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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Medvedev threatens reprisals against Yandex bosses over GPT chatbot  The Bell Source link

The Russian economy is approaching the end of 2022 in a far better state than many had anticipated in the spring following the invasion of Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions. The fall in GDP has only amounted to about 3% or even less, and the U.S. dollar is still trading at less than 65 rubles. Even the Western ban on high-tech imports, although challenging, has proved manageable. But none of this means that Russia’s economy is out of the woods: many risks still remain. We asked… Source link

So much for dining out on a dime. Menu prices are up significantly, 12.9%, at fan favorites like Wendy’s (WEN), Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, Burger King and McDonald’s (MCD). The most expensive of the five fast food joints? Wendy’s. Over the past year the cost to dine at the Dublin, Ohio-based chain increased by 35%, making it the largest bump across the Big Five this year. That’s according to new data from Pricelisto.com, which gathered the data from in-store visits, phone interviews and uploaded… Source link

Former Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin, once a leading liberal in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, is leaving public service to go into business. He is set to take charge of Yandex, Russia’s leading IT company. The transformation of a senior official into a businessman appears to be one of those common attempts to convert political capital into money. However, for Kudrin, it is also a chance to distance himself from the Kremlin and the war. At a closed-doors meeting last week,… Source link

Hello! This week our top story is about former Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin’s role in getting Kremlin approval to break up Yandex — and his decision to take a top role at the company. We also look at the fuss over Immigram when it had a prestigious European prize rescinded over links to Russia, and President Vladimir Putin’s staged meeting with mothers of soldiers killed on the frontlines in Ukraine. Former Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin, once a leading liberal in President Vladimir… Source link

In a new ad featuring comedian Pete Davidson called “The Apology,” Taco Bell (YUM) is saying it’s “sorry” for going “too far” for cooking up too many “innovative” breakfast offerings. In a release, the company said the ad is to “acknowledge it might’ve taken innovation to unwelcomed heights with some of its past breakfast creations (looking at you, Naked Egg Taco and Waffle Taco) … In retrospect, when it came to living más just after getting out of bed, some of these breakfast offerings… Source link

Fast food giants McDonald’s (MCD) and Taco Bell (YUM) are tapping into fan nostalgia to boost traffic. On Tuesday, Taco Bell announced its first-ever in-app voting experience, allowing fans to vote for either the Double Decker Taco or the Enchirito to return to menus for a limited time. The Double Decker Taco was introduced in 1995 as a limited-time offering before it became a 13-year menu mainstay from 2006 to 2019. It includes a soft flour tortilla layered with beans then wrapped around a… Source link

For a while, it looked like whoever trained Le’Veon Bell for his exhibition boxing match had been playing an elaborate prank on him. Then Adrian Peterson walked straight into a hard right. The former Pittsburgh Steelers running back emerged victorious from a sparsely attended Social Gloves exhibition against his fellow NFL running back on Saturday despite an embarrassing show of form in the first four rounds. Each boxer landed only a handful of blows — and few, if any, significant strikes… Source link

After a whirlwind three weeks, Juan Soto is on the move. The Washington Nationals reportedly traded their young superstar to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday alongside star first baseman Josh Bell, hours ahead of MLB’s 6 p.m. trade deadline, Yahoo Sports’ Hannah Keyser confirmed. MLB.com’s Jon Morosi reported the deal. With the blockbuster deal, Padres executive A.J. Preller adds two of the best hitters available and sets up the potential for a Soto-Manny Machado-Fernando Tatis Jr. lineup… Source link

There are few stories in the NFL about a player who was on track to be considered an all-time great only to squander it like former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell did when he sat out the 2018 NFL season. Bell’s greed and hubris cost him what might have been a Hall of Fame career and it sounds like Bell might be feeling some of that regret. Bell put the statement below out on Instagram as he announces he’s putting football aside to focus on a career in boxing. But in that,… Source link