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Verizon explores sale of media assets, including Yahoo and AOL

Bloomberg Oil Crown Jewels No Longer Off Limits in Mideast Amid Deal Surge (Bloomberg) — Time was when the Middle East’s petrostates recoiled from using their crown jewels to raise money from foreign investors.Not any more. In the space of a few weeks, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait have all accelerated multi-billion-dollar plans to sell energy assets or issue bonds off the back of them. Capping that trend, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Tuesday… Source link

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Google Maps adding new features, including augmented reality for (eventually) getting around airports and malls

On Tuesday, Google unveiled the feature, called Indoor Live View, which shows graphics like arrows, directions, and icons on your smartphone’s screen, laid atop a camera view of the world around you. It can be used to help you find a store in a shopping mall or a bathroom at an airport, for instance. The feature is more interactive than Google Maps’ existing indoor maps, and expands on a similar feature for city-street navigation that launched in 2019. It’s available for Android and iOS… Source link

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Google Adding 10,000 Jobs This Year, Including Some In Chicago

FULTON MARKET — Google is gearing up to hire 10,000 workers across the country this year, including some in its expanding Chicago offices. Throughout 2021, Google plans to create the 10,000 full-time Google jobs in the U.S. as part of a $7 billion investment in offices and data centers nationwide, the company recently announced. “I believe a lasting economic recovery will come from local communities, and the people and small businesses that give them life,” said Sundar Pichai, CEO of… Source link

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Ridesharing Market R & D including top key players Uber, Yandex.Taxi, Lyft, Grab – NeighborWebSJ

North America, Europe, China, Japan, Rest of the World, September 2020,- – The Ridesharing Market research report includes an in-sight study of the key Global Ridesharing Market prominent players along with the company profiles and planning adopted by them. This helps the buyer of the Ridesharing report to gain a clear view of the competitive landscape and accordingly plan Ridesharing market strategies. An isolated section with top key players is provided in the report, which… Source link

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Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package including $1,400 stimulus checks

The Guardian Biden hails ‘giant step’ as Senate passes $1.9tn coronavirus relief bill Republican opposition holds through marathon ‘vote-a-rama’Speaker Pelosi has said measure should be law by 14 March Joe Biden makes remarks from the White House on Saturday. Photograph: Erin Scott/Reuters Joe Biden hailed “one more giant step forward on delivering on that promise that help is on the way”, after Democrats took a critical step towards a first major legislative victory since assuming… Source link

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Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package including $1,400 stimulus checks

The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package on Saturday, sending the amended bill back for a vote in the House followed by the president signing the legislation. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 50-to-49 to pass the “American Rescue Plan” through reconciliation. Because some provisions were amended in the Senate, the legislation must go back to the House that passed an earlier version of it last week. Read more: Here’s what to do if you haven’t gotten your… Source link

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Google now pays 450 sites to bring you free news, including some paywalled stories

Google’s News Showcase, a program wherein the search giant pays to curate news content from publishers, has launched in the UK and Argentina. In the UK, the service covers over 120 publications, while 40 Argentinian publications have signed up. For readers, the service includes the ability to access select paywalled content for free. News Showcase launched in Germany and Brazil last year, and Australia last week, and now includes content from over 450 publications worldwide. In the UK,… Source link

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Google News Showcase launches in more countries, including the UK and Argentina

TipRanks 3 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 9%; BTIG Says ‘Buy’ How important are dividends to a stock investor’s profits? Speaking before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on October 15, 2007, investing guru John Bogle laid out the case: “Over the past 81 years… reinvested dividend income accounted for approximately 95 percent of the compound long-term return earned by the companies in the S&P 500. These stunning figures would seem to demand that mutual funds… Source link

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JioPages, the Made-In-India Swadeshi web browser, three more Indian languages including Odia | Odisha Breaking News | Odisha News | Latest Odisha News

Bhubaneswar: JioPages, the Made-In-India Swadeshi web browser, has added three more Indian languages including Odia, Assamese, and Punjabi along with earlier eight Indian languages like Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali. JioPages has introduced several new features including the option to browse and read in 3 more regional languages like Odia, Assamese and Punjabli in addition to the earlier eight languages available on the… Source link

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