Recent market volatility is enough to make your head spin, and can cause plenty of confusion for retail investors seeking a solid market strategy. It’s tempting to look to the experts, but that raises another question: which experts are the best to follow? Following the insiders, the corporate officers who live and breathe with an inside view of the stock’s deeper workings, is one of the viable strategies for finding stock market bargains. Insiders don’t trade lightly – they usually… Source link
Read More »Log4j: Why this massive security flaw is impacting nearly all of the internet – Yahoo Finance
A major cybersecurity vulnerability is impacting nearly all of the internet, sending everything from financial institutions to government entities scrambling to patch their systems, before cybercriminals and nation states can launch cyberattacks. Known as the Log4j vulnerability, the flaw impacts a piece of open-source logging software that allows developers to understand how their programs function. The idea is to help companies understand potential bugs or performance issues in their own… Source link
Read More »Kim Potter breaks down while testifying to the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
The former police officer on trial for killing Daunte Wright testified Friday she “wouldn’t have stopped the car” the day that led to the fatal shooting in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 11. Instead, the officer she was training made the decision to pull Wright over. “I’m so sorry. … I didn’t want to hurt anybody,” Kimberly Potter said sobbing after returning from a break in the trial Friday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Potter, who worked as a Brooklyn… Source link
Read More »Travis Hunter’s decision overjoys HOFers
Had college football recruiting services been around in 1963, scouts would have flocked to 33rd Avenue High School in Gulfport, Mississippi, to watch a gifted, mobile, do-it-all quarterback named Lem Barney. At 6-foot and with game-breaking speed, Barney would have been a five-star recruit long before his Hall of Fame career as a defensive back/return man (and even punter) for the Detroit Lions. He may have even been rated as high as current 18-year-old Travis Hunter, who hails from Suwanee,… Source link
Read More »Why tax season may be adding to the rout in Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies
Starting in 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to shut down a longtime tax loophole that allows cryptocurrency investors to harvest their losses to offset their tax burden. Digital coins, already under heavy selling pressure as the holidays approach, are getting hit by wealthy investors fearing a tighter tax regime next year. The shrinking loophole could be making matters worse. Following a “relief rally” after the Federal Reserve’s policy decision, cryptocurrencies have… Source link
Read More »U.S. recommends approving Google, Meta undersea cable
The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Friday recommended the Federal Communications Commission grant Alphabet’s Google and Facebook-parent Meta licenses for an undersea cable. The companies entered into national security agreements to protect data on the Pacific Light Cable Network system, an undersea fiber optic cable system that will… Source link
Read More »Browns-Raiders game for Saturday moved to Monday
Near the end of a bad week for the NFL, in terms of COVID-19 numbers spiking on multiple teams, the league postponed games for the first time this season. Saturday’s game between the Cleveland Browns and Las Vegas Raiders was moved to Monday. The Seattle Seahawks-Los Angeles Rams and Washington Football Team-Philadelphia Eagles games were also moved due to outbreaks on the Rams and Washington. Both of those games will be Tuesday. The NFL announced the changes on Friday afternoon. The… Source link
Read More »California investigates Google’s treatment of Black women workers
California’s civil rights regulator is investigating Google’s treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination, according to two people familiar with the matter and emails from the agency seen by Reuters. Attorneys and analysts at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) have repeatedly interviewed several Black women who have worked at Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, about their experiences there, according to… Source link
Read More »Team Telecom Recommends FCC Grant Google and Meta Licenses for Undersea Cable | OPA
Today, the Department of Justice announced that Team Telecom entered into National Security Agreements with Google LLC and its subsidiary GU Holdings Inc., and Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly known as Facebook Inc.) and its subsidiary Edge Cable Holdings USA LLC to protect data on the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) system, an undersea fiber optic cable system that will connect the United States, Taiwan and the Philippines. The agreements were made with the Departments of Justice (DOJ),… Source link
Read More »Apple stock is smack in the middle of a perfect storm: strategist
Even with Apple’s stock (APPL) cooling down a touch this week as the company flirted with a $3 trillion market cap for the first time, pros say several positives remain in the cards that are likely to push shares higher soon. “It is entirely possible that we are seeing the perfect storm for Apple bulls into year-end. The obvious consideration is that institutional investors are plowing into Apple in a FOMO [fear of missing out] driven frenzy. What institutional fund manager would want to… Source link
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