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U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announces the withdrawal of his nominees to serve on the special committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Republicans will cut your taxes and keep them low. But there’s a price: You have to side with the Party of Trump in political battles, even if it might mean breaking the law. This latest twist in the GOP’s self-preservation… Source link

The amended Telecommunications Business Act was approved by the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday, with the backing of President Moon Jae-in’s party. It will become law once President Moon signs it. Under the new law, developers will be able to select which payment systems to use to process in-app purchases, meaning they may be able to bypass hefty charges imposed by the two longtime leaders. Apple’s commissions, for example, go as high as 30% on some purchases made through the… Source link

By Tom Mortimer After a strenuous year and a half, many small businesses have been eager to restart their businesses in the wake of the pandemic. In a recent poll, 58% of small business owners said they were looking to increase the frequency of their marketing message in Q2 of 2021, while nearly half said things were already better for them now compared to a year ago. What’s also interesting is that 70% of small business owners said they’re looking to add more types of media into their… Source link

The Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to infect a substantial number of children, giving many parents and teachers cause for concern. One of those teachers is Juana Rodarte. She teaches seventh grade at La Merced Intermediate School located in Montebello, Calif. The 22-year teaching veteran spoke openly about her fears and hopes about the new school year amid the COVID-19 surge. “I really do hope that every student that can get vaccinated does get vaccinated,” Rodarte told Yahoo… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, August 11, 2021 The COVID golf boom continues in 2021 In August 2020, we wrote in The Morning Brief that the golf business was booming during the pandemic.  In August 2021, the industry only looks stronger.  Within the last week, we’ve seen golf’s two biggest publicly-traded companies — Titleist parent company Acushnet (GOLF) and Source link

Business is good for Mountain View, California-based Google. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google’s battle with antitrust… Source link

MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. Yandex has registered a company in the United Kingdom that will deal with delivery of foods from dark stores, Yandex.Lavka, a food delivery unit of the Russian technology company, told TASS on Thursday. “Yes, we registered a legal entity that will develop the rapid supply of foods from local stores on the British market. We are hiring a team proactively and looking for spaces for dark stores,” Yandex.Lavka said. “This is essentially Yandex.Lavka but oprerating… Source link

Google software engineers reported something in a recent survey that surprised higher-ups: they felt as productive working from home as they did before the pandemic. Internal research at the Alphabet Inc. unit also showed that employees want more “collaboration and social connections” at work, according to Brian Welle, a human resources vice president. Welle declined to provide exact figures but said “more than 75%” of surveyed employees answered this way. Most staff also… Source link

Russian tech giant Yandex (YNDX) has launched an electric scooter rental service in parts of Moscow and plans to expand it to more areas over time. The service is available through the company’s Yandex.Go app. The app will help customers locate a scooter after selecting a city. First-time customers will be required to view an instruction video on how to navigate safely. Yandex plans to launch an educational program targeting first-time users of electric scooters. (See Yandex stock charts on… Source link

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