The Pixel 5a with 5G launched just this month with stellar battery life and a solid price point, but it does seem to have one flaw. As many have pointed out, heat seems to cause trouble for the Pixel 5a, but Google is looking into overheating problems on the device. It’s been reported by quite a few people in recent weeks that the Pixel 5a has an overheating problem. Specifically, the issue seems to take place when recording 4K video. In our own testing, Kyle Bradshaw found that… Source link
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Oil Wobbles as Offshore U.S. Producers Assess Damage After Ida
(Bloomberg) — Oil flipped between small gains and losses as U.S. offshore producers assess damage from Hurricane Ida and as investors focus on an OPEC+ meeting that will likely lead to a further output revival. Futures in New York earlier fell as much as 1.6% Monday. Gasoline futures spiked more than 4% earlier in the session before paring its advance. While Gulf of Mexico producers had shut in about 1.7 million barrels a day of crude output ahead of the storm, refineries in Louisiana may be… Source link
Read More »‘You have to get vaccinated’
As millions of students continue to return to school over the coming weeks, one state’s governor is stepping up the call for vaccinations among his constituents. “You have to get vaccinated,” West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said during a regular COVID-19 briefing on Friday. “The more that are vaccinated, the less that will die. That is absolutely the way it is.” The latest CDC data available lists West Virginia as having fully vaccinated 39.6% of the population with 47% receiving at least… Source link
Read More »10 High Sharpe Ratio Dividend Stocks in the S&P 500
In this article, we will be taking a look at 10 high Sharpe ratio dividend stocks in the S&P 500. To skip our detailed analysis of dividend investing, you can go directly to see the 5 High Sharpe Ratio Dividend Stocks in the S&P 500. Dividend stocks like McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD), and The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) are among the most reliable and popular investment options available today. However, you can never be too… Source link
Read More »Pending home sales fall for second straight month
The housing market may be cooling down. Pending home sales, a leading indicator of the health of the housing market, fell 1.8% in July, the second straight month of declines. The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index, which tracks the number of homes that are under contract to be sold, dropped 1.8% in July from the previous month. The results missed the expected 0.4% increase in sales, according to Bloomberg analysts’ consensus estimates. “The market may be… Source link
Read More »Support.com surges 50% as monster rally continues
Support.com (SPRT) is continuing to rise after a massive short squeeze rally. Shares of the California technical support company were up more than 50% in the first minutes of trading after gaining more than 180% over the last five sessions. Support.com’s stock had caught the attention of retail traders based on its high short interest. “Shares shorted were climbing earlier in the month, but we have seen short covering recently as the shorts are in the middle of a big squeeze,” said Ihor… Source link
Read More »Affirm stock explodes more than 40% after Amazon deal — here’s why, financially speaking
Affirm (AFRM) is poised to show investors a major jolt in its top and bottom lines amid its new tie-up with Amazon (AMZN). Shares of Affirm exploded more than 40% in pre-market trading on Monday after unveiling a new partnership with Amazon. The stock was the No. 1 trending ticker on the Yahoo Finance platform, too. Under the deal, Affirm — a leader in the buy now, pay later space — will help Amazon consumers finance large purchases. Select Amazon customers will now have the option to… Source link
Read More »Here’s how many of our readers said they’ll buy a charger with the Pixel 6
The lack of an in-the-box charger means that if you want access to faster charging methods with the upcoming Pixel 6 or 6 Pro, then you’ll have to stump up extra cash to buy one. To our surprise, the response from you, our readers, when we asked late last week was not quite what we expected. We had a substantial response to the question about whether you will buy a new or separate charger with the Pixel 6 series. It’s undoubtedly a sore point, even despite Google’s… Source link
Read More »Stock futures rise to hover near all-time highs
Stock futures moved to the upside Monday morning, extending last week’s gains and holding near all-time highs at the start of a busy week for new economic data. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each traded a tick above the flat line after the indexes set record highs last week. Dow futures also edged up, with gains in shares of Amgen and Home Depot leading the way higher. Optimism that the Federal Reserve will not immediately and jarringly remove its highly accommodative monetary policies… Source link
Read More »Google and Apple’s next regulatory headaches are looming across the Pacific
Apple’s commissions, for example, go as high as 30% on some purchases made through the company’s platform — and developers say they have little choice but to comply, since Apple does not allow customers to download apps from any source other than the company’s official store. Legislators have been reviewing an amendment to the Telecommunications Business Act, which would ban app store operators from “unfairly using their market position to force a certain manner of payment” upon businesses…. Source link
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