Oste, who co-founded the Malmo-based company. The American depositary… Source link

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Oatly goes public at $22.12 per share, 31% above its listing price

Bloomberg Don’t Fear the Taper: Fed to Dominate Treasury Market for Years (Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.Treasury investors fretting about when the Federal Reserve will scale back its bond purchases may be missing the bigger picture: Its more than $5 trillion stockpile will make it a major force for years to come.The prospect of a pullback in buying edged a little nearer Wednesday when minutes of the Federal Open… Source link

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Andy Cohen on why it took so long to add a Black cast member to ‘RHOBH’

Andy Cohen is talking about diversity within The Real Housewives franchise. Cohen, who executive produces the series and hosts the reunion specials, appeared on Garcelle Beauvais‘s podcast and was asked why it took so long to have a Black cast member on the Beverly Hills franchise — and when viewers will see an all-gay cast. Cohen said on Going to Bed with Garcelle that it took to Season 10 of Bravo’s RHOBH, in 2019, to add Beauvais as the first Black woman in 10 seasons because they were… Source link

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Yahoo Fantasy Baseball: Updated outfield rankings

Shuffle Up season is here. How would we rank and sort players if a fantasy league were assembling from scratch right this second? That’s what I’m trying to figure out. Included on this list is everyone roster-worthy who qualifies at outfield in the Yahoo game. I will not debate ranks on injured players. Of course, baseball is most fun when the best players are healthy and doing their thing; I root for everybody. But these weekly staples are not meant to be injury arguments. If you have… Source link

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Health care in America ‘is completely out of whack’ as millions face medical debt collections

Health care costs in the U.S. continue to grow year after year, leaving Americans with more and more debt. According to Credit Karma data provided to Yahoo Finance, roughly 21 million Americans holding $46 billion of medical debt as of April 2021 face collections — meaning that a third-party debt collector is trying to obtain the money owed. “Our system is completely out of whack,” Frederick Isasi, executive director at Families USA, a nonprofit and nonpartisan consumer health advocacy… Source link

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Mountains in all their glory appeared on Yandex.Maps

The developers noted the outlines of mountains and mountain ranges in Russia and around the world – the Alps and Cordillera, the volcanoes of Kamchatka and the cuestas of the Crimean Peninsula, the Khibiny and the Caucasus, and much more.  For this, the NASADEM open digital terrain model was used. It is based on data on the roughness of the earth’s surface from various sources: topographic radar imagery, satellite photos, and measurements of the thickness of the ice cover. As noted by… Source link

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Google to Open Its First Permanent Retail Store This Summer in New York City

Google will open its first-ever permanent retail store in New York City in coming weeks, a bet that a physical retail presence can help showcase and sell its products as the pandemic eases. The store, to be located in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, will open this summer and sell items such as Google’s Pixel phones, Nest smart thermostats and Fitbit wearable devices, the company said Thursday in a blog post. The store will also host workshops on using Google products… Source link

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World’s First Google Store To Open In New York This Summer

Google in the Big Apple: The first Google store will open in Chelsea this summer, says the company. Google Technology giant Google GOOG has announced its first ever physical retail store will open this summer in the Chelsea area of New York City. The new Google Store GOOG in Chelsea will, said Google, be a “space where customers can experience our hardware and services in a helpful way.” At the Google Store, customers will be able to browse and buy a wide… Source link

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Google to open first physical store in New York this summer

The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo/File Photo Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Thursday it would open its first physical store in New York City this summer, mirroring a retail approach that has helped Apple Inc (AAPL.O) rake in billions of dollars in the last two decades. The Google store will be located in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood near the its New… Source link

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After verification freeze, here’s how you can get Twitter’s blue check mark

By Elizabeth Culliford Twitter users can once again apply to be verified after a years-long freeze on public submissions for the site’s blue check marks, though the company said only “notable” users would be awarded the badge. The social media company paused public submissions for these badges in 2017 amid criticism that its verification program was arbitrary and confusing. It said at the time the check mark was being confused with “an endorsement or an indicator of importance”. Under the new… Source link

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