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Dogecoin has soared more than 400% in the past week and by more than 5,000% since the start of the year. Dogecoin’s price continued to fall on Thursday morning, two days after supporters celebrated ‘dogeday 4/20’, but its online community of fans remain undeterred. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) was down 16% to $0.2822 (£0.2). On Tuesday, it had hit $0.4252 and its market capitalization briefly crossed $50bn as supporters tried to push the price to between $0.69 to $1. Every dog has its day: dogecoin… Source link

People have been photographed packing a busy market in Brazil despite the country’s ongoing battle with Covid-19. Brazil has recorded more than 10.9 million cases of coronavirus resulting in more than 260,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The country recorded 75,000 new cases on Saturday alone with at least 1,800 deaths. The country is facing its deadliest stretch since the pandemic began due to a homegrown virus variant dubbed P1, but concerning images continue to… Source link

You’ve landed on the web version of the weekly Human Capital newsletter. Sign up here to get this in your inbox every Friday at 1 p.m. Welcome back to Human Capital. A lot happened this week pertaining to on-demand companies like Uber, Postmates, DoorDash and Instacart, and their respective gig workforces. Meanwhile, New York’s attorney general hit Amazon with a lawsuit over its warehouse labor practices and Twitter made some new commitments to increase diversity at the leadership… Source link

TipRanks JP Morgan Says These 3 Gold Stocks Could Surge 40% (Or More) Let’s talk about gold. The precious metal is the traditional safe haven investment, backed by its use – starting 5,000 years ago – as a reliable store of value. Investors looking to protect their portfolio and secure their wealth traditionally bought heavily into gold, and the price of gold has sometimes been used as a proxy (albeit an inverse one) for general economic health. In a recent report, investment firm JP… Source link

Jessica Pegula has never advanced this far in a Grand Slam. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill) Jessica Pegula has done it again. The unseeded 26-year-old American who opened the Australian Open by ousting No. 12 seed and two-time champion Victoria Azarenka, won her fourth straight match in Melbourne on Monday. This time she upset No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina to advance to the quarterfinal round. The daughter of Buffalo Bills and Sabres owners Kim and Terry Pegula has never advanced this far in a Grand… Source link

Google has closed its deal to buy Fitbit, the tech giant announced Thursday. The company announced in November 2019 plans to acquire the fitness tracking company to bolster its wearable capabilities. Google said it would acquire Fitbit for $7.25 per share in cash, valuing the company at $2.1 billion. Fitbit launched in 2007 and was considered a pioneer of the consumer fitness tracking market, quickly becoming the market leader. Other players have since entered the market including Apple,… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Search and advertising giant Google has closed its deal to buy Fitbit, the companies said on Thursday, even as the Justice Department said it was continuing its probe of the $2.1 billion transaction. The Justice Department, which sued Alphabet Inc’s Google in October for allegedly violating antitrust law in its search and search advertising businesses, said it “has not reached a final decision about whether to pursue an enforcement action” regarding the Fitbit… Source link

It took bitcoin (BTC) 10 years in existence to reach the $20,000 mark, on Dec. 15. Then it took just 17 days to reach $30,000. It took the Dow Jones almost three years to make the same move. Bitcoin started 2020 at $7,200. It ended the year very close to $30,000, up 296%. (For comparison, the Nasdaq rose 43% in 2020, the S&P 500 rose 16%, the Dow rose 7%.) The surge continued full-steam into 2021: On Jan. 2, bitcoin broke through $30,000 for the first time, then broke through $31,000. The 2020… Source link

An official MLS ball sits on a stand during a game between the FC Dallas and the Nashville SC in August. (Matthew Pearce/Getty Images) Major League Soccer on Thursday laid off 20 percent of full-time employees at its New York City headquarters as the financial impact of the global coronavirus pandemic on sports continues, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. Jonathan Tannenwald of the Philadelphia Inquirer first reported the layoffs on Twitter. One source with knowledge of the details told… Source link

Protests erupted across the U.S. on Wednesday evening as ballots for the election continued to be counted. Trump supporters in Nevada chanted “Count every vote,” meanwhile in Michigan, demonstrators shouted “Stop the count.” Video Transcript [INTERPOSING VOICES] [MUSIC PLAYING] [INTERPOSING VOICES] [APPLAUSE] [HONKING] [INTERPOSING VOICES] – Count every vote! – Count every vote. Count every vote. Count every vote. – Count every vote. Count every vote. – Stop the count. Stop the count. Stop the count…. Source link