In another sign of a boom in entrepreneurship during the pandemic, “How to start a business,” beat “How to get a job,” in Google search queries in 2021.  Google’s just-released “Year in Search” showcases the tech giant’s data from the past 11-plus months, broken down into a list of global hot topics and interactive timelines. The company did not respond to a request to specify how many times people searched “How to start a business,” but its findings jibe with U.S. Census Bureau data,… Source link

This week saw two key pieces of economic data: the lowest number of jobless claims since September 1969 and the highest inflation since June 1982. Jared Bernstein, longtime economic aide to President Biden, was keen to drop some trivia on the more flattering number, noting “‘Honky Tonk Woman’ by the Rolling Stones was topping the charts” the last time jobless claims were this low. What was left unmentioned was that “Ebony and Ivory” was the most popular song the last time inflation… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO — The Portland Trail Blazers‘ Chauncey Billups, a rookie head coach 26 games into his tenure, helms a team that continues its multiyear trend of being a poor foundational defensive unit and has dealt with a rash of injuries that have contributed to a 11-15 record while losing seven of eight contests. Most rookie NBA coaches would be slow to publicly critique their teams with sports trigger words. Billups — who played 17 years in the NBA as one of the steadiest point guards… Source link

Someone with a famous last name and a whole lot of pull inside of Ford (F) is sending a message to the market: The bull run in the automaker’s stock may just be beginning.  Rather under the radar this week, Bill Ford — great-grandson of Ford founder Henry Ford and its current executive chairman — opted to exercise nearly 2 million in stock options awarded to him as part of his executive pay package. Total cost: $20.5 million. A large portion of the options were reportedly set to expire… Source link

Whether you are playing in the biggest tournament of the week on Yahoo! or prefer to play in smaller GPPs, there are some general positional strategies that you can implement in any size tournament. These concepts include stacking, finding pivots off of popular players, and looking for leverage in other spots. While it’s important to implement these into your lineup-building approach, the foundation of any tournament lineup is a solid core, usually players that you would use in cash… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google issues warning to location-sharing apps  BBC News Source link

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U.S. consumer prices rose at the fastest clip in nearly four decades last month, underscoring the persistently elevated inflationary pressures in the recovering economy.  The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed by 6.8% in November compared to last year, marking the fastest annual increase since June 1982. This rate matched consensus economists’ estimates, according to Bloomberg data, but accelerated compared to the 6.2% year-over-year rate from the prior month.  Even… Source link

By Sarai Rodriguez December 10, 2021 – A new collaboration between Google and The Commons Project Foundation will provide over 150 million Americans access to the digital version of their COVID-19 vaccination records by using SMART Health Cards via Android. According to The Commons Project, the SMART Health Cards make vaccine verification easier by allowing Android users to save their digital vaccine records as a shortcut on… Source link

Shark Tank host and real estate guru Barbara Corcoran is putting her money where her mouth is and scooping up shares of real estate marketplace giant Zillow (Z). Since being asked in a November Yahoo Finance interview if Zillow shares bottomed after falling 21% on news the company was ending its home buying operation, Corcoran says she was confident enough to jump on the stock.      “I did invest in Zillow, remember you asked me last time?” she said Thursday on Yahoo Finance Live. “I did,… Source link