Yandex bond woes are first step to state takeover

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Russia is turning in on itself. Sanctions have hammered Moscow-linked stocks and in New York shares in search engine Yandex (YNDX.O), , until two weeks ago the darling of the Russian technology scene, have been suspended. The trading hiatus may activate a bond repayment it can’t afford. Even if it cuts a deal with creditors, Yandex’s future looks Kremlin-controlled. The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading in shares of Yandex and… Source link

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Biden elevates Ford, GM, and now Siemens — but not Tesla — in big EV push

When President Joe Biden wanted to talk about building electric vehicle chargers as part of his “Made in America” initiative last week, he turned to the U.S. wing of a German technology conglomerate. It was Siemens USA CEO Barbara Humpton who was on stage with the president on Friday to announce $54 million in new investments, including a new plant that promises to be a centerpiece of the company’s efforts to produce over a million EV chargers in the U.S. over the next four years. The… Source link

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Yandex Announces Changes to The Board of Directors

MOSCOW, RUSSIA and AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / March 7, 2022 / Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) and (MOEX:YNDX), a Netherlands-registered company and one of Europe’s largest internet businesses as well as the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announced that Esther Dyson and Ilya Strebulaev have resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Dyson has served as an independent non-executive director since 2006 and Professor Strebulaev has… Source link

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Yandex Announces Changes to The Board of Directors

MOSCOW, RUSSIA and AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / March 7, 2022 / Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) and (MOEX:YNDX), a Netherlands-registered company and one of Europe’s largest internet businesses as well as the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announced that Esther Dyson and Ilya Strebulaev have resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Dyson has served as an independent non-executive director since 2006 and Professor… Source link

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Limelight Networks Shares Rally on Tie-Up With Yahoo’s Edgecast >LLNW

By Colin Kellaher Shares of Limelight Networks Inc. rose more than 10% on Monday after the provider of content delivery network services said it struck a deal to combine with Yahoo’s Edgecast Inc. edge-security, content-delivery and video-services unit. The deal, which values Edgecast at about $300 million, would give Yahoo a nearly 32% stake in the combined company, which would operate as Edgio. The purchase price includes a $30 million investment in the combined… Source link

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Should Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Other Cloud Companies Face More Government Oversight?

Cloud-computing services are so ubiquitous that it’s hard to fathom modern life without them. Take a photo on your phone and it is zapped to a cloud service for storage. Order shoes online, book a hotel room or stream a TV show, and the transaction likely takes place in the cloud. Moreover, thousands of companies and government agencies use cloud computing to run their core internal software and databases. Source link

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U.S. Supreme Court spurns Google bid to avoid shareholder lawsuit

WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing the Google parent company of fraudulently concealing a security glitch that left private user data exposed. The justices left in place a lower court’s ruling that revived the lawsuit brought over the 2018 incident that the company was slow to disclose, turning away Alphabet’s appeal. The lawsuit, led by the state of Rhode Island, was filed… Source link

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Stocks mixed, oil soars amid Russia’s war in Ukraine

Stocks dipped Monday and oil prices soared as investors nervously considered the potential for even higher inflation and greater global economic damage from Russia’s war in Ukraine and sanctions that have ensued. The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq declined but came off session lows from pre-market trading. Traders piled into safe haven assets, and gold prices (GC=F) briefly jumped above $2,000 per ounce for the first time since September 2020. U.S. Treasury yields advanced. In energy markets, Brent… Source link

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Google will use office space in Poland to support Ukrainian refugees

People fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine wait to board a bus during snowfall after crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland, March 7, 2022. Fabrizio Bensch | Reuters Google will use office space and offer other resources in Poland to Ukrainian refugees, the company announced Monday. The company will use its Startups Campus in Warsaw as a space for local non-governmental organizations to provide legal and psychological services to refugees,… Source link

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Limelight to buy Yahoo’s Edgecast in a stock deal valuing Edgecast at $300 million

Shares of Limelight Networks Inc. LLNW, +13.03% rallied 6.7% in premarket trading Monday, after the content delivery services provider announced a deal to buy Yahoo’s Edgecast Inc., a provider of security, content delivery and video services, in a stock deal that values Edgecast at about $300 million. Yahoo, which owns Edgecast, is owned by Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, -0.90% and funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global… Source link

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