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Let’s check a few items at the door. I was born in New England. I grew up a diehard Red Sox fan. My dog is named Fenway. I’ve taken the Kenmore stop off the T many times. (Please don’t ask me about Wonderland.) Alas, the team overpaid my fandom back, and then some, through the years. All I ever wanted was one championship in my lifetime — the Red Sox won several. Obviously I never threw a pitch, set a lineup, or made a trade. It has nothing to do with me. And trust me I get it, the… Source link

Yahoo Answers is shutting down and deleting its content by June 30.  When Big Tech deletes websites, humanity loses valuable knowledge and collective memory. We need to preserve our collective digital memory for future generations. Raphael Tsavkko Garcia is a Brazilian journalist and holds a PhD in Human Rights from the University of Deusto. This is an opinion… Source link

Bloomberg A $1 Trillion Liquidity Surge Is Morphing Into a Leverage Boom (Bloomberg) — It was supposed to be a temporary buffer — more than $1 trillion of debt taken on by U.S. companies last year to ride out the economic devastation caused by Covid-19.But with the economy rebounding and interest rates still near all-time lows, it’s becoming increasingly tempting for corporations including Home Depot Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. to spend those cash cushions on acquisitions and… Source link

Stocks fell Tuesday, with the three major indexes looking for dip for a second straight session.  The Dow and S&P 500 each opened further below their recent all-time highs. Cyclical travel and leisure stocks including airlines and cruise lines slid, while Big Tech stocks were little changed as the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield edged lower.  “It’s really been an amazing tug-of-war between growth and value, cyclicals and defensives. Tech has outperformed phenomenally well over the last… Source link

By Hilary Russ    NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) – Religious leaders in Georgia on Tuesday will call for a boycott of Home Depot Inc because of its silence on the state’s new voting curbs that activists say make it harder for Black people and other racial minorities to vote.    Other Georgia-based corporations – including Delta Air Lines Inc and Coca-Cola Co – have been meeting with the activists for weeks and issued statements opposing the voting restrictions.    Coca-Cola also hosted a… Source link

The world awaits pandemic weary travelers, who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and ready to hit the road. United Airlines (UAL) announced Monday, in its Q1 earnings report, that it will begin flying this July to Iceland, Greece, and Croatia “moving to capitalize on emerging pent-up demand for travel to countries where vaccinated travelers are welcome.”   The key, of course, is for a passenger to prove they have been vaccinated. Countries like Israel and China are already using digital… Source link

Tesla’s (TSLA) record-setting share price rally in 2020 coincided with what may have been an all-time high in the company’s share of the U.S. electric-vehicle market, according to at least one analyst.  “In the U.S., [Tesla has] more than quadrupled their market share in the U.S. electric vehicle market over the last five years,” Garrett Nelson, CFRA analyst, told Yahoo Finance Live on Monday. “But we think their market share is probably pretty close to a peak in 2020.”  “They just haven’t… Source link

It’s the end of an era for advice seekers — and internet culture, too. April 20, 2021, 10:03 AM • 7 min read Get your final questions ready, because Tuesday marks the last day users can post on Yahoo Answers. First created in 2005, Yahoo Answers is a message board for people to post questions that could then be answered by anyone on the internet willing to help. Questions posted to the site ranged from asking the pros and cons of ready-mix concrete to how to replace a car battery and whether… Source link

Yahoo Announces The Hollywood Reporter as New XR Partner Home Analytics Yahoo Announces The Hollywood Reporter as New XR Partner We store cookies on your computer to improve your experience and provide more personalized services, both on this website and on other sites. For more information about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy. We won’t track your information when you visit our site. We will have to use at least one cookie to ensure that you won’t have… Source link

Bloomberg Plumber Buying Doge Shows Retail Investors’ Power in Crypto (Bloomberg) — A rocky weekend for the legions that poured into all things crypto after Coinbase Global Inc.’s direct listing did little to undermine its grip on retail traders.Dogecoin rallied another 20% or so Monday, even after most of the biggest tokens, including Bitcoin slumped further. To Mike McGlone, a Bloomberg Intelligence commodity strategist, the recent run-up in the joke token is exemplary of retail’s… Source link