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It’s the same housing story across the U.S., according to real estate agents in three U.S. cities. Sellers are offering more concessions as buyer demand wanes and listings linger on the market. “Gone are the days of, ‘hey, my next door neighbor just sold last year for $100,000 over list price.’ Sellers are absolutely having to negotiate,” Dan O’Brien, an agent at Trueblood Real Estate covering Indianapolis, told Yahoo Finance (video above). And that’s good news for buyers. “Now, we… Source link

Japanese-American spirits maker Beam Suntory hasn’t hidden its interest in buying tequila brands as alcohol drinkers continue to seek out premium spirits. “There’s absolutely no doubt that tequila is one of hottest categories at the moment,” Albert Baladi, CEO of Beam Suntory, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “It is attracting multicultural consumers, younger consumers. It is absolutely on fire. We see it everywhere.” Sales of tequila in 2021 reached nearly 27 million in the U.S…. Source link

Back in June, when Lamar Jackson finally addressed the mystery surrounding his languishing contract talks with the Baltimore Ravens, he suggested the most jaw-dropping pact in NFL history — the extension between Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns — had no bearing on his situation. “I’m a man of my own,” Jackson said. “I don’t worry about what those guys get.” On Friday, Jackson became a man on his own. No contract extension with the Ravens. No guaranteed money beyond 2022…. Source link

Video review came to soccer promising to overturn clear and obvious errors. It was a safety net for referees, and that, we were told, was the extent of its domain. Video assistants would not re-referee the game; VAR was, in theory, a new-age mechanism to undo controversy and better the sport. But half a decade later, as West Ham furiously alleged on Saturday, it is not doing any of that. Or, rather, it is doing far too much. VAR’s biggest fault has been overstepping its bounds, as it did at… Source link

A prolonged backlog in processing green cards is hindering the ability of the U.S. to compete with other nations for top tech talent, according to one Google executive. “The ability to attract and retain talent is absolutely critical to America’s technology leadership. Companies like Google depend on having green cards and visas to be able to bring in the world’s best computer scientists, the best software engineers,” said Karan Bhatia, vice president of public affairs and public… Source link

Politicians’ trading activity is back in the limelight as lawmakers are working to ban active members of Congress from participating in the stock market. Limiting stock trading among active members of Congress has some bipartisan support. A proposal from Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) would prohibit members of Congress and their immediate family members from conducting any stock transactions while serving in office.  “People need to be able to trust that their elected leaders are making decisions… Source link

Written by Billy Mitchell Nov 12, 2021 | FEDSCOOP Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on Thursday confirmed recent reports that his company wants a piece of the Department of Defense’s forthcoming multi-cloud procurement, the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability. Kurian wrote in a blog post that if Google Cloud is invited by the Department of Defense (DOD) to bid on the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (JWCC),… Source link

Nearly a month after the U.S. Supreme Court designed to keep struggling tenants in their homes as COVID-19 surges anew, assistance is slowly going out to millions of people behind on their rent. More than $2.3 billion in federal emergency rental assistance went out in August to some 420,000 households, the most of any month to date since the money was made available, according to the Treasury Department. Despite the uptick in disbursements, however, millions are still living in fear of being… Source link

The school year is starting amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, particularly among children in states with the lowest vaccination rates, as the highly contagious Delta variant circulates in the U.S. “I have to believe it’s not coincidental that these high rates of exposure and COVID cases are linked to the lower vaccination rates in these communities,” Dr. Susannah Hills, pediatric airway surgeon and assistant professor of EMT at Columbia University Medical Center, said on Yahoo Finance… Source link

The federal eviction moratorium, which has allowed struggling renters swamped by the fallout from COVID-19 to remain in their homes but left landlords mostly on the hook for unpaid rent, is starting to draw more fire from both camps. As the Delta variant drives a resurgence of cases across the country, landlords and tenants alike are speaking out about the shortcomings of the moratorium, which hasn’t resolved the fundamental issue of tenants unable to pay back rent — or property owners… Source link