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Internet, December 9, 2021. Yandex has become a constituent of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Yandex performed among the top 5% of companies (the 96 percentile) in the Interactive Media, Services & Home Entertainment (IMS) industry, while the scores for the Social Dimension placed the company among the top 1% of the peer universe. S&P Global experts particularly acknowledged Yandex’s HR practices, approaches to employee motivation and… Source link

Bitcoin sits above $64,000 on Tuesday, zeroing in on a record high as excitement over its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) — and another soon to come — reached a fever pitch. As the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rallied by over 4% on the day, The Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) launched on the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — the first ever BTC (BTC) related fund available to U.S. investors. While some market participants have questioned the utility of the… Source link

Los Angeles Chargers dual-threat running back Austin Ekeler is partnering with Yahoo Sports this … [+] season. (Photo by Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Austin Ekeler became a household name—especially to fantasy football enthusiasts—during the 2019 NFL season as Los Angeles Chargers starting running back Melvin Gordon continued his holdout in the hopes of securing a new contract. Even after Gordon made his season debut in… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Moderna Inc. joins the S&P 500 on Wednesday as the index’s the best performing stock this year — by a mile. The move caps the drugmaker’s transformation from an early-stage biotech to a vaccine maker supplying Covid shots to the world. With a gain of more than 180% so far in 2021, Moderna’s share performance tops the index’s existing leader, L Brands Inc., which has risen about 100%. In the runup to its inclusion in the U.S. benchmark, Moderna’s stock has made fresh… Source link

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Attorney General Daniel Cameron has joined a coalition of 37 states and the District of Columbia to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google.  The suit claims Google unfairly restricted competition with the Google Play Store, harming consumers by limiting choice and driving up app prices. This antitrust lawsuit is the newest legal action against the tech giant,… Source link

By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump joined video platform Rumble on Saturday, the same day he will take the stage at a campaign-style rally in Ohio, his first such event since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump lost his social media megaphone earlier this year when he was blocked by a slew of platforms after his supporters stormed the Capitol. He was permanently banned from Twitter and remains suspended by Facebook until at least 2023 and by… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The Bitcoin Fund listed on the Nasdaq Dubai exchange Wednesday, the first of its kind to trade in the Middle East as cryptocurrencies grab attention globally. The stock closed at $38.30, up 10% for the day, according to prices on Nasdaq Dubai’s website. The Canadian fund was the first of its type to be listed on a major exchange, in Toronto last year. The intent of the Dubai listing is to get trading at all hours around the globe. Dubai-based Dalma Capital Management Ltd. is… Source link

Vodafone is teaming up with Google’s cloud division to jointly develop data services they can eventually sell to other companies, in the latest sign of convergence between the telecoms and technology sectors. Around 1,000 workers in the UK, Spain and the US will be seconded by the two companies to create a new cloud-based storage and analytics portal that will host the telecoms company’s data. Dubbed “Nucleus”, it will be capable of processing around 50 terabytes of… Source link

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is the second major health system to sign on with Google to pilot its controversial clinical search tool. The technology is designed to offer clinicians a longitudinal view of patient records and the ability to quickly search through those records through a single secure tool, the health system said in a press release. The tech giant and its first health system partner, Ascension, faced widespread criticism more than a year ago after news broke about a… Source link

Yahoo, which last year started working with Walmart to allow customers to shop within Yahoo Mail, is delving even further into ecommerce.  The Verizon Media brand will launch an online marketplace called Yahoo Shops, later this year, according to Yahoo Life. Shoppers can buy products directly via reviews, editorial roundups … Source link