Yearly Archives: 2021

Yahoo DFS Picks Week 6: NFL DFS lineup advice for daily fantasy football GPP tournaments

Last Sunday marked another week of brutal injuries with Saquon Barkley (ankle) and Clyde Edwards-Helaire (knee) headlining the list of prominent names forced out of action. And for good measure, this is the first week of byes.  Injuries often open the door for cost-saving options in daily fantasy football, but we’re steering clear of Devontae Booker and Darrel Williams in our Week 6 Yahoo DFS lineup this week in spite of the expected increase in their usage. In… Source link

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Samsung announces Unpacked 2 event for Wednesday Oct 20th, right after Apple and Google

Samsung has just sent out invitations for an event it is holding online on Wednesday, October 20th at 7AM PT / 10AM ET. It’s called “Galaxy Unpacked Part 2,” which is possibly an indication that rather than all new Galaxy phones, we may be seeing iterations on existing ones. With Samsung’s announcement, we’ll now have an Apple event on Monday (where we are expecting new MacBook Pros), Google’s Pixel 6 launch on Tuesday, and now Samsung’s apparently smaller event on… Source link

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Russian tech giant Yandex expands Israeli footprint with acquisition of Wind’s Tel Aviv operations – TechCrunch

Russian tech giant Yandex is expanding its mobility footprint in Israel with the acquisition of shared e-scooter company Wind’s Israeli operations. The two are not sharing the terms of the deal, but Israeli financial newspaper Globes reported that it is estimated to have cost $40 million to $50 million. Wind is one of the top e-scooter sharing operators in Israel, alongside competitors like Lime, Leo and Bird. Yandex has already been operating its Yango mobility… Source link

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Michael Burry’s ‘mother of all crashes’ warning is still in play — but here are 3 stocks he’s bullish on

Michael Burry’s ‘mother of all crashes’ warning is still in play — but here are 3 stocks he’s bullish on “The Big Short” guy is sounding the alarm again. Michael Burry, the hedge fund manager who famously bet against the country’s housing market in 2008, recently proclaimed in a since-deleted tweet, “Bond & stock markets depend on a Fed stripped of all credibility.” It’s not his first warning. “All hype/speculation is doing is drawing in retail before the mother of all… Source link

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Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) – Yandex Acquires Israel Based Electric Scooter Rental Company For Undisclosed Sum

Yandex NV (NASDAQ: YNDX) acquired electric scooter rental company Wind, adding to its taxi and food delivery services, Reuters reports. The acquisition will include Wind’s e-scooters hardware, its R&D capabilities, and operations in Israel. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed. Wind, which operates around 4,500… Source link

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Verizon Wins $400 Million Set-Aside in Yahoo Dissolution Case

Yahoo Inc. successor entity Altaba Inc. must set aside $400 million as it dissolves to cover the “unlikely” event that an appeals court overturns a $118 million data breach settlement it’s splitting with Verizon Communications Inc., which bought and resold the Yahoo brand, a Delaware judge ruled. Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster directed Altaba to add $341 million to the $59 million it previously reserved to fund the data breach settlement. Altaba is a holding company partway through… Source link

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Google Gives Up on Bank Accounts

We recently learned that Alphabet‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL)(NASDAQ:GOOG) Google is abandoning plans to create its own bank accounts, and Industry Focus host Jason Moser and Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, discuss what investors need to know. Also, despite rising wages and lower interest rates, home affordability in the U.S. is at its worst level since the financial crisis. And finally, Matt discusses why SoFi (NASDAQ:SOFI) is the stock he’s most… Source link

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This casino stock could rip higher: analyst

It’s time to go all in on shares of MGM Resorts (MGM), contends Credit Suisse analyst Benjamin Chaikin.  The analyst hiked his rating on the casino operator to out-perform from neutral on Tuesday, citing the market overlooking several key upside catalysts.  “MGM has gone through a transformation, recently announcing four transactions, and we believe the market is not giving full credit. Pro forma, we see three drivers of upside: (1) a cleaner more simplified organization with a more… Source link

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Google files a counterclaim in Epic Games lawsuit, saying it’s owed financial relief – TechCrunch

As the Apple v. Epic Games lawsuit goes under appeal, Google on Monday afternoon filed an answer and counterclaim in the Epic Games’ antitrust litigation against the company. The tech giant and Android maker denies Epic’s allegations of antitrust behavior and instead says that it’s owed relief, as Epic Games breached the Google Play Developer Distribution Agreement (DDA) by allowing Fortnite players who download the app through Google Play to use Epic’s own payment processing… Source link

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