Stocks cling to gains as Big Tech comes to DC; Kodak skyrockets

Stocks were higher amid an eventful Wednesday, during which Big Tech executives began testifying before Congress and the Federal Open Market Committee will release its July monetary policy statement. A host of quarterly corporate earnings results also continued to flow. Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google-parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai began their appearance before the House Judiciary Committee shortly after… Source link

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Google One now offers free phone backups up to 15GB on Android and iOS – TechCrunch

Google One, Google’s subscription program for buying additional storage and live support, is getting an update today that will bring free phone backups for Android and iOS devices to anybody who installs the app — even if they don’t have a paid membership. The catch: While the feature is free, the backups count against your free Google storage allowance of 15GB. If you need more you need — you guessed it — a Google One membership to buy more storage or delete data you no… Source link

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Yandex’s (NASDAQ:YNDX) Wonderful 315% Share Price Increase Shows How Capitalism Can Build Wealth – Simply Wall St News

Long term investing can be life changing when you buy and hold the truly great businesses. And highest quality companies can see their share prices grow by huge amounts. Just think about the savvy investors who held Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) shares for the last five years, while they gained 315%. And this is just one example of the epic gains achieved by some long term investors. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 51% gain in the last three months. The company reported its financial… Source link

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Nine of the top 10 U.S. coronavirus hot spots are in Florida and Texas

While President Trump on Tuesday touted improvements in the coronavirus pandemic in the hard-hit Sun Belt states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that nine of the nation’s top 10 growing hot spots are in Florida and Texas, according to an internal government document obtained by Yahoo News.  The CDC document, a daily update on the coronavirus, identifies counties that are “areas of concern,” because cases are “high and still growing.” Five of the top 10… Source link

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Spotify poised to make a good chunk of money from Joe Rogan Experience

Forget Spotify’s second quarter earnings release out Wednesday for just a second. Perhaps more riveting — and important to investors in red-hot Spotify shares — are some of the early estimates starting to trickle in from the sell-side on the financial impact of Joe Rogan’s upcoming podcast on the platform. Spotify (SPOT) inked a deal for the Joe Rogan Experience back in mid-May for a rumored $100 million. The controversial Rogan — who has north of 8 million YouTube subscribers and… Source link

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Yahoo DFS Basketball: Thursday Picks

Welcome back! It’s been over four months since we’ve been able to partake in some NBA DFS action. While we only have a limited two-game slate Thursday, there is still money to be won. Let’s discuss some players to target and avoid as you craft your entry. GUARDS Donovan Mitchell, UTA at NO ($31): The Pelicans are by far the worst defensive team on this slate, allowing an average of 117 points per game. That should make the Jazz a popular team to stack with Mitchell among the best options. He’s… Source link

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“The dream will become a nightmare,” Siddall says on wealth inequality

“The dream will become a nightmare,” Siddall says on wealth inequality Canada markets open in 9 hours 29 minutes S&P/TSX 16,294.66 +173.34 (+1.08%)   S&P 500 3,258.44 +40.00 (+1.24%)   DOW 26,539.57 +160.29 (+0.61%)   CAD/USD 0.7496 -0.0004 (-0.05%)   CRUDE OIL 41.27 0.00 (0.00%)   BTC-CAD 14,681.84 -101.70 (-0.69%)   CMC Crypto 200 156.75 0.00 (0.00%)   GOLD FUTURES 1,958.60 +5.20 (+0.27%)   RUSSELL 2000 1,500.63 +30.87 (+2.10%)   10-Yr Bond 0.5790 -0.0020 (-0.34%)   NASDAQ futures 10,675.25 +1.00 (+0.01%)   VOLATILITY

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