Morgan State receives $6.25M in grants from Apple and Google

Northeast Baltimore’s Morgan State University received grants from Apple and Google totaling $6.25 million that aim to create equity in tech by building a STEM pipeline at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the university announced last week. These initiatives from Apple and Google are designed to curb trends that have led to racial disparities on tech teams. The number of U.S. technical employees who are Black or Latinx rose by less than a percentage point at Google and… Source link

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Stocks rise, Dow recovers after worst weekly loss since October

Stocks rose on Monday, with the three major indexes looking to recover some of last week’s steep losses as an initial jolt following the Federal Reserve’s updated outlook for rates subsided.  The Dow added more than 200 points, or 0.7%. Last week, the index logged a weekly loss of more than 3% in its worst showing since October. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were also each higher to extend gains from the overnight session.  Treasury yields on the long end of the curve ticked up to recover after a… Source link

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Alset EHome International Inc. will Deliver First 20 EHomes with Tesla PV Solar Panels, Powerwalls and EV Chargers in Houston Area

BETHESDA, MD / ACCESSWIRE / June 21, 2021 / Alset EHome Inc. a US-based property developer and a subsidiary of Alset EHome International Inc. (NASDAQ:AEI) (collectively “Alset”), is pleased to announce a strategic agreement with Tesla Inc. (“Tesla”) for an initial supply of Tesla PV Solar Panels, Powerwalls and EV Chargers to be installed at single-family homes (“Ehomes”). These Tesla products will be installed in 20 brand new, single-family homes at the Northpark Community in Porter, Texas…. Source link

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UPDATE 1-Belarus bonds slump amid talk of new sanctions

(Updates prices, adds quote and details) LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) – Belarus sovereign dollar bonds tumbled on Monday amid talk of new EU sanctions in an attempt to put more pressure on President Alexander Lukashenko over last month’s forced landing of a Ryanair passenger plane in Minsk. The benchmark 2030 bond slumped some 4 cents in its biggest fall since the peak of global market COVID angst in March last year, while the 2031 bond issued in June last year matched the decline and hit a… Source link

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Treasury, U.K. Yield Curves Weighed Down by Rethink on Reflation

(Bloomberg) — The pressure on long bond yields is going global, led by Treasuries and U.K. gilts, as investors reconsider reflation expectations and brace for an eventual pullback of central bank stimulus. The Treasury five- to 30-year yield spread, which reflects the balance between the interest-rate outlook and inflation expectations, narrowed to the smallest gap since August. Its U.K. counterpart narrowed the least since December. That compression was driven by 30-year yields’ decline… Source link

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Google Campus London closes to start-ups post-Covid

Resident works with desk top computers and laptops at Google Inc.’s tech campus at East London’s Tech City. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Google is closing its dedicated start-up space in London known as Campus. The Silicon Valley tech giant announced on Monday that it has decided “not to reopen” Campus in East London after it was forced to close by the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re closing Campus to support start-ups throughout the U.K.,” the company said, claiming that it can… Source link

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Stocks clamber up from 4-week lows, dollar eases from 10-week high

By Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks recovered some losses after hitting a four-week low on Monday as investors continued to digest last week’s surprise hawkish shift by the U.S. Federal Reserve, while the dollar stood just below a 10-week high. Shares of banks, energy firms and other companies that tend to be sensitive to the economy’s fluctuations have fallen sharply since the Fed’s meeting on Wednesday, when the central bank caught investors off guard by anticipating two… Source link

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Banco Bilbao Debuts First Bitcoin Trading Service in Switzerland

Banco Bilbao (BBVA) has launched a Bitcoin trading service, following six months of testing with a select group of users. The new service will be available only in Switzerland and will target private banking clients exclusively. The financial services company is limiting the service to Switzerland, given the clear regulation and widespread crypto adoption in the European nation. The new service will include trading of Bitcoin and custody services. Additionally, the Bitcoin management system… Source link

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South Africa’s Naspers reports 24% rise in full-year profit

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African media and e-commerce group Naspers Ltd reported a 24% rise in profit for the year that ended March 31, boosted primarily by the performance of its investment in China’s Tencent Holdings, the company said on Monday. Africa’s biggest company by market capitalisation reported core headline earnings per share – the main gauge of corporate profit in South Africa – of 814 U.S. cents, up from 656 cents reported for the same period a year earlier. Its 28.9% stake… Source link

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