What to know this week

Investors will have another packed schedule of corporate earnings reports to consider, alongside the latest monthly jobs report from the Labor Department. The April jobs report will likely be the latest positive data point underscoring the U.S. economic recovery. According to Bloomberg data, consensus economists expect to see that non-farm payrolls grew by 978,000 for the month, accelerating from March’s gain of 916,000 and representing the biggest rise since August 2020. The unemployment… Source link

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Vodafone teams up with Google Cloud on data analytics

Mobile operator Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop data services, Vodafone said on Sunday. About 1,000 workers in Britain, Spain and the United States will be to asked by both companies to create “Nucleus”, a new cloud-based storage and analytics portal which will host Vodafone’s data. Nucleus will be capable of processing around 50 terabytes of data a day within the cloud, Vodafone said in a statement. “Both… Source link

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Packers’ Matt LaFleur ‘can’t fathom’ QB leaving

Add head coach Matt LaFleur to the chorus of voices struggling to imagine quarterback Aaron Rodgers in anything but a Green Bay Packers uniform.  LaFleur was clear in his desire for Rodgers, the reigning NFL MVP, to return to the Packers squad in 2021. He joins team president Mark Murphy and general manager Brian Gutekunst, who both voiced support for having Rodgers after reports surfaced that the star was unhappy with the team. LaFleur ‘can’t fathom’ Rodgers not in Green Bay LaFleur said he… Source link

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Bitcoin’s Success Is ‘Disgusting’: Berkshire’s Charlie Munger

Bloomberg Buffett’s Berkshire Gets More Cautious on Stocks and Buybacks (Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s capital-deployment machine pulled back on several fronts at the start of the year as the billionaire took a more cautious stance on stocks.Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s net stock sales in the first quarter were the second-highest in almost five years and the conglomerate, where the billionaire is chief executive officer, slowed its buyback pace, according to a regulatory filing Saturday…. Source link

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Zero interest rates have created a ‘sea change’ in finance

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that near-zero interest rates have completely changed the financial landscape, warning that the consequences of easy money policies remain an unanswered question. As the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the United States last year, the U.S. central bank slashed interest rates to near zero and began aggressively absorbing assets to prevent another financial crisis. Among the Federal Reserve’s purchases: government debt. Those actions allowed the Source link

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Vodafone joins forces with Google Cloud for data analytics push

Vodafone is teaming up with Google’s cloud division to jointly develop data services they can eventually sell to other companies, in the latest sign of convergence between the telecoms and technology sectors. Around 1,000 workers in the UK, Spain and the US will be seconded by the two companies to create a new cloud-based storage and analytics portal that will host the telecoms company’s data. Dubbed “Nucleus”, it will be capable of processing around 50 terabytes of… Source link

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Andy Ruiz weathers the storm, outpoints Chris Arreola

When Andy Ruiz Jr. walked out of the ring in Saudi Arabia 18 months ago, he did so knowing he’d lost his heavyweight championship belts because he didn’t give enough of a damn. He spent the six months after he knocked out Anthony Joshua to win the titles eating, drinking and partying, and the results showed when he was drubbed in a fight that was there to be had. He walked into the ring Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, for a bout against Chris Arreola as a… Source link

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Teen’s note to dad as she was ‘sexually touched’ on flight

A teenage girl typed out a message on her phone and had it passed to her dad while allegedly being sexually touched by a stranger sitting next to her, a court document has revealed. The 16-year-old was in the middle seat on a flight from Phoenix in the US state of Arizona, to Anchorage in Alaska, on April 26 when a 58-year-old allegedly touched her inappropriately.  Kepueli Talaiasi was in the aisle seat while his son slept in the window seat for the evening flight, the District of Alaska… Source link

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Nick Saban, Alabama dominate with class of 2017

Nick Saban appeared to be holding a cup of coffee — even though it was after 4 p.m. — when he stepped behind a University of Alabama podium on Feb. 1, 2017. It was National Signing Day and Saban was about to discuss a group of recruits that would prove to be among the greatest of all time — part of two national titles teams (and a 51-4 record) the past four seasons. Eleven of them were selected in the past three NFL drafts, including a whopping eight in the first round and six in the top… Source link

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