Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank could end its asset purchase program a few months sooner than currently planned, signaling confidence in the economic recovery despite jitters over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. “We now look at an economy that is very strong and inflationary pressures that are very high and that means it’s appropriate for us to discuss at our next meeting — which is in a couple weeks — whether it would be appropriate to… Source link
Read More »Judge orders Google to hand over anti-union strategy documents
Google will have to turn over documents outlining its anti-union strategy in response to a National Labor Relations Board complaint against the online search giant, according to an order issued Friday. The board first filed its complaint against Google in December 2020, accusing the company of spying on employees, blocking employees from speaking with each other about work conditions and firing several employees in retaliation for attempting to unionize, all of which are illegal under… Source link
Read More »Fed Chairman Jerome Powell retires the word ‘transitory’ in describing inflation
The nation’s economic steward said it will back off of using the word “transitory” to describe the fast pace of price increases, as Federal Reserve policymakers acknowledge the increasing risk of more persistent inflation. “We tend to use [the word transitory] to mean that it won’t leave a permanent mark in the form of higher inflation,” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday. “I think it’s probably a good time to retire that word and try to explain more clearly… Source link
Read More »Google engineers claim they were fired for following its ‘don’t be evil’ policy
Three ex-Google employees claim that Google has a contractual obligation to abide by its well-known “don’t be evil” policy, and they are suing the company for allegedly terminating them for calling out Google’s “evil” doings, via NPR. “Don’t be evil” has been a part of Google’s Code of Conduct since the early 2000s The former workers Sophie Waldman, Rebecca Rivers, and Paul Duke were fired — in addition to a fourth employee, Laurence Berland — in November 2019 for… Source link
Read More »60,000 websites using Cloudflare turned on IndexNow
60,000 websites using Cloudflare turned on IndexNow Your privacy means the world to us. We share your personal information only when you give us explicit permission to do so, and confirm we have your permission each time. Learn more by viewing our privacy policy.Ok Source link
Read More »Should You Buy Yandex NV (YNDX) in Internet Content & Information Industry?
Yandex NV (YNDX) is near the top in its industry group according to InvestorsObserver. YNDX gets an overall rating of 40. That means it scores higher than 40 percent of stocks. Yandex NV gets a 70 rank in the Internet Content & Information industry. Internet Content & Information is number 120 out of 148 industries. YNDX has an Overall Score of 40. Find out what this means to you and get the rest of the rankings on YNDX! What do These… Source link
Read More »Rams had a lost November
The Los Angeles Rams are going to go through the entire month of November without a win. That’s a little misleading because the Rams had a bye this month, but it was still a lost month for a team that did not expect to drop many games this season. We’re two-thirds of the way through the season, and it’s time to wonder what the Rams really are. They’re 7-4, two games behind the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West and the Cardinals already won at Los Angeles. After a three-game losing streak,… Source link
Read More »Home price growth in the US slows down in September
Home price growth in the U.S. is starting to decelerate. Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index posted a 19.5% annual gain in September, down from 19.8% from August. The 20-City Composite posted a 19.1% annual gain, down from 19.6% a month earlier. The 20-City results came in lower than analysts’ expectations of a 19.3% annual gain, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates. “If I had to choose only one word to describe September… Source link
Read More »Food delivery rovers roam at the University of Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — If you’re taking a walk on the University of Arizona campus and you might see small, white six-wheeled robots that look like mini ice chests. They are the new food delivery rovers that deliver food from select Student Union restaurants to anyone on campus if they order on the Grubhub app. The rovers, created by the company Yandex Self-Driving Group, launched last week and now students are able to order IQ Fresh, Einstein Bagels, On Deck Deli and Sabor. Anyone on… Source link
Read More »MTS Belarus starts selling new Prestigio tablet and Yandex smart speaker – Telecompaper
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