OREANDA-NEWS The Government Commission for the Control of Foreign Investments has approved a deal for the acquisition by a Russian group of investors of 96.3% of the shares of MKAO Yandex from the Dutch Yandex N.V. Vedomosti writes about this. Earlier, the FAS stated that Yandex Taxi occupies a dominant position in the market. Russian President Vladimir Putin also allowed foreigners to make transactions with shares of Yandex Bank. Source link
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Free Agency Matchmaking: Best landing spots for top QBs, RBs, WRs
Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Show No need to wait until next week for free agency to start, we tell you where everyone is going right now. Fantasy expert Tera Roberts joins Matt Harmon for our annual free agency matchmaking show. Harmon and Roberts react to the franchise tag deadline and other major pre-free agency moves that have taken place earlier this week. Harmon and Roberts then predict where the top free agent QBs land. Both believe Kirk Cousins has played his last snap in… Source link
Read More »Texans, TE Dalton Schultz agree to 3-year, $36M extension
The Houston Texans are keeping tight end Dalton Schultz and star quarterback C.J. Stroud together. Schultz and the Texans agreed to a three-year contract worth $36 million, including 23.5 million fully guaranteed, a source confirmed to Yahoo Sports’ Jori Epstein on Tuesday. The news was first reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The 27-year-old arrived to the Texans after spending the first five years of his career with the Dallas Cowboys. He was set for unrestricted free agency after he… Source link
Read More »Trump takes early wins over Haley, while Biden scores victories in multiple states
President Biden and former President Donald Trump each notched a string of resounding victories on Super Tuesday that brought them even closer to a 2024 rematch of their fierce battle in 2020 for the White House. Biden notched early wins in Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia, Vermont, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Maine, Arkansas, Alabama and Texas according to the Associated Press, while former President Donald Trump scored victories over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in… Source link
Read More »Tech Giants Drag Down US Stocks After Torrid Rally: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Stocks came under pressure as a trio of tech heavyweights fell, with traders wading through mixed economic data in the run-up to Jerome Powell’s testimony to Congress. Most Read from Bloomberg Equities lost traction after a rally that has spurred concern about sky-high valuations — especially in megacaps, leaving the group vulnerable to big moves in the face of bad news. Apple Inc.’s iPhone woes in China deepened while Advanced Micro Devices Inc. hit a US roadblock in… Source link
Read More »Your Google Fi Plan Might’ve Gotten a Price Increase
Notifications are headed out to Google Fi customers this week, informing them of an upcoming change in price for the Simply Unlimited plan. Said to be necessary in order to continue delivering high quality product offerings and features for subscribers, groups of 3 or more on the Simply Unlimited plan will see a price increase of up to $30 for a group of six. Starting with groups of 3, the price increase will be $10/month, bringing the price to $90/month. Account Size: Old Prices vs. New… Source link
Read More »Target stock jumps 12%, CEO says retailer will get back to growth mode
Target (TGT) is aiming to hit more bull’s-eyes in 2024 after a series of challenges last year. “We’ll be talking about our roadmap for growth, getting Target back to being a growth company, from a comparable sales standpoint, from a traffic standpoint, and from a [market] share standpoint,” Target chairman and CEO Brian Cornell told Yahoo Finance ahead of a closely watched investor day in New York City on Tuesday. Cornell says Target will spend 2024 opening new stores, remodeling existing… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin hits new all-time high near $69,000, before tumbling
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) reached an all-time high Tuesday before falling back as some investors locked in their winnings. A new frenzy surrounding the world’s largest cryptocurrency pushed the price to to $68,869, exceeding the previous high of $68,789 established on Nov. 10, 2021. Then it tumbled below the $60,000 level again in a matter of hours. The new high reinforced a remarkable comeback for bitcoin following a 2022 crash that created huge losses for investors and triggered the downfall of… Source link
Read More »YouTube, Gmail face disruption almost same time as Facebook, Instagram go down: Read Google’s statement
In what can surely be termed as strange or odd service disruption, users of two of the biggest technology companies faced outage almost at the same time on March 5. Many users of Google-owned apps like Gmail and YouTube as well as Meta-owned social networks Facebook, Instagram and Threads faced outage in services. Late evening, some users reported issues with Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and other Meta services. While Facebook users were greeted with error messages or their… Source link
Read More »Nasdaq leads market slide as Bitcoin touches new record
US stocks dropped on Tuesday, pulling further away from record highs as uncertainty over interest rate cuts and a shakeup in “Magnificent 7” stocks brought a note of wariness to the market. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led the declines, sinking about 1.8% as a retreat in Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) continued to drag on stocks more widely. Apple came under pressure after a report that iPhone sales fell 24% in China, adding to Monday’s loss in the wake of a $2 billion Source link
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