2020 in Review: The Year for Google

Google search with magnifying glass concept For Google and its parent company Alphabet, 2020 was a year of ups and downs. The company reached a milestone market value in January but then experienced its first revenue decline ever during the second quarter of the year. Google found its footing once again in the third quarter, leading company shares to rise back up — its overall gains have reached 34% for the year. Growing Businesses: Industries That Made Their Mark in 2020 As this truly… Source link

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Trump signs $900 billion stimulus bill and Goldman Sachs couldn’t be more bullish about it

The bulls should pop the icy cold Dom Perignon a few days early because dawdling President Trump signed the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, suggest the often optimistic forecasters at Goldman Sachs. On Monday, Goldman’s chief economist Jan Hatzius lifted his first quarter U.S. GDP forecast to 5% from 3% in large part from the effects of new stimulus checks to U.S. households. Hatzius left his expectation for sequentially improved GDP from from the second quarter through the fourth… Source link

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How blind Google engineer handles challenge of working remotely

Kiran Kaja’s sight began to fail at birth. Born with a rare degenerative eye disease, he is now blind. But that has not stopped him from doing what he loves, even during the pandemic. Kaja, an engineer, heads a team at Google that works on making its news and Google Assistant functions more accessible for people with a range of… Source link

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Tyson Fury is Yahoo Sports 2020 Fighter of the Year

In a year unlike any other in recent memory, the 2020 Yahoo Sports Fighter of the Year in boxing is a man unlike any other. There was no elite high-end fighter who put together multiple impressive wins in 2020. The 10 men who make up the Yahoo Sports’ pound-for-pound fought a combined total of nine times. Only No. 10 Shakur Stevenson fought twice, and No. 7 Manny Pacquiao and No. 9 Artur Beterbiev did not compete. And so it’s a lot harder to come up with a clear choice for Fighter of the… Source link

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Surprise pick for Yahoo Sports MMA Fighter of the Year

When the bell sounded to begin the fifth round of the main event of the final pay-per-view card of 2020, much hung in the balance for both Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno, as well as mixed martial arts together. The possibility existed at that moment that the final round could determine the winner of the bout, the holder of the UFC flyweight championship as well as the 2020 Fighter of the Year. Earlier that night, though, another fighter entered the cage with a chance to do historic… Source link

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Surprise pick for Yahoo Sports MMA Fighter of the Year

Globe Newswire Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Transactions in connection with share buy-back programme Company Announcement No. 48/2020  Copenhagen, 28 December 2020 Transactions in connection with share buy-back programme On 28 August 2020, Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (“STG”) announced that a share buy-back programme of an aggregated price of up to DKK 300 million was launched with the purpose to adjust the Company’s capital structure and meet obligations relating to the… Source link

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Tesla's Self-Developed 4680 Batteries To Be Partly Manufactured By Panasonic: Report – Yahoo Finance

Bloomberg Alibaba Probe Stirs Global Worry, $200 Billion China Tech Rout (Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. led a second day of frenetic selling among China’s largest tech firms, driven by fears that antitrust scrutiny will spread beyond Jack Ma’s internet empire and engulf the country’s most powerful corporations.Alibaba and its three largest rivals — Tencent Holdings Ltd., food delivery giant Meituan and JD.com Inc. — have shed nearly $200 billion over two sessions since… Source link

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Ad-Tech Industry Is ‘Paralyzed’ by Vague Proposals From Google

Ari Paparo, CEO of Beeswax, is one of the most recognizable names in ad-tech Twitter, with his insightful (and often acerbic) commentary making him essential reading for those who want a cutting-edge commentary on the space:    GDPR jail would be awesome. I’d know everyone, we could all wear blue blazers in the yard, and in our free time the inmates could get together to start an ad network. — Ari Paparo (@aripap) August 14, 2019 Ahead of the announcement that his company is soon to be… Source link

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Rays trade Blake Snell to Padres

The San Diego Padres have acquired Blake Snell from the Tampa Bay Rays in a blockbuster trade that brings four highly touted prospects back to Tampa, per reports. The Athletic’s Dennis Lin first reported the details, and says the deal is pending physicals. BREAKING: The Padres have an agreement in place to acquire Blake Snell from the Rays, sources tell @JCTSports, @Ken_Rosenthal and me. Luis Patiño, Francisco Mejía, Blake Hunt and Cole Wilcox would head to Tampa. Deal pending review of… Source link

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Carmelo Anthony not with Blazers due to health and safety protocol

Carmelo Anthony did not travel with the Portland Trail Blazers to Los Angeles on Sunday due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols, the team announced. Portland is set to take on both the Lakers and the Clippers on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, this week — both games that Anthony will now likely miss. The “health and safety protocols” designation is used throughout the league for players who either have contracted COVID-19 or have come into contact with someone who has tested… Source link

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