(Bloomberg) — Moderna Inc. climbed more than 6% in extended trading Thursday after the vaccine maker was named to the S&P 500 Index in one of the most noteworthy additions to the index since Tesla Inc. joined late last year. The company, whose messenger-RNA vaccine has helped to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, will replace Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the benchmark U.S. index before the opening of trading on July 21. Alexion is set to be acquired by U.K. drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc. Shares of… Source link
Read More »Google adds option to instantly delete your last 15 minutes of search history
Google is launching a new privacy feature for search that lets you instantly delete your last 15 minutes of search history on mobile, the company announced on Thursday. The new option was first revealed alongside several other search and Chrome improvements at I/O 2021 and is now rolling out to everyone. The option to delete your last 15 minutes of search history is currently only available in Google’s iOS app and is headed to Android later this year. On desktop, your options for… Source link
Read More »When to buy and sell bitcoin? It’s ‘exactly the opposite’ of stocks: DataTrek
Bitcoin was trading for well over $60,000 in April, after making an astounding run from $11,000 in October. But after a tough first half of May, it’s been at about $33,000 as the crypto buzz died down. The cycles of bitcoin’s (BTC) popularity are a hallmark of the digital asset, so far at least, and despite its novelty, it’s old enough (12 years) for some patterns to have emerged. Though there’s no guarantee that what comes next won’t be different, hedge fund veteran and co-founder of… Source link
Read More »Is Yandex NV (YNDX) Stock a Attractive Value?
Yandex NV (YNDX) stock is higher by 27.36% over the last 12 months, and the average rating from Wall Street analysts is a Strong Buy. InvestorsObserver’s proprietary ranking system, gives YNDX stock a score of 65 out of a possible 100. That rank is chiefly influenced by a short-term technical score of 70. YNDX’s rank also includes a long-term technical score of 69. The fundamental score for YNDX is 56. In addition to the average rating from Wall Street analysts, YNDX stock has a mean… Source link
Read More »How to delete your recent Google search history on iPhone
The Google logo displayed on a smartphone with the front pages of several newspapers pictured in the background. Hakan Nural | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Google is rolling out a feature to its iPhone app that lets you quickly delete the last 15 minutes of search history with just two taps. Google’s automatic systems could already be set to delete your web history after three, 18 or 36 months, but this adds an extra layer of privacy. It could be particularly useful in certain scenarios. For… Source link
Read More »Almost nobody is repaying their student loans
In the 2020 CARES Act, Congress gave student-loan borrowers a temporary break from repaying their loans. President Trump extended that twice and President Biden once, with loan payments now set to resume Oct. 1, 2021. Borrowers could have kept paying if they wanted to, but almost nobody did. As Tom Lee of the American Action Forum recently explained, the portion of borrowers repaying their student loans dropped from 46% at the beginning of 2020 to 1% today. The portion of borrowers in… Source link
Read More »Why Netflix gaming is “dead on arrival,” analyst says
Netflix (NFLX) recently announced it’s moving into the gaming sector with the hire of a 30-year gaming industry veteran, former EA (EA) and Oculus executive Mike Verdu. However, some experts believe that the move into the cutthroat gaming industry won’t pan out for the content platform. “This thing is dead on arrival. It will not work,” Michael Pachter, senior analyst at Wedbush, told Yahoo Finance Live. “Have me back and we’ll talk about Mike Verdu’s departure and the exit of Netflix… Source link
Read More »Fed Chair Powell calls for ‘appropriate regulatory framework’ of stablecoins
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress this week that he would like to see a corner of digital currencies more tightly regulated. “If [stablecoins] are going to be a significant part of the payments universe — which we don’t think crypto assets will be, but stablecoins might be — then we need an appropriate regulatory framework, which frankly we don’t have,” Powell told the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. To get around the stigma of cryptocurrencies being… Source link
Read More »These stocks are the top picks for millennials and Gen Z
A recent study by financial source DailyFX revealed that Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA), and GE (GE) are the most popular stocks for millennials and Generation Z investors. The study collected data from Robinhood and examined investing preferences among millennials and Gen Z across the United States and United Kingdom for the 12 months ending April 2021. DailyFX noted that GameStop (GME) was not included in the study “as that would dominate the end results, skewing them for the search volume… Source link
Read More »‘Bar none’ climate is young people’s top concern
Google’s dedicated “sustainability” landing page is where the tech giant outlines its goals to combat climate change — like being carbon free by 2030 — and shows status reports on its environmental efforts, such as making a “hyperlocal” air quality map. Combating climate change is a “foundational value” for Google and other Silicon Valley companies, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Tuesday. But it’s also a way for tech companies to attract and keep top talent, added Pichai, who is also CEO of… Source link
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