European stocks mixed; Paris hit by glitch

Major European stock markets were mixed Monday as a technical hiccup hit Paris and investors weighed the chances of a US stimulus package, dealers said. Following three hours of technical problems, Euronext said that it had annulled all trades after 5:30 pm  (1530 GMT), meaning the Paris benchmark CAC 40 index closed 0.14 percent higher, rather than 0.1 percent lower as originally calculated.  “Because of these issues, Euronext has decided to cancel all the trades that occurred after 5.30… Source link

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NBA saves $1.5B in losses by resuming season at bubble

The Walt Disney World bubble cost the NBA millions to carry out. But that investment kept the league from losing up to $1.5 billion in revenue, Sports Business Daily’s John Lombardo reported. The league paid for exclusive use of the Disney land resorts and completed its regular season, plus the standard-length postseason, at ESPN’s nearby Wide World of Sports. It cost $180 million to stay there for 100 days, per Sports Business Daily, which comes out to about $1.8 million per day. But that… Source link

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The tide turns against Trump as Biden surges to his largest-ever lead among likely voters

With only two weeks left until Election Day, Joe Biden’s lead over President Trump has widened to 11 percentage points — Biden’s biggest margin among likely voters in any Yahoo News/YouGov poll to date.  The survey, which was conducted from Oct. 16 to 18, shows that a majority of likely voters (51 percent) now say they are voting for the Democratic nominee while just 40 percent say they are voting for Trump. Biden’s lead, which is identical among registered voters, has grown by 3… Source link

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Justin Jackson, Mike Williams top adds

Each week throughout the regular season, we prioritize the best fantasy pickups for you ahead of waiver deadlines. Everyone listed below is available in at least 50 percent of Yahoo leagues and all are approved for immediate use. If you have roster needs, we have options…  Running backs to target If you couldn’t make Jackson a priority last week because he was headed into his bye … well, OK. It’s forgivable. We can understand the decision to address short-term fantasy needs. But we’d… Source link

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Google will name that tune after you hum, sing or whistle a few bars of songs you can’t remember

It has happened to everyone at one time or another. There’s a song stuck in your head but you can’t remember the words or even the musician who sang it. It’s Google to the rescue, once again. If you can hum a few bars of the song, Google will search for it. Searching online has come a long way. Remember Ask Jeeves? He was the fictional, at-your-service butler that debuted in 1997 to answer people’s questions. Now we can hum to search. Google unveiled the new search feature Thursday… Source link

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Yahoo Groups To Be Shut Down Permanently On December 15

Yahoo has announced its decision to shut down Yahoo Groups on December 15, 2020, permanently. New group creation was disabled earlier this month. Due to a steady decline in usage over that past few years, Yahoo Groups is now in the final stage of being shut down. The process began last year, but now they will be totally removed from the web by December 15, 2020. Yahoo Groups is a piece of internet history launched all the way back in 2001, and before February 2020, it was one of the… Source link

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White House ups offer to ‘almost $1.9 trillion’ ahead of Pelosi’s Tuesday deadline

The Daily Beast QAnon’s Fave Website Lost Its Host—but Found a New Russian One QAnon—an unhinged conspiracy theory falsely accusing President Donald Trump’s foes of Satanic pedophilia and cannibalism—has become so enmeshed in the GOP that at least one Q-loving Republican is expected to win a congressional seat this year.But in more level-headed industries, the theory is so toxic that few U.S. companies want anything to do with it. That includes an Oregon-based web services company… Source link

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Fed open to private sector collaboration in possible digital dollar

TipRanks The Bottom Is in for These 3 Stocks? Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Markets thrive on risk, but risk is hard to talk about. It’s easy to fall back on cliches – buy low and sell high, or the bulls and bears make money while the pigs get slaughtered – but those cliches have drifted into common parlance for a reason. They have a grain of truth.Buying low and selling high has always been known as the way to make a profit, from the earliest days of human barter. And whether the market is… Source link

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