History shows we could be nearing the end of the stock market’s 2022 correction. “The current correction in stocks is overdue: we have not had a 10%+ S&P 500 correction since the quick bear market of March 2020. 10%+ corrections have occurred once per year on average since 1930, and have lasted on average 54 trading days before lifting more than 10% from the trough (since January 3, the market has dropped 13% as of Wednesday’s low and Thursday is the 45th trading day),” pointed out Bank of… Source link

One of the hottest topics of debate during the 2021 fantasy football draft season was what to do about the running backs found roughly between Rounds 5 and 10, give or take a couple of rounds. It was universally agreed upon that this region saw a severe drop in talent when compared to the first four or so rounds. But, as everyone knows, the running back position is eternally important in fantasy. Even the non-stars have value. The debate was simple: Do you take a chance on a running back or… Source link

COVID-19 cases may be declining globally, but the world is far from out of the pandemic woods. The U.K., for example, is seeing a surge from the Omicron sub-variant, which has also been reported in New York, causing health experts to be wary of rollbacks in COVID-prevention strategies nationally. It’s why a group of top public experts, including former advisers on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 transition team, have created a new roadmap with recommendations for the government and private… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO — Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook is not having his best year in his first season playing in his hometown, and it appears support is minimal. But, he does have the support of one of his peers. “I told him when we played them in L.A. a couple of days ago that I respect how he’s handled the whole year, just in terms of everything he’s been saying and how he’s been handling himself and protecting his family,” Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry told… Source link

APAC-wide alliance builds on Yahoo and Near’s partnership in Australia and New Zealand, which delivered proven successes for clients Yahoo, the premier global media and technology company, has announced an APAC-wide partnership with Near, one of the world’s largest sources of privacy-led intelligence on people, places, and products. This alliance brings together the strengths of Near’s unique location intelligence data with Yahoo’s omni-channel demand-side platform (DSP) and suite of… Source link

Google has signalled it’s dialling up efforts around portability, announcing a plan yesterday to spend $3 million and “hundreds of hours” of its engineers time over the next five years to build on existing (sometimes very long-standing) initiatives in this area, such as the 2018 open source Data Transfer Project (DTP) to which Google is a contributor. The move comes at a time when lawmakers in multiple jurisdictions are paying increased attention to barriers that prevent service… Source link

A group of progressive MEPs are preparing to question the European Commission on why Russia’s largest technology company has been excluded from the sanctions list so far, while Baltic states are planning to raise the point in the Council discussions. Yandex is the second largest search engine in Russia regarding market share and provides several online services, including advertising, mobility apps and navigation. The company also offers ride-hailing services in several EU… Source link

A highly educated workforce and low cost of labor made Ukraine an attractive outsourcing tech hub for Fortune 500 firms, churning out more than 200,000 IT workers. But these days, Andrew Pavliv, the founder and CEO of N-iX, one of Ukraine’s largest tech companies, is more consumed with managing the flow of employees within his own country. Since the Russian invasion began last month, Pavliv’s firm has evacuated nearly 200 employees from hard hit cities in eastern Ukraine, including… Source link

Rivian (RIVN) is expected to report its fourth quarter and full year 2021 results on Thursday after the closing bell. These are the consensus estimates expected by Wall Street analysts for the electric vehicle startup’s Q4 top and bottom line results, as compiled by Bloomberg data:  Adjusted loss per share: – 2.05 Revenue: $63.99 million The Irvine, California–based company is pre-profitable and still in the process of ramping up its production. Rivian produced 1,015 vehicles and delivered… Source link

We’ve known for months that Google has been working to make its Messaging app properly display emoji reactions sent by iPhone users. Now Google is making the feature available to all as part of a host of new and updated features for its Messages app that are rolling out over the coming weeks. The beta already gave us a pretty good idea of how Google Messages translates emoji reactions sent by iOS users, properly formatting them on Android instead of appearing as a confusing text… Source link