Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss inflationary pressures and what lies ahead for Fed policy. Below is a transcript of his appearance on June 25, 2021. – BRIAN CHEUNG: Joining us now here on Yahoo Finance is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Eric Rosengren. It’s great to see you, President Rosengren. I want to kick off our conversation as Alexis was saying, a lot of eyes are on Federal Reserve policymakers. But… Source link

Yesterday, Google announced an updated timeline for its Privacy Sandbox milestones; in its blog post are two major announcements that marketers should focus on:  Google says it’s planning to develop a more rigorous process to test and deploy Privacy Sandbox proposals across various use cases, like ad measurement, targeting and fraud detection. The goal is to deploy these by late 2022, help scale adoption, and only then start to deprecate third-party cookies. Under this plan, 3P cookies… Source link

Equities research analysts predict that Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) will report earnings of $0.39 per share for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks Investment Research reports. Zero analysts have issued estimates for Yandex’s earnings. Yandex reported earnings of $0.09 per share in the same quarter last year, which would indicate a positive year over year growth rate of 333.3%. The firm is expected to issue its next quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 27th. On average, analysts expect that… Source link

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced this month that his state would provide a $250 million “down payment” to begin construction on a border wall between Texas and Mexico. But critics question whether states have the authority to act on immigration, a responsibility they claim falls to the federal government. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] [CLAPPING] GOV. GREG ABBOTT: Building the wall in Texas has officially begun. The letter that we are about to sign provides $250 million to be allocated as a… Source link

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) further solidified the landmark health care legislation known as Obamacare while the nation attempts to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic with a uniquely expensive health care system. The 7-2 ruling enables “those who want to build on the ACA to look forward and assume the law will largely remain intact,” Rachel Garfield, vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Yahoo Finance. “Health policy is always evolving,… Source link

Friday’s College World Series game between NC State and Vanderbilt was delayed because multiple players for NC State are in COVID-19 protocols. And NC State was missing a lot of players when it began. The game was set to start at 2 p.m. ET. Players were warming up before the game before they were pulled off the field within an hour of first pitch. “An undisclosed number of players from the team have been put into COVID-19 protocol and will be unavailable for today’s game,” NC State said in a… Source link

Google has started warning users when they search for a topic that is likely to have poor results, as part of its effort to tackle “data voids” on the search engine. The new warning was spotted by Renee DiResta, an academic who studies misinformation at Stanford University. “It looks like these results are changing quickly,” Google will now caution users. “If this topic is new, it can sometimes take time for results to be added by reliable sources.” “First time I’ve seen this… Source link

After China announced that it would begin ramping up its efforts to restrict the mining of cryptocurrency, the price of bitcoin (BTC-USD) fell to below $30,000 earlier this week, trading at a value not seen since the turn of the new year. The cryptocurrency has since rebounded slightly, now holding at a level just above $32,000. Though the news and subsequent crash may have caused short term headaches in the crypto market, China’s crackdown on mining may actually benefit crypto in the long… Source link

Here’s yet another example of how much better professional golfers are than the rest of the golfing population. Bubba Watson‘s driver broke on impact of a tee shot he hit at the Travelers Championship on Friday. He still hit the ball over 260 yards and put it in the fairway.  Just look at this ridiculousness. The feeling of a clubhead coming off during a swing is a sickening one. And the two-time Masters champion still hit a better drive than a lot of people can dream of hitting.  Watson’s… Source link

The Education Department (ED) under the Trump administration unleashed a lot more harm than good for students across the country, according to former Education Secretary John B. King Jr.  “The reality is [former Education Secretary] Betsy DeVos was a disaster for education,” King said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “It’s true for K-12. It’s also true for higher ed.” King, who served as Education Secretary during the final months of President Obama’s second term and is currently Source link