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Though cyberattacks have not been utilized heavily in the Ukrainian conflict to this point, the financial sector remains on high alert to the possibility. CrowdStrike (CRWD), an American cybersecurity company dedicated to preventing and combating security breaches, is one of several informational security corporations increasing vigilance in anticipation of possible cyberattacks. CEO George Kurtz discussed the prospect of cyber warfare in the conflict in Ukraine on a recent Yahoo Finance Live… Source link

Russian search engine and cloud computing company Yandex confirmed that its sanctioned deputy CEO has resigned. Tigran Khudaverdyan was sanctioned by the European Union this week, meaning he can no longer work at the Netherlands-registered company. The EU said that Khudaveryan attended a meeting of oligarchs at the Kremlin the week of the invasion of Ukraine. “We were… Source link

The European Union has sanctioned Rostelecom president Mikhail Oseevsky, Yandex deputy CEO Tigran Khudaverdyan, and VK Company CEO Vladimir Kiriyenko due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions restrict the individuals from traveling to the EU or doing business with companies that operate there. The EU said that it enacted the sanctions due to “a blatant violation… Source link

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA and AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / March 15, 2022 / Yandex N.V., a Netherlands-registered company and one of Europe’s largest internet businesses as well as the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announces that Tigran Khudaverdyan has stepped down with immediate effect from his positions as Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Yandex N.V. and at its Dutch subsidiaries. Yandex has a strong and deep management team in place… Source link

As Japan begins to open its borders to foreign travel following a three-month restriction in response to the Omicron variant, Pacific airline companies are preparing to reap the benefits of increased travel activity to and from the East Asian nation. “We’re gearing up in anticipation of the Japanese market, which is the most important international market for Hawaii opening up over the next couple of months,” Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram told Yahoo Finance Live in a recent… Source link

Pfizer (PFE) announced it is halting new clinical trials in Russia and donating revenue from Russia to the Ukrainian cause, joining other big pharmaceutical companies. “Today we are announcing that effective immediately Pfizer will donate all profits of our Russian subsidiary to causes that provide direct humanitarian support to the people of Ukraine,” a company statement said. “Our medicines are medicines, not like [an] iPhone Pro, for example, or the new Mac,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told… Source link

Fighting a strong trend toward hybrid work, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has repeatedly insisted that employees return to the office full-time, leaving no doubt that he views remote work as a temporary aberration. But on the day the investment banking giant reopened its U.S. offices in February, after shutting down during the Omicron wave, just 50%, or about 5,000 of the building’s 10,000 workers, returned to its New York headquarters, despite receiving more than two weeks’ notice. In… Source link

Retail investors that played a significant role in the stock market’s overall performance during the first two years of the pandemic are now witnessing the pitfalls of market volatility, former TD Ameritrade Chairman and CEO and Coastal Carolina University Executive Director of Football Joe Moglia told Yahoo Finance Live in a recent segment. “I think the typical retail investor that is not disciplined, is not thinking strategically. I think they’re in a turmoil,” he said. “They’re… Source link

February’s job market numbers easily exceeded economists’ expectations, providing a ray of sunlight in an otherwise dark news cycle weighed down by the worsening strife in Ukraine. Workers are wielding more power in a labor market characterized by shortages across industries. Employers added 678,000 jobs in February, far more than consensus estimates, signaling a tightening labor market. “It’s certainly a job seekers market at the moment,” CEO of Randstad Sourceright Mike Smith told… Source link