Sky-high gas prices are surfacing memories of a bygone era — the 1970s — defined by bellbottoms, disco music and (you guessed it) gas lines. Modern motorists might pine for the prospect of 50-cent a gallon unleaded gas that the decade averaged, but don’t compare that to the $4-plus a gallon we’re shelling out ($5 in California!) today. For a true apples-to-apples price comparison, it’s worth reviewing a concept that not only made Warren Buffett fabulously rich — but also makes us all a… Source link

The market’s most closely watched part of the yield curve inverted very briefly on Tuesday. At 1:33 p.m. ET on Tuesday afternoon, Bloomberg data showed the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note (^TNX) briefly dipping below the yield on the 2-year U.S. Treasury. The inversion lasted only a few seconds, and by 3:00 p.m. ET (the settlement time for U.S. government bond futures) the curve remained un-inverted with about 0.05% separating the two securities’ yields. Over the last half-century… Source link

Kansas City made another first for Google Fiber on Friday, when a group of subcontract workers became the first to successfully unionize. The National Labor Relations Board said the vote was 9-1 in favor of unionizing by full-time workers operating Google Fiber’s area retail stores. They are employed by BDS Connected Solutions. The local workers are the first Google Fiber workers to join the new Alphabet Workers Union, a unit of Communications Workers of America, the union… Source link

Improvements to accessibility don’t directly impact a website’s search rankings, says Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller. This is stated during a the Google Search Central SEO office-hours hangout recorded on March 25. One of the questions submitted to Mueller asks if there’s a direct ranking advantage for improved accessibility. The question specifically asks about links that are visually separated from textual content with features like increased font weight, underlining, and… Source link

Unix Hash Shenzhen, China, March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ethereum and Bitcoin are among the top two cryptocurrencies in the market. The Ethereum vs. Bitcoin debate has been raging for some years now. Google searches for “Ethereum merge” just hit an all-time high. Some expert crypto analysts believe that Ethereum may overtake Bitcoin in the coming years, as it continues to grow and be accepted worldwide. According to Yahoo Finance, Ethereum could eventually pass Bitcoin in market cap… Source link

Over the weekend, Elon Musk said something outlandish. I know what you’re thinking: Be more specific. Well, this time the Tesla CEO indicated he might launch a social network — or, at the very least, wouldn’t rule it out. “Am giving serious thought to this,” he replied to a Twitter user who asked whether Musk would consider building his own rival platform. Musk had earlier criticized Twitter. “Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free… Source link

In what has become a familiar pattern, former President Donald Trump has once again solicited help from a foreign leader in exposing possible dirt to try to wound a political enemy. Trump, who was impeached in 2019 for his request to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he do Trump a “favor” by investigating Joe Biden’s son Hunter, told right-wing television host John Solomon in an interview published Tuesday that he wanted Russian President Vladimir Putin to shed light on unverified… Source link

Was the meta description for this article written by Google? Or a human editor at Search Engine Land? You can’t tell, can you? That’s how far machine learning has come. Read on the learn the “shocking” truth. Auto-generating content summaries. Earlier this year, Google started automatically generating content summaries for Docs users. Google explains the technology behind how it works in this blog post if you want to dive into the natural language understanding (NLU) and natural… Source link

Let’s establish some disclaimers before we dive into today’s topic, the 2022 Fantasy Baseball Fade List. The goal is to outline good players who I’m still unlikely to roster often, if at all, in 2022. This doesn’t make these players untalented; it’s just pointless to give you a collection of fades with lagging ADPs. There’s no utility in that. Most fantasy analysts will tell you it’s usually about the acquisition cost, not about the player. If you can land some of these names well… Source link

Investing legend Bill Gross has been dabbling in the meme stock trade, notably its two highest profile names GameStop (GME) and AMC (AMC). “I simply think that the AMC and GameStop are lottery tickets,” said the Pimco co-founder in an interview with Yahoo Finance Presents. Gross — who just penned his own memoir called “I’m Still Standing: Bond King Bill Gross and the Pimco Express” — has been betting against GameStop and AMC using options. Explained Gross, “If you can sell options that are… Source link