Google has partnered with notable Black entertainers and businesses across the country to reimagine Black Friday as “Black-owned Friday.” It’s the second year the tech giant has partnered with the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. to do such a campaign. This year, 55 businesses are involved and can be shopped in an interactive Black-Owned Friday film, soundtracked by a new song from T-Pain and Normani. While watching the film, which can be seen here, or on YouTube, items that appear to be the… Source link
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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing the company’s vaccine mandate, posing the latest challenge for leadership as it approaches key deadlines for returning workers to offices in person. The Biden administration has ordered U.S. companies with 100 or more workers to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated or regularly tested for Covid-19 by Jan. 4. In response, Google has… Source link
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Zoom (ZM) shares are sinking 17% on Tuesday, despite a better-than-expected quarter on the top and bottom line. The video conferencing company’s stock is under pressure amid fears of a slowdown in virtual meetings as the pandemic eases. “It’s a little bit too much overblown in our view,” said James Fish, senior research analyst at Piper Sandler. The analyst has a $299 price target on the stock. “Just look at Enterprise, which grew 65% on its own, and Commercial Fees, which are still growing at… Source link
Read More »US agencies unveil ‘crypto sprint’ for 2022 as regulatory debate heats up
U.S. financial regulators on Tuesday released an inter-agency policy agenda for regulating cryptocurrencies, as discussions unfold about how to provide oversight for the booming market. The so-called “crypto sprint,” as officials call it, sketches out a to-do list for 2022 that will offer crypto players more clarity on the rules of the road. It summarizes plans by the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for which… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Bond Plan Sends El Salvador’s Dollar Debt Diving
(Bloomberg) — Plans for a $1 billion Bitcoin bond in El Salvador sent the nation’s dollar-denominated bonds to an all-time low. Most Read from Bloomberg El Salvador’s dollar denominated notes due in 2050 slumped to 63.4 cents on the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, the lowest on record. The Central American country’s debt has been among the world’s worst performers so far this week as investors consider whether President Nayib Bukele’s plan to sell sovereign Bitcoin bonds closes the door on… Source link
Read More »Binance founder fires back at Tesla CEO Elon Musk
The war of words between Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is heating up. Musk tweeted at Zhao on Tuesday after the cryptocurrency exchange limited withdrawals of dogecoin. “Well, I don’t intend to be sassy on Twitter… In his tweet he said I am shady,” said Zhao, known as CZ in crypto circles, on Yahoo Finance Live, when asked about the recent Twitter exchange. “I am not aggressive by nature, but not submissive or cowardly when it comes to defending our… Source link
Read More »‘We don’t know what we’re up for here in the next couple of months,’ nurse practitioner explains
If the coronavirus pandemic has shown public health professionals anything, it’s that no one can predict what’s to come next. “You learn really quickly that none of us are soothsayers,” Dr. James Simmons, a Los Angeles-based hospitalist nurse practitioner, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “You don’t want to be a future teller. Who knows what the future is going to happen? I really point to the Delta variant as a big example of how a lot of places thought we were done with… Source link
Read More »Why tax increases in 2021 could make make it harder to balance the budget in coming years
The House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act on Nov. 19. Though the bill would implement several tax increases, it’s a far cry from Democrats’ initial ambitions for raising revenue through taxes. On the campaign trail Joe Biden vowed to raise the corporate income tax rate to 28% from 21%. In the end, the bill contains a less aggressive 15% corporate minimum tax. Likewise on individual taxes: Lawmakers floated several ideas, including raising the top individual tax rate to… Source link
Read More »O! offers 3-month free trial subscription to Yandex.Plus
Kyrgyz operator Nur Telecom, trading under the O! brand, is running a promotion for the service Yandex.Plus. O! customers who sign up to Yandex.Plus can obtain a three-month free trial of the service, after which the monthly subscription rate will be KGS 179 later. Source link
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YANDEX N.V. INDEX TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Page Unaudited Condensed… Source link
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