Ahead of a key city council vote on a $28.5 million water pact with Google, the city of The Dalles filed suit in state court Friday in an effort to keep the tech giant’s water use a secret. The city is seeking to overturn a ruling earlier this month from Wasco County’s district attorney, who found Google’s water use is a public record and ordered The Dalles to provide that information to The Oregonian/OregonLive. The city sued the news organization Friday, asking a judge to intervene.
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The last time the Russell 2000 (^RUT) hit a new high was in March of this year, peaking at just over 2,360 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) continues to break new highs. According to DataTrek Research, however, there are two factors that will determine whether the Russell 2000 can outperform the S&P. “The first is US high yield corporate spreads over Treasuries, which play an outsized role in the Russell’s relative performance,” DataTrek Co-Founder Nicholas Colas said in their Oct. 28… Source link
Read More »10 Stocks to Invest in According to Victor Ho’s Yarra Square Partners
In this article, we will look at the top 10 stocks to invest in according to Victor Ho’s Yarra Square Partners. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of Victor Ho’s Yarra Square Partners, then head on over to 5 Stocks to Invest in According to Victor Ho’s Yarra Square Partners. Yarra Square Partners is an American investment firm that focuses on investing in stocks after conducting in-depth, bottom-up research. The firm was founded by its portfolio manager Mr. Victor Ho in 2016, and it… Source link
Read More »Walmart is hiring ‘supply chain associates’ $20.37 per hour on average
Walmart (WMT) is holding a supply-chain national hiring event later this week. The average wage for the retail giant’s supply chain associates is $20.37 per hour. The hiring event will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, November 3-4, in numerous states and locations. Job openings include equipment operators, repair technicians, freight handlers and order filler/lift drivers just to name a few. A worker is seen wearing a mask while organizing merchandise at a Walmart store, in North… Source link
Read More »Airlines expect millions of passengers this holiday season
Southwest Airlines (LUV) trimmed its schedule for November and December and has beefed up staffing ahead of the expected Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday travel rush. “So our reserves are over 20% for our crews, which helps you operate every single day,” Incoming CEO Bob Jordan told Yahoo Finance Live. That 20% is almost double the number Southwest had in place in early October when bad weather and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic delays cascaded into a logistics nightmare… Source link
Read More »When it comes to health information, search engines often get it wrong
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Google and the Russian search engine Yandex are not necessarily reliable sources of health-related information. Often the small text snippets that appear as previews of search results contain inaccurate or insufficient information. Information on home remedies and so-called alternative treatments is particularly problematic, according to researchers from the… Source link
Read More »The Democrats’ social-welfare overkill
When Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo spoke at the recent Milken Institute global conference, moderator Andy Serwer of Yahoo Finance asked her about President Biden’s plan to offer free community college to any student who wants it. “I can tell you this,” Raimondo said. “I know it works. About four years ago, when I was the governor of Rhode Island, I worked with our legislature to put through a plan to provide every Rhode Island student two years tuition-free community college. Fast… Source link
Read More »Can the Fed avoid spooking markets as it readies a taper?
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has all but announced that the central bank will take the first steps in paring back its extraordinary monetary stimulus, hoping that markets will not sour in response. Commentary from Fed officials over the last few weeks have pointed to an announcement on Nov. 3 that the central bank will slow its quantitative easing program. For months, markets have been wondering when the Fed would “taper” the pace of its U.S. Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed… Source link
Read More »Google’s Nest Audio speaker is almost half off this week
November 1st has brought on a huge wave of great tech deals, perhaps as a sign of even greater things to come later in the month with Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Google has marked down many of its latest Nest smart home and audio devices to their all-time low prices, and generally, good deals can be had on a multitude of devices from other companies, including Eero, Sony, and more. The most eye-popping deal of the day is on Google’s Nest Audio smart speaker. This cloth-covered device… Source link
Read More »Hoping to lure back retail investors, Robinhood is handing out dogecoin in Burger King sweepstakes
Last week, Robinhood’s third-quarter earnings fell well below Wall Street estimates, causing the company’s share price (HOOD) to sink more than 10%. With crypto trading down 78% from the prior three-month period, the company needs to lure more investors to use their platform, especially for trading cryptocurrency. Now it’s offering free dogecoin (DOGE-USD) along with BTC and ETH through a sweepstakes in partnership with fast-food giant Burger King, which is owned by Restaurant Brands… Source link
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