Shares of online betting platform DraftKings () were down nearly 7% at market close on Friday after first-quarter financial results that reported a wider than expected loss and higher expenses . But DraftKings CEO and co-founder Jason Robins struck an optimistic tone when speaking to Yahoo Finance Live on Friday, noting the company beat estimates on earnings per share and raised its full-year guidance by 16% amid increased enthusiasm for sports betting. “We’re seeing nothing in the data to… Source link
Read More »Big Red Hot Chili Peppers deal shows song catalogs as a ‘safe asset class’
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are said to be selling the rights to its song catalog, which include hits like “Californiacation” and “Scar Tissue,” for $140 million — in a deal that may have implications for the music industry. London-based music investment company Hipgnosis will acquire the catalog, Billboard reported this week. The agreement would add to the firm’s already impressive roster of A-list publishing deals, from Neil Young and Shakira to former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey… Source link
Read More »Why You Should Never Use Google Photos On Your iPhone, iPad Or Mac
Google Photos now stores 4 trillion photos and videos for more than a billion users. Even millions of iPhone, iPad and Mac users prefer it to Apple’s alternative—better search, more features, cheaper storage (at least until June 1). But if you’re among them, Google’s latest data harvesting admission and its continued block on a key Apple privacy measure should serve as a serious warning that it’s now time to switch. After another week where it’s Facebook’s data harvesting… Source link
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Bloomberg Key Brexit Clash Would Cost Euro Swap Traders $2.4 Million a Day (Bloomberg) — One of the biggest Brexit battlegrounds between the European Union and the U.K. now has a price tag: at least $2.4 million a day.That’s how much any move by the European Union to cut off access to London’s dominant clearinghouses for derivatives could cost traders in euro interest rate swaps, net of buying, according to an estimate from Albert Menkveld, professor of finance at Vrije Universiteit… Source link
Read More »Google on Partial and Total Site Deindexing
Google’s Mueller answered a quest from someone whose site was deindexed and lost their rankings. John Mueller offered a list of technical issues that can cause Google to remove a website from the search results. What’s good about this question and answer is that Mueller discusses two kinds of deindexing, a slow deindexing and a faster deindexing. SEO Office-hours hangouts are not the place to ask for a diagnosis for a specific website. So it’s reasonable that Mueller did not give the… Source link
Read More »Inside the Trump administration’s secret plan to kill Qassem Soleimani
Three teams of Delta Force operators peered through their scopes from concealed locations at Baghdad International Airport last January, waiting for their target: Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful military commander. Disguised as maintenance workers, the operators had secreted into position in old buildings or vehicles on the side of the road. It was a cool, overcast night and the southeast side of the airport had been shut down on short notice for a military training exercise — or… Source link
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Bloomberg China’s Trade Surges as Global Stimulus Keeps Export Boom Going (Bloomberg) — China’s exports rose more than expected in April, suggesting its trade out-performance could last longer than expected this year, fueled by global fiscal stimulus.Exports grew 32.3% in dollar terms in April from a year earlier, the customs administration said Friday, exceeding the 24.1% median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Imports climbed 43.1%, a sign of strong domestic demand and… Source link
Read More »Inside Google’s Post-Pandemic Office Experiment – NBC Bay Area
Need a new wall? What if it was as quick as blowing up a balloon? How about some privacy? What about a booth? If the office needs a new kitchen, that can be done in minutes too. It’s all part of what may be the office of the future — part pandemic-inspired, part Google trying stuff out. Michelle Kaufman, director of what Google calls “built environment,” gave NBC Bay Area an exclusive tour of several warehouses full of experiments aimed at figuring out the future of the… Source link
Read More »Dogecoin in spotlight as cryptocurrency backer Musk makes ‘SNL’ appearance
By Alden Bentley and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – With the price of dogecoin surging, investors are looking ahead to Elon Musk’s guest-host spot on this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” comedy sketch TV show after the billionaire’s tweets this year turned the once-obscure digital currency into a speculator’s dream. The Tesla Inc chief executive will host the show at 11:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday (0330 GMT on Sunday). The timing puts Musk, who is also known as an enthusiast of… Source link
Read More »Buffalo hires Michigan assistant as next coach
Buffalo is on the cusp of hiring Michigan co-defensive coordinator Maurice Linguist to become the school’s next head coach, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. The deal is being finalized and the school could introduce Linguist to the team as soon as Friday night. Linguist, 37, spent this spring at Michigan after working the 2020 season with the Dallas Cowboys. Throughout a circuitous career that’s seen Linguist work everywhere from the FCS to the NFL and two separate tours in the SEC,… Source link
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