Monthly Archives: February 2022

Yahoo mail to officially stop in China from February 28

Yahoo mail will officially stop working in mainland China from tomorrow, February 28. The company has already windup all its other operations in the country. HIGHLIGHTS Yahoo mail will stop working for people in mainland China from February 28. Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo are all exiting China due to increased government scrutiny. The news may prompt a further exodus of companies from the world’s most populous country. Yahoo previously announced that from November 1, 2021, users will not be… Source link

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Ticket from Michael Jordan’s NBA debut sells for record price

Mike Cole insists that, until a few months ago, he gladly would have accepted $500 in exchange for his unused ticket to Michael Jordan’s 1984 NBA debut. Thankfully for him, nobody ever made him that low-ball offer. A ticket that Cole stashed for years in his basement alongside some other old keepsakes turned out to have more than just sentimental value. It was one of two tickets that nearly doubled the previous record for the most expensive vintage sports ticket when their auctions closed… Source link

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1 Stock To Buy, 1 To Dump When Markets Open: Palo Alto Networks, Yandex

Stocks on Wall Street ended sharply higher on Friday to close out a week of trading, with the notching its biggest one-day gain since November 2020. The week ahead is expected to be another eventful one as investors monitor fresh geopolitical developments related to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In addition, we’ll also hear congressional from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, as well as see important economic data, such as the latest U.S. and ISM surveys. Earnings from like Zoom Video… Source link

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Get more men to shop on its site

Tom Forte bought a desk made from recycled skateboards on Etsy (ETSY) during the pandemic, then a matching stool. What’s unusual about Forte isn’t that he bought something on the site — 96 million people did that last year. What’s unusual is his gender. Forte’s familiar with Etsy in part because he’s an analyst at D.A. Davidson who covers the stock. But the company’s own 2020 research found that 50% of male-identified customers in the U.S. weren’t even aware the company… Source link

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Are Brand Mentions Important to Google’s Algorithm?

Google’s John Mueller was asked if “unlinked brand mentions” were important in Google’s algorithm. It was apparent from John’s response that “brand mentions” is probably not a real thing in Google’s algorithm, but he also said that there may be value to site visitors who encounter them. Brand Mentions There is a longstanding idea in the SEO community that Google uses mentions of a website as a form of link. One version of the idea is that if someone publishes a URL like… Source link

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A Morgan Stanley investing chief says the Russia/Ukraine conflict is ‘a big deal’ for markets and anyone trying to trade it on a short-term basis will likely get it wrong

Russia invaded Ukraine Thursday, shelling key strategic targets.Vadim Zamirovsky/AP Morgan Stanley Wealth Management CIO Lisa Shalett said the Russia-Ukraine conflict will keep markets in risk-off mode for weeks. She said a rapidly-changing situation often results in a flight out of risk assets, but this isn’t a good strategy in the longer run. Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday in the region’s largest military operation since World War 2. Financial markets have been roiled this week after… Source link

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Google blocks Russia’s RT app downloads on Ukrainian territory, says RT

Russia Today (RT) logo is seen in this illustration picture taken February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has banned downloads of Russian state-owned media outlet RT’s mobile app on Ukrainian territory at the request of the government in Kyiv, RT said on Sunday. Google on Saturday barred RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps and… Source link

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Lockout negotiations sour as opening day deadline approaches

JUPITER, Fla. – The deadline set by Major League Baseball to ensure a 162-game season and save the scheduled March 31 opening day is now close enough you could measure the time left to get a deal in hours, not days. If there is no deal by Monday, the league has said that it will start canceling regular season games, and has publicly avowed that those games will not be rescheduled and players will not be paid for them. So to say it was a bad sign that bargaining ended Saturday with the… Source link

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Google joins YouTube, Meta, Twitter in restricting Russian state media ads

Google announced late Saturday it is blocking Russian state media channels from selling ads due to the invasion of Ukraine. Why it matters: The move came hours after YouTube, which is owned by Google, said it was blocking Russian state media channels, including RT, from selling ads on YouTube globally or being accessible in Ukraine. Twitter and Facebook have announced similar efforts to restrict Russian state accounts from being able to spread disinformation via advertising. Details: A Google… Source link

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