Bloomberg U.S. Pushes Vaccine Waiver; Japan’s Emergency: Virus Update (Bloomberg) — U.S. support for a waiver of patent protections for vaccines is heading to the World Trade Organization, with the European Union and China signaling a willingness to take part in the negotiations.India reported its highest-ever daily tally of 412,262 new virus cases and also a record 3,980 deaths. Indian drugmakers warned that a halt on some cargo flights from China could disrupt the global pharmaceutical… Source link

(Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared his vision of the search giant’s new hybrid return-to-work plans via an internal message from the chief executive to his employees. The plan would call for around 60% of Googlers coming together in the office for a few days a week, while another 20% will work in new office locations and 20% are anticipated to work remotely.  In his post, Pichai first… Source link

Actress Jessica Alba’s eco-friendly personal care products brand Honest Co. (HNST) surged 44% in its trading debut on the Nasdaq. Shares of Honest Co. sold for $16 in their initial public offering to close at $23 per share in trading Wednesday, giving the company a market value of about $2.1 billion. Honest CEO Nick Vlahos told Yahoo Finance Live that the successful IPO was a “validation” of the company’s strategy. “We’re a mission driven brand. We are at the forefront of this kind… Source link

Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, May 6, 2021 One year after carnage, the strongest labor market on record.  The April jobs report tomorrow morning should be a barnburner. But outside of a big number for job gains last month — consensus estimates are that nonfarm payrolls grew by 995,000 last month, according to the latest data from Bloomberg — we also see a labor market recovery that continues to be an almost… Source link

Enlarge this image The Google logo seen at the entrance to Google Cloud campus in Seattle. The tech company announced it is allowing some workers to work-from-home permanently if they want. SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett … Source link

Yahoo Sports will keep you updated nightly on the NBA playoff race during the last two weeks of the regular season. Check back daily for the latest movement in the standings, what to watch for and teams securing their 2020-21 playoff berths. Wednesday’s standings Eastern Conference 1. Philadelphia 76ers (45-21) 2. Brooklyn Nets (43-23, 2 GB) 3. Milwaukee Bucks (42-24, 3 GB) 4. New York Knicks (37-29, 8 GB) 5. Atlanta Hawks (37-30, 8.5 GB) 6. Boston Celtics (35-31, 10 GB) Play-in tournament 7. Miami… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google says it expects about 20% of ifs workforce to still work remotely after its offices reopen this fall, while some 60% will work a hybrid schedule that includes about three days in the office and two days “wherever they work best.” The remaining 20% can change their location to a different Google office. The policy announced Wednesday relaxes the company’s stricter earlier stance. “The future of work is flexibility,” CEO… Source link

Hall of Famer Tony La Russa developed a reputation as a master strategist while managing the Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals to a total of three World Series championships. His second tenure with the Chicago White Sox is off to a bumpy start. And a decision in Wednesday’s 1-0 loss at Cincinnati will only raise more doubts about whether he is the right person for the job. La Russa acknowledged he was unaware of a rule that would have allowed him to use José Abreu as the automatic runner at… Source link

Android tablets still exist, somehow. And people may still be buying them, for some reason. All of this in spite of Google’s best efforts to simply ignore the form factor completely for the past few years, and we don’t mean just by not releasing any more of its own tablets, but also in not adapting Android to the bigger screen sizes at all. Today the search giant has suddenly remembered that Android tablets exist, and has thus announced a new feature, just for Android tablets. Can you… Source link

Earlier this month, in what many consider the copyright case of the decade, the Supreme Court released its much-anticipated decision in Google v. Oracle. In it, the Court ruled that Google’s copying of 11,500 lines of declaring code from Java SE for use in Google’s Android platform, was fair use. Having recently reviewed the history of the fair use defense in copyright infringement cases, we now turn to the case itself. Background of Google v. OracleBefore Sun Microsystems (now… Source link