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Stocks Steady Before Inflation; Oil Halts Climb: Markets Wrap

Stocks Steady Before Inflation; Oil Halts Climb: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — Stocks and bonds steadied with many investors clinging to sidelines ahead of a key US inflation report. Oil erased gains. Most Read from Bloomberg Mining shares and travel stocks led a small decline in Europe’s Stoxx 600 index, while US equity futures were little changed. Brent gained halted a climb at $78 a barrel following more attacks on vessels in the Red Sea raised the risk that Middle East supply could be disrupted. Investor focus is on Thursday’s US inflation figures… Source link

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Tel Aviv halts Yandex delivery robot trial

Tel Aviv halts Yandex delivery robot trial

Dispatch companies are trying to find ways of making home deliveries more efficient, among other things through autonomous solutions. Russian company Yandex, which is active in Israel through taxi service Yango and delivery service Yango Deli, has in recent months been running a pilot scheme in Tel Aviv of robots that deliver groceries to consumers. Now, however, because of complaints of residents of interference with their movement on sidewalks, the project has been suspended…. Source link

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Tel Aviv halts Yandex delivery robot trial

Tel Aviv halts Yandex delivery robot trial

Dispatch companies are trying to find ways of making home deliveries more efficient, among other things through autonomous solutions. Russian company Yandex, which is active in Israel through taxi service Yango and delivery service Yango Deli, has in recent months been running a pilot scheme in Tel Aviv of robots that deliver groceries to consumers. Now, however, because of complaints of residents of interference with their movement on sidewalks, the project has been suspended…. Source link

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Google halts KakaoTalk updates on Play Store in Korea after messaging app refused to remove its own payment links  – TechCrunch

Google halts KakaoTalk updates on Play Store in Korea after messaging app refused to remove its own payment links  – TechCrunch

Google has stopped providing updates to popular messaging app KakaoTalk in South Korea, according to a local report, after Kakao continued using an external payment link in its Android app, against Google’s new in-app payments policy. Google’s new policy requires developers selling digital goods and services to use Google’s first-party billing system, but Kakao has been using an external link to its own website. This is the first time Google has stopped… Source link

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Yandex halts US autonomous vehicles tests as conflict rages on- TechHQ

Yandex halts US autonomous vehicles tests as conflict rages on- TechHQ

Russian technology conglomerate Yandex has halted its hardware testing in the US, namely its autonomous vehicles that were to be the backbone of its robotaxi fleet as well as a sidewalk robot delivery service. This news comes as the Russian invasion of Ukraine spills into its second week, with Russia facing sanctions from numerous countries as well as service suspensions from multinational tech companies. Though Yandex is registered in… Source link

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Russian self-driving company Yandex halts U.S. operations amid Ukraine invasion

Russian self-driving company Yandex halts U.S. operations amid Ukraine invasion

Russian self-driving tech company Yandex has placed its operations in the U.S. on hold. The company said Friday it has paused testing of its robotaxi fleet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is no longer making restaurant deliveries with its six-wheeled sidewalk Rover bots on college campuses across the country. “Our AV test fleet in Ann Arbor is grounded at the moment, but we hope to resume operations in the future,” a spokesperson told Automotive News. Yandex stopped its operations as Russia’s… Source link

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise halts shipments to Russia, CEO says situation completely unacceptable

Hewlett Packard Enterprise halts shipments to Russia, CEO says situation completely unacceptable

Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri wasted no time severing his business from Russia in light of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The computing giant halted shipments to Russia 72 hours ago, Neri said on Yahoo Finance Live. “Obviously it is incredibly concerning this humanitarian situation and this what I call completely unacceptable set of events. We have to really think through this and put the humanity at the core and the business second,” Neri explained. To be sure, Neri — fresh… Source link

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Google halts plans for Google Pay-based banking service

Google halts plans for Google Pay-based banking service

Google has stopped working on its Plex service, which aimed to let you do your banking through the Google Pay app. The service was supposed to let users sign up for checking or savings accounts offered by a variety of traditional banks that the user would then manage through the app. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Google canceled the project due to a series of missed deadlines and because an executive who pushed for the project left the company. Plex wasn’t meant to… Source link

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Pfizer Shot Halts Severe Illness in Israel as Delta Spreads

Pfizer Shot Halts Severe Illness in Israel as Delta Spreads

(Bloomberg) — Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine was less effective at keeping people from getting the coronavirus in Israel in recent weeks, but it continues to provide a strong shield against severe Covid-19, according to government data. The vaccine protected 64% of people against the illness between June 6 and early July, down from a previous 94%. The drop was observed as the delta variant was spreading in Israel, the Health Ministry said. It also coincided with the lifting of virus restrictions at… Source link

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