Monthly Archives: February 2022

Inflation be damned, consumers are shopping their way through it: Morning Brief

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, February 17, 2022 Inflation everywhere, but ‘depressed’ public shops through it Power Twitter users might be familiar with the catchphrase “tweeting through it.” Loosely defined, it’s a state of ignoring a crisis (one most likely of your own making) by posting about other things as a means of idle distraction. After January’s… Source link

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Russia fines Google for failing to delete banned content

The facade of a Google office is seen in New York City, New York, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Paresh Dave Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) – A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) 3.5 million roubles ($46,000) for failing to delete content Russia deems illegal, the latest in a string of fines for the U.S. tech giant. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ($1 = 75.7861 roubles)

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Yahoo promotes Paul Sigaloff to VP head of APAC

Yahoo has promoted Paul Sigaloff as VP, head of APAC. Effective immediately, Sigaloff (pictured) will lead sales for the ad technology business across the entire Asia Pacific region. Previously VP of ANZ INSEA, his expanded remit now includes Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Sigaloff has been with the company for eight years and launched Yahoo (formerly Verizon Media) into the Australia and New Zealand market in 2018…. Source link

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Elon Musk said Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger once told an entire table at lunch ‘all the ways Tesla would fail’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Chris Saucedo/Getty Images for SXSW Billionaire investor Charlie Munger once told people at a lunch “all the ways Tesla would fail,” Elon Musk recounted. Musk said the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman’s comment made him “quite sad.” Tesla is currently the world’s most valuable carmaker with a market capitalization of $954.3 billion. Elon Musk said billionaire investor Charlie Munger once told people at a lunch “all the ways Tesla would fail.” The Tesla CEO was responding to a… Source link

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9th Circ. Hears Objections To $117M Yahoo Data Breach Deal

By Lauren Berg (February 16, 2022, 9:24 PM EST) — An objector to Yahoo’s $117 million data breach class action settlement urged the Ninth Circuit during oral arguments Wednesday to revive his request for attorney fees, while another objector argued the company chosen to provide credit monitoring services needs to be reconsidered. An attorney for objector James McCain urged the three-judge panel to reverse a California federal judge’s decision to deny his counsel $260,000 in fees… Source link

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Ole Miss QB Matt Corral opens up on depression

August 18 has become embossed in the mind of Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral, now as important as his birthday, his parents’ anniversary or any almost other single day on the calendar. It’s the day more than two years ago when Corral said everything changed for him and helped set him on a course that has made him a top 2022 NFL draft prospect. It was not a banner day in practice, a position battle won on the field, or even a fun day out with his buddies. It was the day Corral said he… Source link

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You can’t force owners to put wins over money

You can’t legislate wanting to win. And you can’t mandate recklessness. That’s the problem with the negotiations that may eventually end the MLB lockout. Well, one of them anyway. The first problem is the owners’ ideological resistance to yielding economic influence to the players. Then there’s the vast disparity in the money numbers. That’s a big one. But even if they could overcome those and reach a mutually tolerable compromise, I’m not confident that a new CBA would have the… Source link

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