A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust claims against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google brought by a group of advertisers, but offered them a chance to try again after addressing what she called “serious concerns.” The ruling by District Judge Beth Labson Freeman in San Jose, California, marks one of the first major decisions in a spate of antitrust cases filed against Google over the last two years by users and rivals as well as the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general.

With the NBA playoffs days away, TNT and longtime analyst Chris Webber have reportedly parted ways.  The New York Post reports that Webber and the network agreed to a split on Thursday. The two sides did not conduct negotiations on a new contract leading up to the split, according to the report.  Webber had worked as a color commentator and occasional studio analyst at TNT since 2008. He joined the network shortly after the conclusion of his 15-season NBA career.  Chris Webber is reportedly… Source link

Yahoo has recently launched their fantasy football best ball leagues, a format that requires no in-season management—no waiver wire, no trades, no setting lineups. Instead, your highest-scoring players are optimized to form your starting lineup. Leagues are decided by cumulative season points rather than head-to-head matchups. Yahoo Best Ball League Settings Yahoo best ball leagues are half-PPR, 18-man rosters that start: QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, WR, TE, Flex (RB/WR/TE). There are no kickers… 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) – A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust claims against Alphabet Inc’s Google brought by a group of advertisers, but offered them a chance to try again after addressing what she called “serious concerns.” The ruling by District Judge Beth Labson Freeman in San Jose, California, marks one of the first major… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. forecast better-than-expected revenue and pledged to invest in new growth arenas, signaling its intention to move past a Chinese antitrust probe that triggered its first loss in nine years. Jack Ma’s flagship e-commerce firm swung to a 5.5 billion yuan ($852 million) net loss — its first since 2012 — after the company swallowed a $2.8 billion fine for monopolistic behavior imposed by Beijing. It now intends to refocus on its business, plowing… Source link

HOUSTON — A moment of clarity arrived for the Houston Texans‘ Deshaun Watson with Thursday’s revelation that four women met with NFL investigators regarding their civil lawsuits against the star quarterback. The league now has testimony from some of Watson’s accusers, and one way or another, it will have to decide what to do with that information.  It’s a crossroads between Watson’s civil litigation and an NFL investigation that was never guaranteed to materialize given the reality… Source link

Stock futures opened little changed Thursday evening after a surge during the regular trading day, which saw the major U.S. equity indexes recover some losses after three straight days of declines.  Contracts on the Dow edged higher after the index posted its best single-session gain since March. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were little changed after advancing strongly earlier.  Shares of Disney (DIS) slid after the company posted quarterly revenue that missed estimates, with… Source link

DoorDash (DASH) posted a first-quarter earnings report on Thursday that largely surpassed Wall Street’s expectations, with the company demonstrating that the boost it got from COVID-19 demand has staying power beyond the pandemic. The company reported revenue that skyrocketed 198 percent compared to a year-ago, to $1.08 billion, and total orders soaring 219 percent year-over-year, to $329 million. The results sent its stock on a tear after hours, which was up over 10%. Here’s what the San… Source link

Google announces several updates that will help provide site owners and advertisers with relevant data when cookies aren’t available. The new privacy-safe tracking methods, which don’t involve Google’s controversial FLoC technology, rely on consented first-party data and machine learning. These new solutions are designed to help marketers succeed in a world with fewer third party cookies and identifiers, by introducing ways to measure conversions and unlock helpful insights while… Source link

Bloomberg Over 700 Barges Stuck in Mississippi River From Bridge Crack (Bloomberg) — A crack in a bridge over the Mississippi River has stranded more than 700 barges, cutting off the biggest route for U.S. agricultural exports when the critical waterway is at its busiest.The route is shut near Memphis while the Tennessee Department of Transportation inspects a large crack in a highway bridge spanning the river, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A queue has expanded to 47 vessels and 771… Source link