Democratic lawmakers continue to pressure President Biden to extend the student loan pandemic payment pause and enact student loan forgiveness. “Tick tock, tick tock — over 30 million Americans will have a bill coming due in about two months,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during a press conference. “The payment pause is running out on student loan debt payments. The size of these payments for many borrowers is the size of their rent, their car payments, groceries, child care —… Source link
Read More »Google’s Stock To See Little Movement Due To Mixed Results
A man walks past the logo of the US multinational technology company Google during the VivaTech … [+] trade fair ( Viva Technology), on May 24, 2018 in Paris. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Alphabet (Google) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is scheduled to report its fiscal Q2 2021 results on Tuesday, July 27. We expect GOOG to beat the consensus estimates for revenues but miss for earnings. The company has reported… Source link
Read More »Large chunks of the internet went down due a DNS issue
If you can’t access online services like Sony’s PlayStation Network and Steam, as well as websites like Airbnb, you’re not the only one. Starting at approximately 11:20AM ET, Downdetector began logging a spike in outage reports across a variety of online services and websites. Outside of PSN and Steam, some of the more notable platforms people can’t seem to connect to include LastPass, TikTok and UPS. Visiting the PlayStation Store and other affected websites, they come back with a DNS… Source link
Read More »French anti-trust decision on Google’s copyright talks with publishers due in coming days
PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) – France’s anti-trust watchdog will make a decision in the coming days over the way Google (GOOGL.O) held copyright talks with some French publishers about paying for news content, the watchdog’s head Isabelle de Silva said on Thursday. Antitrust investigators have accused Alphabet’s Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority’s orders on how to conduct negotiations with news publishers over copyright, sources who read the investigators’ report… Source link
Read More »Nearly 8.5 million pounds of Tyson chicken recalled due to Listeria concerns
Tyson Food Inc. is recalling nearly 8.5 million pounds of chicken products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a press release on Saturday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Food Safety and Inspection Service was notified in June of two people who were sick with listeriosis, an infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes, according to the release. An investigation, which identified three cases of the illness between… Source link
Read More »Chris Paul to miss Game 1 vs. Clippers due to COVID protocol
The Phoenix Suns will be without Chris Paul when they kick off the Western Conference finals on Sunday. Paul, the team announced on Saturday, is out for Game 1 against the Los Angeles Clippers and is still in the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols. It’s unclear when Paul will be able to return. Paul entered health and safety protocols on Wednesday, after the Suns had already closed out their earlier series against the Denver Nuggets. The 36-year-old has not publicly said if he has… Source link
Read More »Shelby Houlihan will not run at Olympic trials due to ban
For a few hours Thursday, banned runner Shelby Houlihan still had a shot at making the Olympic team. Despite her ban, Houlihan was initially set to run in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters events at the Olympics trials Friday. That’s not going to happen anymore. U.S. Olympics stepped in and said it would uphold any ruling upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, according to USA Today. In a statement provided to USA TODAY Sports, USOPC chief executive officer Sarah Hirshland said the USOPC,… Source link
Read More »Mexico to play World Cup qualifiers without fans due to homophobic chant
Mexico fans during a friendly against Honduras on June 12th in Atlanta. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Mexico’s men’s national soccer team must play its first two home 2022 World Cup qualifiers in empty stadiums as punishment for some of its fans’ insistence on yelling a homophobic slur during matches. The “p***” chant has plagued Mexican soccer for years. Officials refused to reckon with it until recently. The Mexican soccer federation (FMF) promised to crack… Source link
Read More »Joel Embiid won’t return in Game 4 due to right knee soreness
Joel Embiid won’t return in Game 4 due to right knee soreness originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Philadelphia star center Joel Embiid won’t return in the second half of Game 4 against the Wizards in the first round of the NBA playoffs on Monday. Embiid hit the floor hard after attacking the rim with some force, but Washington center Robin Lopez stood tall to his steam-rolling effort and blocked his shot before Embiid was sent backward to the ground, awkwardly bending his right… Source link
Read More »Coinbase Announces Proposed Private Offering of $1.25 Billion of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026
Coinbase Global, Inc. (“Coinbase”) (Nasdaq: COIN) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “notes”) in a private offering (the “offering”) to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Coinbase also expects to grant the initial purchasers of… Source link
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