Tag Archives: Blocks

Missouri Republican joins ‘Kudlow’ to explain why Big Tech companies are monopolies that need broken up. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is asking Google for answers, suggesting in a Wednesday letter that the search engine giant showed ideological bias towards pro-life groups. His letter came a day after Live Action President Lila Rose announced that Google had removed her organization’s ads, including one promoting the abortion reversal pill. Hawley wrote: “When I spoke with Mark Zuckerberg… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Jefferies told clients Wednesday its prime brokerage arm will no longer allow the execution of short sells in GameStop Corp., AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and MicroVision Inc., according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News. “Until further notice, Jefferies Prime Brokerage will no longer offer custody on naked options in GME, AMC and MVIS,” the memo noted. The firm will no longer allow the execution of short sells of those securities, the memo continued, noting that other… Source link

A road rage cyclist who appeared to deliberately stick out his knee to knock over a child that was blocking his way is being investigated by police. The footage was shot by the child’s dad Patrick Mpasa on Christmas Day at a nature Park in Belgium. Mr Mpasa was recording his family walking through the winter landscape with snow on the ground and on the branches of nearby trees when the incident occurred. His young daughter can be seen wrapped up in pink winter clothing with a scarf and gloves… Source link

Canada announced Saturday a ban on exporting certain medicines that are or may soon be in short supply, a measure in response to a US plan to import drugs from its northern neighbor. The plan promoted by outgoing US President Donald Trump aimed at allowing pharmacists and wholesalers to import certain prescription drugs in bulk from Canada takes effect on Monday. The US plan is intended to lower prices for Americans, but comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has increased demand for some… Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — With coronavirus cases surging again nationwide, the Supreme Court barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus. The justices split 5-4 late Wednesday night, with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the majority. It was the conservative’s first publicly discernible vote as a justice. The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The move was a shift for the… Source link

Google is previewing a serverless Database Migration Service (DMS) to move SQL databases to its Cloud SQL. The serverless aspect means customers do not have to set up server instances to run the migration – DMS takes care of the underlying server infrastructure provisioning and operation. DMS minimises downtime, Google says, and protects data during migration with support for multiple secure, private connectivity configurations. This isn’t a general database migration… Source link