Editor’s note: This story contain a description of suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-273-8255. For the first time, Shawn Bradley is opening up about the bike accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down.  The former Dallas Mavericks center and 14-year NBA veteran recently spoke to Sports Illustrated’s Brian Burnsed about the collision and its aftermath. It happened… Source link

How about this as an incentive to relocate: $10K in crypto and a bike.  Northwest Arkansas hopes to lure remote tech workers and entrepreneurs to the region by offering them $10,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC-USD) and a bicycle.  “Northwest Arkansas is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, and we’re now seeing more explosive growth in our tech sector,” said Nelson Peacock, president and CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council. “This expanded incentive offer — Bitcoin and a… Source link

Initial unemployment claims unexpectedly jumped to total 230,000 last week, but still remained low compared to their pandemic-era averages.   The Labor Department released its latest weekly jobless claims report Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended Jan. 8: 230,000 vs. 200,000 expected and an unrevised 207,000 during prior week Continuing claims, week ended Jan. 2: 1.559… Source link

Brace for a heavy dose of interest rate hikes out of the Federal Reserve, warns strategists at Goldman Sachs.  “Our economists expect the Fed will begin its hiking cycle at the March meeting and hike a total of four times in 2022. They expect an additional three hikes in 2023 and three hikes in 2024. The market is currently pricing a similar pace of tightening in 2022 but expects fewer total hikes this cycle,” said Goldman Sachs strategist Ben Snider in a research note on… Source link

“Our entire pandemic response has been inequitable, and it’s our capitalist economy. It’s so inequitable that Google gets to give tests to the rich people, and the poor people don’t [get tests],” said Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, who studies infectious diseases. “The private schools get them, and the public schools don’t. Our entire response has been one of inequity.” Source link

Austria says use of Google Analytics is illegal because it exposes Europeans to U.S. spy agencies | Fortune … Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, January 13, 2021 Surging prices are now both an economic and political risk “Annus horribilis,” a Latin term that means “horrible year” is a term once famously deployed by the Queen of England to describe 1992, a tumultuous year upon which she declared she would not regard fondly. Given current trends, the same label may yet apply… Source link

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The real time bidding market size is expected to increase by USD 16.52 bn from 2021 to 2026. However, the growth momentum of the market is expected to decelerate at a CAGR of 22.21%. Attractive Opportunities in Real Time Bidding Market by Auction Type and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2022-2026 For additional highlights regarding the real time bidding market, View Our Free Sample Report Now Market Dynamics Factors such as digital transformation,… Source link

MILAN (Reuters) – Europe’s biggest utility Enel plans to list its grid services business in 2023, Chief Executive Francesco Starace said in an interview with Italian daily La Repubblica published on Thursday. Enel will find an industrial partner for the new company, dubbed Gridspertise, this year, Starace added. “Gridspertise, as the new company is called, will start in 2022 as a separate company to enhance and provide to all customers services around the world. It will have an industrial… Source link

Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Investors acquired 1,814 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 1,437% compared to the average daily volume of 118 put options. Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Yandex from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $84.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, October 1st. HSBC upgraded… Source link