Yahoo Finance presents the 2022 All Markets Summit: New Challenges, New Opportunities on Monday Oct. 17 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET. The event connects Yahoo Finance’s audience with leaders and influencers in business, finance, entertainment, entrepreneurship, cryptocurrencies, healthcare, public policy, philanthropy, and more. Key speakers include Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish; Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel; General Motors CEO Mary Barra; Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla; former National Economic… Source link
Read More »Legal challenges to Biden’s student loan plan — and how experts say borrowers should respond
Student loan borrowers could soon begin applying to have up to $20,000 in loans forgiven despite uncertainty over the future of the Biden administration’s controversial debt relief plan. At least four lawsuits opposing the plan have emerged in recent weeks, though President Biden has appeared willing to put up a fight, saying recently: “Bring it on.” While experts disagree on the merits of the cases, they do agree on one thing; borrowers who apply for forgiveness first could have an advantage…. Source link
Read More »Google’s Asia Head on Singapore Growth, Regional Challenges: Q&A | Data Center Knowledge
(Bloomberg) — Alphabet Inc.’s Google completed its third data center in Singapore, bringing its investment in such facilities in the city-state to $850 million as it vies with tech giants from Amazon.com Inc. to Meta Platforms Inc. for bigger clout in Asia. Since opening its first Singapore office in 2007 with 24 people, Google has grown its local staff to 3,000 and built infrastructure including subsea cables connecting the finance hub to the… Source link
Read More »Twitter’s CFO warned employees they’re on track to get 50% of their typical annual bonuses because of the company’s financial challenges, report says
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal (left) is at loggerheads with Elon Musk over the Tesla CEO’s proposed $44 billion takeover.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, Andrew Kelly/Reuters Twitter CFO Ned Segal warned employees Friday their bonuses could be half the maximum, per The NYT. Segal said the company’s bonus pool was at 50% of where it could be if financial targets were being hit, per The NYT. Twitter employees’ bonuses are tied to the company’s financial performance, which has declined of late. Twitter told… Source link
Read More »Crypto platform Vauld suspends withdrawals, trading and deposits amid financial challenges
Vauld, a Singapore-headquartered crypto lending and exchange startup, has suspended withdrawals, trading and deposits on its eponymous platform with immediate effect as it navigates “financial challenges,” it said Monday. The startup — which counts Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Pantera Capital among its backers and has raised about $27 million — said it is facing financial challenges amid the market downturn and has seen customer withdrawals of about $198 million… Source link
Read More »Brave challenges Google’s search engine dominance with privacy-centered product
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Read More »‘The Boys’ star Jensen Ackles challenges Chris Evans to a superhero face-off
Look out Captain America … Soldier Boy is on your left. Season 3 of the blockbuster superhero satire The Boys — now playing on Prime Video — introduces internet heartthrob Jensen Ackles as a demented version of Marvel’s stalwart Star-Spangled Avenger. But where Cap is virtuous to a fault, Soldier Boy revels in violence and other bad behaviors, which makes him the perfect addition to The Boys‘s roster of gleefully profane “heroes.” And Ackles knew exactly what he was getting into when… Source link
Read More »Apple challenges Google for a larger slice of your dashboard – TechCrunch
Apple said Monday that its next-generation CarPlay system will power the vehicle’s entire instrument cluster, the next move in its battle against Android Automotive OS, Google’s in-vehicle operation system, to dominate dashboards around the world. The growing size and number of screens inside vehicles gives the iPhone an opportunity to play a bigger role, regardless of the size of the screen or the shape of its layout. Integrating deeper into the vehicle and… Source link
Read More »Betastore gets $2.5M to solve stock-outs, financing challenges for informal retailers in West and Central Africa
About 80% of household retail in sub-Saharan Africa is delivered through informal channels, which perennially face several challenges like stockouts, leading to an instability in earnings, and a lack of attractiveness to financiers. These challenges befall millions of micro-retailers across the continent, and Betastore, a B2B retail marketplace for informal retailers, is working to resolve in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal. The Betastore marketplace enables informal traders to source fast… Source link
Read More »Google Maps challenges Apple’s 3D mode with a new ‘immersive view’ for cities – TechCrunch
In the face of increased competition from Apple Maps and its 3D city views, Google today introduced its own vision for its next-generation Google Maps with a preview of its new more “immersive” viewing experience. The enhancement, presented during Google’s I/O conference keynote, leverages a combination of computer vision and A.I. technology to fuse together Street View and aerial imagery in order to offer a digital model of the world and a new way to explore cities, key… Source link
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