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A U.S. government agency created to counter Chinese infrastructure-fueled influence across the world is ramping up international vaccine distribution efforts, Yahoo Finance has learned. Coming on the heels of the U.S.-hosted COVID-19 summit, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on Wednesday announced that it would be providing $383 million in financing to help nine countries secure vaccine doses. “The President is leading the world to elevate the world’s ambition to end… Source link

BETHESDA, MD / ACCESSWIRE / June 21, 2021 / Alset EHome Inc. a US-based property developer and a subsidiary of Alset EHome International Inc. (NASDAQ:AEI) (collectively “Alset”), is pleased to announce a strategic agreement with Tesla Inc. (“Tesla”) for an initial supply of Tesla PV Solar Panels, Powerwalls and EV Chargers to be installed at single-family homes (“Ehomes”). These Tesla products will be installed in 20 brand new, single-family homes at the Northpark Community in Porter, Texas…. Source link

The Google logo is seen on on the company’s European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo Google (GOOGL.O) said on Saturday that it supports the work being done to update international tax rules after G7 finance ministers agreed to pursue a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% and to reallocate taxing rights for large, profitable multinational companies. “We strongly support the work being done to update international tax rules…. Source link

Google Pay is rolling out internationally payment functionality within its app. Find out more about Google’s new partnership with Wise and Western Union. Payments apps are a powerful digital personal finance tool for people of all ages. These apps make it easier to send money to friends and family and collect money owed to you. While sending money to someone in your own country is usually very simple, making international payments is not always straightforward. That’s because not all payments… Source link

Amnesty International is teaming up with 38 other human rights groups and individuals to call for a halt to Google’s plans to set up an enterprise cloud business in Saudi Arabia because of concerns over the country’s human rights track record. The joint statement — signed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Media Matters for Democracy, among others — calls for Google to end its plans in Saudi Arabia until the company conducts a public human rights assessment and makes it… Source link

Bloomberg The U.K. Deficit That Risks Cutting the Pound’s Rally Short (Bloomberg) — A hole in Britain’s finances is starting to worry economists and stoke concerns about the pound. This time, the vast budget deficit created by the pandemic is not the issue.The focus is gradually shifting to the current-account shortfall, the difference between money coming into the U.K. and money going out. The gap is forecast to reach its widest since World War II this year as Britain grapples with… Source link

A man walks past a logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google in front of at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has launched international money transfer partnerships with remittances firms Wise and Western Union Co (WU.N) for users of its U.S. payments app, the companies said on Tuesday. Google Pay users in the United States can now transfer money to app customers in India and Singapore, with plans to expand to the 80… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google in front of at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has launched international money transfer partnerships with remittances firms Wise and Western Union Co for users of its U.S. payments app, the companies said on Tuesday. Google Pay users in the United States can now transfer money to app customers in India and Singapore, with plans to… Source link

TipRanks Buy These 2 New Stocks Before They Jump Over 80%, Says JPMorgan In the past week, investors have had to cope with multiple conflicting signals from the markets. The April jobs report, which was expected to show almost 1 million new positions for the month, showed only 266,000. The official unemployment number ticked upward slightly to 6.1%, and hourly wages also gained – by 0.7%. That last would seem to be a positive – except that, combined with the massive government stimulus… Source link

The Australian government has shown that people want big, bold action against the tech companies. With the stroke of a pen, the Biden administration can bring competition to the search engine market. Opening up Google’s web index is how the United States can catch up in the international race to regulate Google. Zack Maril is the founder of the Knuckleheads’… Source link