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Read More »Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available
Image Credits: Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Google is testing a new feature that will place a call to a business on your behalf, wait on hold and then give you a call once a live representative is available, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The new feature, called “Talk to a Live Rep,” would get rid of the need for users to wait countless minutes, and sometimes hours, listening to hold music trying to get connected to a customer service agent. The… Source link
Read More »Yandex parent company to sell its Russian businesses for $5.2 billion
The Netherlands-based parent company of the Yandex group is selling its Russian businesses to local investors for $5.2 billion, the company announced on Monday. Despite a mandatory discount of at least half enforced by the Kremlin, this would be the largest corporate exit from Russia since it invaded Ukraine two years ago. Yandex, often referred to as “Russia’s Google,” was founded in Russia in the late 1990s and went public on the Nasdaq in 2011 via a company called Yandex NV registered… Source link
Read More »Yandex to sell its remaining Russian businesses for $5.2B — half its market value
Image Credits: YURI KADOBNOV/AFP / Getty Images Yandex N.V., the Dutch parent company of the eponymous Russian internet giant, is selling the last of its remaining Russian businesses at a steep discount, following geopolitical pressures that emerged from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago. The value of the transaction, which will include the sale of all Yandex N.V. businesses in Russia and a handful of neighboring markets, will amount to around 475 billion rubles… Source link
Read More »Google to help fund Israeli AI firms, Palestinian businesses
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Google is investing $8 million to support Israeli tech firms and Palestinian businesses, the Alphabet-owned group said on Wednesday, citing the need for small companies to secure financing during the Israel-Hamas war. Google said its $4 million support fund would be provided to AI startups in Israel and another $4 million would go to early-stage Palestinian startups and businesses to help them continue operating. The grant to Israeli AI startups will be in… Source link
Read More »Yandex receives bids for stakes in Russia-based businesses – Reuters
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Read More »Yandex introduces paid e-mail services for businesses – Telecompaper EN
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Read More »Google Officially Partners with Respond.io, Bringing Google Business Messages to More than 10,000 Businesses Globally – Yahoo Finance
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Officially Partners with Respond.io, Bringing Google Business Messages to More than 10,000 Businesses Globally Yahoo Finance Source link
Read More »Microsoft and Google Unveil AI Tools for Businesses – The New York Times
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Microsoft and Google Unveil AI Tools for Businesses The New York Times Source link
Read More »What businesses do vs. what business say
This post was originally published on TKer.co Stocks rallied, with the S&P 500 climbing 2.5% last week. The index is now up 13.8% from its October 12 closing low of 3,577.03 and down 15.1% from its January 3, 2022 closing high of 4,796.56. While the U.S. economy has been cooling off for months, the hard economic data shows growth has been pretty resilient. On Thursday, we learned GDP in Q4 rose at a 2.9% rate. However, if you’ve only been reading sentiment-oriented business surveys (i.e., the… Source link
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