Google I/O is next week; expect a lot of new search goodies; Friday’s daily brief Your privacy means the world to us. We share your personal information only when you give us explicit permission to do so, and confirm we have your permission each time. Learn more by viewing our privacy policy.Ok Source link

Alphabet’s GOOGL division Google has rolled out international money transfer feature on its payment app, Google Pay, in collaboration with Wise and Western Union. Notably, the new remittance facilityenables Google Pay users in the United Statesto transfer money via the app to users residing in India and Singapore. For leveraging the new facility, senders will be charged a fee that will be displayed when the money transfer will take place. The people receiving money will be free of any… Source link

Simplify your commute with these Google Maps tips. Angela Lang/CNET If you haven’t been using the Google Maps app,… Source link

Bloomberg Brookfield Aims to Raise $100 Billion for New Flagship Funds (Bloomberg) — Brookfield Asset Management Inc. said it plans to raise $100 billion for its next round of flagship funds after it delivered first-quarter earnings buoyed by share sales and asset divestitures.The Toronto-based alternative asset manager sold $13 billion of assets during the quarter, resulting in $6.4 billion in profit for Brookfield and its clients, the company said Thursday. Brookfield’s share amounted to… Source link

NEW DELHI: Search giant Google and 30 other companies are rallying to support a law that allows the spouses of H-1B visa holders in the US to work in the country. The company filed a legal brief in a lawsuit called Save Jobs USA vs US department of homeland security. The suit argues that H-4 visas, which covers spouses of H-1B visa holders, provide unfair competition to American jobs. The brief filed by Google was in support of H-4 visa holders being allowed to work in the… Source link

Bloomberg Barclays Faces Credit Trader Exodus Over Bonus Disappointment (Bloomberg) — Barclays Plc has been hit by a string of departures among senior credit traders in New York and London unhappy that their bonuses failed to reflect the pandemic profit surge.The bank has offered promotions to some employees and given assurances over future pay in an attempt to address their concerns, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private… Source link

Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the airline industry’s busy summer travel season and airfare expert Bob Harrell said fares are going up.  “Well, they’ve been going up fairly dramatically in the last six months at least,” he told Yahoo Finance. Harrell is president of Harrell Associates, a firm that tracks and benchmarks ticket prices across the industry. In normal times, business fares are four to five times more expensive than leisure fares, according to Harrell, but right now,… Source link

Watch: Coinbase set to offer Dogecoin Dogecoin soared on Friday after Elon Musk said he was working with the crypto’s developers to improve its efficiency as a means of payment. The Tesla (TSLA) boss, who has previously said his Dogecoin tweets shouldn’t be taken seriously, tweeted that he was “working with doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency” and said the work was “potentially promising.” The cryptocurrency, which was conceived as a joke in 2013, rose over 30% on Friday morning… Source link

As Anticipated, No Impact on Cash Position, Business Operations or Economics of Commercial Arrangements No Change to Gross Billings; Company Reaffirms Previously Disclosed Annual Gross Billings Targets Plug Power Remains Well-Positioned to Leverage Industry Leadership and Capture MeaningfulShare of the $10T Hydrogen Economy Company to Host Conference Call at 8:30 am ET Today LATHAM, N.Y., May 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Plug Power Inc. (“Plug Power” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PLUG), a… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File Photo (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it was leading about 30 companies and trade groups in opposing a lawsuit that seeks to stop over 90,000 spouses of highly skilled U.S. visa workers from having jobs in the country. The organizations contend undoing employment authorization for spouses would cause financial havoc… Source link