Stocks fell Monday in the first session of 2021 after briefly rising to touch fresh record highs earlier in the session. All three major indices dropped more than 1% intraday on Monday, after the S&P 500 and Dow earlier ticked up to record intraday levels. The S&P 500 closed out December with a 3.7% one-month gain and 16% gain for 2020, capping off an extraordinary year in markets despite the backdrop of the pandemic. Bitcoin prices (BTC-USD) also extended their recent rally over the weekend,… Source link

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Set for Monster Growth in 2021 We’ve turned a new page on the calendar, Old Man ’20 is out the door, and there’s a feeling ‘21 is gonna be a good year – and so far, so good. The markets closed out 2020 with modest session gains to cap off larger annual gains. The S&P 500 rose 16% during the corona crisis year, while the NASDAQ, with its heavy tech representation, showed an impressive annual gain of nearly 43%. The advent of two viable COVID vaccines… Source link

Announced Monday morning, the Alphabet Workers’ Union will be run by employees and open both to full-time workers and contractors at the tech giant. “This is historic,” said Dylan Baker, a Google software engineer, in a release. “The first union at a major tech company by and for all tech workers. We will elect representatives, we will make decisions democratically, we will pay dues, and we will hire skilled organizers to ensure all workers at Google know they can work with us if they… Source link

Employees of Google and parent company Alphabet Inc. announced the creation of a union Monday, escalating years of confrontation between workers and management of the internet giant. The Alphabet Workers Union said it will be open to all employees and contractors, regardless of their role or classification. It will collect dues, pay organizing staff and have an elected board of directors. The unionizing effort, a rare campaign within a major U.S. technology company, is supported by the… Source link

GlobeNewswire Africa Two-Wheeler (Motorcycle, Scooter & Moped) Market, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, 2025 Dublin, Jan. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Africa Two-Wheeler Market, by Vehicle Type (Motorcycle, Scooter & Moped), by Engine Capacity (up to 125 cc, 126 cc- 250cc, 251 CC- 500 cc and above 500 cc), by Country (Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Others) Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, 2025” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The… Source link

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Set for Monster Growth in 2021 We’ve turned a new page on the calendar, Old Man ’20 is out the door, and there’s a feeling ‘21 is gonna be a good year – and so far, so good. The markets closed out 2020 with modest session gains to cap off larger annual gains. The S&P 500 rose 16% during the corona crisis year, while the NASDAQ, with its heavy tech representation, showed an impressive annual gain of nearly 43%. The advent of two viable COVID vaccines… Source link

The second-to-last play of the Seattle Seahawks’ regular season was a strange play call. Now we know why. WIth 22 seconds left, after Seattle recovered an onside kick, all the Seahawks had to do to seal a 26-23 win was take a knee. Instead, the Seahawks ran a push pass to receiver David Moore on a jet sweep. Russell Wilson pushed it forward to Moore, who got credit for a catch. Announcers were flummoxed. Pete Carroll was shown on the sideline looking upset and confused before shaking his… Source link

Google employees at a walkout protest in 2018. James Martin/CNET Nearly 230 workers at Google… Source link

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday. The “Alphabet Workers Union” aims to ensure that employees work at a fair wage, without fear of abuse, retaliation or discrimination, the union heads wrote here. Google has been under fire here from the U.S. labor regulator, which has accused the company of unlawfully questioning several workers who were then terminated for… Source link

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Set for Monster Growth in 2021 We’ve turned a new page on the calendar, Old Man ’20 is out the door, and there’s a feeling ‘21 is gonna be a good year – and so far, so good. The markets closed out 2020 with modest session gains to cap off larger annual gains. The S&P 500 rose 16% during the corona crisis year, while the NASDAQ, with its heavy tech representation, showed an impressive annual gain of nearly 43%. The advent of two viable COVID vaccines… Source link