As the nascent concept of decentralized finance (DeFi) gains traction in cryptocurrency trading — and draws more regulatory scrutiny — new players are creating products to meet rising demand. Enter Galaxy Digital (GLXY.TO), which this week rolled out a DeFi Index Fund, their newest blockchain-based financial asset. The passive instrument tracks the performance of Bloomberg’s Galaxy DeFi Index, and is part of an estimated $80 billion industry that’s poised for explosive growth in the… Source link
Read More »Amazon should forget about building department stores and just buy Kohl’s: analyst
If Amazon (AMZN) truly wants to get into the department store business, it may have an easier option to consider than trying to build out large locations across various parts of the country. In fact, the option would be pretty turnkey, fancies one long-time retail strategist. “Amazon should be out there buying Kohl’s. They’ll get their 1,000 stores in one felt swoop, and they can put anything they want into them. The stores on average are 25,000 square feet bigger than they need to be,”… Source link
Read More »Google is killing Android Auto for phones (if you even know what that is)
“Android Auto for phone screens” had an Android Auto-like UI, but it ran directly on the phone screen. Google … Source link
Read More »This week in Bidenomics: Downfall
It’s been the worst week of Joe Biden’s presidency, so far. Biden’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan led to the stunning collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government and the return of the medieval Taliban to power. Biden seems as surprised as everybody else by an outcome his advisers plainly failed to foresee. A foreign policy debacle may now threaten Biden’s domestic agenda, as it has other presidents before him. The Afghanistan chaos sent Biden’s approval rating down to… Source link
Read More »Yahoo U: What is tapering?
Yahoo Finance’s Brian Cheung breaks down tapering in this week’s Yahoo U. Video Transcript JARED BLIKRE: Welcome back to Yahoo Finance Live. I’m Jared Blikre. Well, if you’re wondering what a taper is, then you’re just like me. And fortunately, we have Yahoo Finance’s Brian Cheung here to break it all down for this week’s edition of Yahoo U. Brian. BRIAN CHEUNG: I was going to say, Jared, you know what a taper is. Come on, man. But class is in session. And at one point, the nation’s central… Source link
Read More »Google Health chief leaves to become CEO of health tech company Cerner – Fortune
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Read More »More Food Robots Enroll at College
College students can expect to see more delivery robots on campus this semester. Online food delivery platform Grubhub and Yandex Self-Driving Group (SDG), an autonomous vehicle developer inside Yandex, one of Europe’s largest internet companies, will roll out delivery via Yandex’s robots at its first college campus — Ohio State University (OSU). This follows the recent news that Kiwibot, a robotic last-mile delivery company, and its foodservice and facilities management partner,… Source link
Read More »Google shuts down unified health division as chief leaves company
Google is reportedly dismantling its health technology initiative and splitting its projects across other teams as the chief of the division departs the company. Dr. David Feinberg is reportedly leaving Google to join electronic medical records firm Cerner as its CEO and president. According to Business Insider, the various projects and teams that make up Google Health are being split across other parts of Google. In a memo sent to Google employees on Thursday, Google research whiff Jeff… Source link
Read More »‘We’re really still too much in the dark,’ Yale professor says
Though vaccination rates are improving and booster shots will soon be available in the U.S., there is still much to be learned about how the coronavirus is evolving. “We have a higher level of uncertainty now than we’ve had since the spring of last year,” Dr. Howard Forman, professor at the Yale School of Public Health, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “Because there are so many moving parts, we don’t know whether the vaccines are causing waning immunity or rather whether… Source link
Read More »3 Best Online Advertising Channels for Small Business
By Tom Mortimer After a strenuous year and a half, many small businesses have been eager to restart their businesses in the wake of the pandemic. In a recent poll, 58% of small business owners said they were looking to increase the frequency of their marketing message in Q2 of 2021, while nearly half said things were already better for them now compared to a year ago. What’s also interesting is that 70% of small business owners said they’re looking to add more types of media into their… Source link
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