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Designed by Laura Callaghan As we head into March, Yahoo is reimagining its logo in celebration of Women’s History Month. Yahoo tapped Irish illustrator Laura Callaghan to create a design that would capture the strength and accomplishments of females across the globe. “It’s a chance to reflect on all that has come before and how far there is to go.” Using the theme of “Impact to Inspo”, Callaghan looked for ways to communicate the importance of collaboration and momentum. “I wanted… Source link

Katie Meyer, whose penalty kick saves lifted Stanford to a title in December 2019, died in her on-campus residence. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) Stanford senior goalkeeper Katie Meyer, whose penalty kick save was one of the most memorable moments of the 2019 NCAA women’s soccer championship, has died, the school said. The school first mentioned a death in an on-campus residence on Tuesday, but did not release a name until family had been notified. It did not give a cause of… Source link

Initial jobless claims are expected to dip to a three-week low in the latest weekly data, as the U.S. labor market recovery presses ahead while Omicron-related disruptions retreat. The Labor Department is set to release its latest weekly jobless claims report Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here are the main metrics expected from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended Feb. 26: 225,000 expected, 232,000 during prior week Continuing claims,… Source link

All in all, the stock market is hanging tough in what has been a turbulent two weeks for humanity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up more than 600 points on Wednesday as of this writing. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are nearing gains of 2%. All three major indexes are nicely off the lows hit by the close of trading on Feb. 23, a mere hours before Russia invaded Ukraine. Every member of the FAANG [Facebook/Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google/Alphabet] cohort has gained in the… Source link

Asset manager Bill Browder, who for years specialized as an investor in major Russian firms, told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that cryptocurrency exchanges should be closed if they do not suspend accounts owned by Russians. The remarks come days after Ukraine’s vice prime minister called on a slew of major cryptocurrency exchanges — including Coinbase (COIN) and Binance — to stop servicing Russian accounts that may help the country blunt or circumvent sanctions. Coinbase and Binance rejected… Source link

The spike in oil prices — crude rose as high as $112.51 per barrel Wednesday — won’t cause too much turmoil in emerging markets, according to one veteran investor. Because of the globe’s reduced reliance on fossil fuel generally, and oil as an energy source specifically, emerging-market economies should be able to weather the surge. “The good news regarding oil prices is that these emerging markets have lots of alternatives now,” Mark Mobius, founding partner at Mobius Capital… Source link

James Maloney of the Panthers looks on during the round 6 NRL rugby league match between the Sharks and the Panthers at PointsBet Stadium on April 18, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Jason McCawley | Getty Images Apollo Global Management, the private equity firm that acquired Yahoo from Verizon for $5 billion last year, is having preliminary discussions with sports betting companies to merge their assets with Yahoo Sports, according to people familiar with the matter. One of the companies Yahoo has… Source link

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem speaks during a news conference (REUTERS/Blair Gable) The Bank of Canada raised its target for the overnight rate to 0.50 per cent. The 25 bps hike to contain inflation is the first since 2018, after cutting to help cushion the pandemic’s economic blow in 2020. Canada’s central bank says more rate hikes are coming but says it is following the situation in Ukraine closely. “The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a major new source of… Source link

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, decked out in the yellow and blue of her country’s flag, put on a clinic against her Russian opponent at the Monterrey Open on Tuesday. She defeated Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round of the tournament, a match that just a day ago she had refused to play Svitolina, the 15th ranked women’s tennis player in the world and the No. 1 seed at the Monterrey Open, had originally refused to play against Potapova due to Russia’s invasion of her… Source link

Russian President Vladimir Putin is now determined to ruthlessly crush Ukrainian resistance no matter what the cost to his country, and the Ukrainians fighting Russian forces will “all die,” says a former CIA station chief in Moscow. In an interview on the Yahoo News “Skullduggery” podcast, Daniel Hoffman — for years one of the CIA’s top experts on Russia — said the Russian president is “not the Vladimir Putin I was tracking back in the day at the CIA. He’s a different… Source link