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2 September 2021

Google has become a part of our lives in Mountain Home.   While the company started as a simple search engine, it quickly expanded into one of the largest and wealthiest corporations in the world.   The company produces everything from phones, to computers, to server farms for the U.S. government.   School children use it to finish their book reports, while businesses both big and small rely on Google to promote their products or services. Simply making the front page of Google can… Source link

Image credit: Yandex Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, announces that it has entered into a binding agreement with Uber to restructure the ownership of their joint ventures, MLU B.V. (“MLU”) and Yandex Self-Driving B.V. (“SDG”). Under this agreement, for total consideration of $1.0 billion in cash, Yandex will receive: Uber’s 33.5% indirect interest in Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka and… Source link

Small businesses in America can still capitalize on the pandemic stimulus program offered by the federal government, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman told Yahoo Finance in a new interview. “We still have billions of dollars in relief in our COVID idle program,” said Guzman, who began her term under President Joe Biden in March after serving as the Director of the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. The SBA initiatives —… Source link

Flower Boutique Taras Zaluzhnyi via Unsplash SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, has become increasingly popular over the past few years among e-commerce businesses exploring new marketing efforts – primarily due to the inconsistency and unprofitability of modern-day paid advertising. This strategy seeks to help businesses rank higher in search engines (like Google) to increase both the quality and quantity of traffic to their website. The problem with most advertising strategies… Source link

Nvidia (NVDA) reported its fiscal Q2 2022 earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating Wall Street expectations on the back of the continued growth of the company’s important data center and gaming segments, driving revenue up a whopping 68% year-over-year for the quarter. Here are the most important numbers from the report compared to what analysts were expecting, as compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue: $6.51 billion versus $6.33 billion expected EPS: $1.04 versus $1.01 expected Data Center:… Source link

As businesses emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, many are facing the challenge of too few workers to accommodate strong demand. And while the labor shortage isn’t new, it’s definitely a sore spot for many that’s growing more acute. And amid a booming jobs market, some economists say the shortage isn’t labor related, but rather wage-driven — an economic third rail that companies big and small have increasingly grabbed in order to address widespread labor shortages.  Yet the strategy of… Source link

Google and its YouTube video site released several new tools for small businesses to connect with customers via their platforms and detailed the first-ever Small Biz Day, set for June 24. … Source link

The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Monday unveiled an option for small businesses to upgrade their Gmail accounts for greater calendaring, video chat and email newsletter functionalities. Google Workspace Individual, which starts at $7.99 monthly including a temporary $2 discount, adds to the company’s expanding efforts… Source link

The May fell short of lofty expectations, adding fewer jobs than economists expected and underscoring the challenges the U.S. economy faces in trying to reboot the workforce after COVID-19 lockdowns. Small businesses are no exception. by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) found that a record-high 48% of small business owners in May had unfilled job openings. Additionally, 34% of owners reported having to hike pay the highest reading in the past 12 months, and 22% more… Source link