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Bloomberg RBA’s Lowe Pushes Back Against Market, Sending Yields Lower (Bloomberg) — Reserve Bank of Australia chief Philip Lowe pushed back against bond markets pricing in an earlier tightening of monetary policy, sending the currency and yields lower as he reiterated that interest rates are unlikely to rise until at least 2024.“Over the past couple of weeks market pricing has implied an expectation of possible increases in the cash rate as early as late next year and then again in… Source link

(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Senator Amy Klobuchar and Representative David Cicilline introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at making it easier for news organizations to negotiate collectively with platforms like Google and Facebook. FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo The bills introduced in the House and Senate -… Source link

Google Cloud announced this week that its Healthcare Consent Management API, aimed at giving users a simple way to manage individuals’ consent over health data use, is now generally available.   The API was made available via Public Preview last fall. According to the tech giant, early adopters have used it to create personalized patient portals, securely integrate data into clinical workflows and develop virtual clinical trials.   “We’re pleased to add the Healthcare Consent Management… Source link

Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist who invented a surgical face mask that’s widely believed to be the precursor to the N95 mask. WASHINGTON — Google on Wednesday celebrated what would have been the 142nd birthday of the inventor of surgical face masks, Dr. Wu Lien-teh, with a Google doodle. Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist whose invention is considered to be the… Source link

Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist who invented a surgical face mask that’s widely believed to be the precursor to the N95 mask. WASHINGTON — Google on Wednesday celebrated what would have been the 142nd birthday of the inventor of surgical face masks, Dr. Wu Lien-teh, with a Google doodle. Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist whose invention is considered to be the… Source link

“Calm down.” That’s Magnite CTO Tom Kershaw’s advice, dished out at the IAB’s virtual Annual Leadership Meeting on Tuesday. “If a single blog post from one company about not supporting something sends us all into a frenzy where we think we’re going to lose our minds – perhaps we’re falling off track,” Kershaw said. That’s a reference to Google’s announcement last week that it won’t be supporting email-based identifiers on the open web. The best way to get… Source link

Early last week, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google made an announcement that stunned the digital advertising world. The company said that it was planning to eliminate ad-tracking cookies (something that’s been in the works for more than a year), but it then went even further. In a blog post on Google’s website, product management head David Temkin said, “Today, we’re making explicit that once third-party cookies are phased out,… Source link

TipRanks Billionaire David Tepper Bets Big on These 2 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Anyone trying to keep track of where the markets might be heading, could be forgiven for displaying signs of dizziness. The markets are being violently pulled in opposite directions lately, making it difficult to form a coherent investing strategy. It is in time like this that some expert advice might provide a clearer picture. Hardly any on the Street come more highly regarded than billionaire David Tepper…. Source link

The Justice Department is ordering tech companies to hand over data on users it suspects of being at … [+] the Capitol Hill riot. Google location data is proving useful in at least one case. Brent Stirton/Getty Images Google location data has proven useful to police on innumerable occasions and it’s being used in the Capitol Hill riot investigation. A complaint against Jared Adams, who is accused of illegally entering the Capitol Hill grounds on… Source link

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Google said on Wednesday it is reviewing recent advertisements run by a Myanmar military-backed telecommunications firm and has disabled some army-linked accounts on its services in the wake of the country’s coup. FILE PHOTO: The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville The move comes as activists called on the U.S. technology giant to restrict access to its services after dozens of deaths… Source link