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The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company’s headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on Tuesday said it had initiated proceedings against internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O) over alleged competition law violations on the company’s search engine. The state agency told Yandex in February it had created unequal market conditions for general online search services, that it was preferentially promoting… Source link

Bloomberg There’s Plenty Worrying Investors as Europe’s Stocks Hit Records (Bloomberg) — European equities are at records, vaccination rates are picking up and central banks are funneling trillions of dollars into the economy. But there is still plenty that could go wrong, with a resurgent coronavirus outbreak, another missed summer holiday season and elections keeping investors up at night.While the pandemic turned 2020 into a stock market roller-coaster, 2021 has begun on a more… Source link

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs a baseball after a ceremony to announce that Atlanta will host baseball’s 2021 All-Star Game, Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) After watching the fallout from the new Georgia voting law passed two weeks ago, I’ve come to five conclusions. -The right to vote shouldn’t be a partisan issue, but sadly has become one. -The new law isn’t about election integrity, it’s meant to suppress voting. -The law has set off a chain reaction that… Source link

Will Augusta be the next battleground over Georgia’s election law? (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) The eyes of the nation are squarely on the state of Georgia and its new election law, right at the exact moment the eyes of the sporting world are turning to a small city in the eastern half of the state. Friday afternoon, less than a week before the Masters is scheduled to tee off in Augusta, Major League Baseball announced it would be moving the All-Star Game out of Atlanta in direct response to… Source link

Problems with student loan debt pushed Congress to create a seemingly straightforward law in the 1990s to help borrowers lower default rates by consolidating debt with their spouses. Two decades later, divorced borrowers are struggling with the unforeseen consequences. “This problem, in particular, is a great metaphor for how broken the student loan system is,” Bonnie Latreille, director of research and advocacy at the Student Borrower Protection Center, told Yahoo Finance. “This product was… Source link

If the Houston Police Department or Harris County District Attorney move to investigate sexual misconduct civil suits currently pending against Deshaun Watson, the Houston Texans quarterback would be made available to cooperate with authorities, according to Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin. That declaration was made by Hardin on Thursday, after the counsel for the 21 women who have filed the civil suits reversed course earlier in the week and declared he would not be turning information… Source link

TipRanks Keep on Buying These 3 EV Stocks, Says Analyst Following Conference Investors are always on the lookout for the next big thing, the next industry that will bring the great returns. Predicting what stock sector will blast off is an inexact science, at best; but like politics, stocks run downstream from culture. And right now, culture is all-in for clean energy and electric cars. Observing the electric vehicle (EV) stock sector for Colliers Securities is industry expert Michael Shlisky…. Source link

The Daily Beast Health-Care Workers Are Bragging on TikTok About Forging Vax Cards Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastBefore she wiped her page on Tuesday, TikTok user hann.brooke95 hadn’t been shy about sharing even the most mundane details of her life with her 19,400 followers.She posted TikToks of herself cooking while breastfeeding, the can of beans she was using for nachos and even the painstaking process of transferring her license as a pharmacy tech from Florida to… Source link

By Diane Bartz, Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out steps to reform a key internet law on Wednesday, saying that companies should have immunity from liability only if they follow best practices for removing damaging material from their platforms. In testimony prepared for a joint hearing before two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees on Thursday, Zuckerberg acknowledged the calls from lawmakers for changes to a law called Section 230 of the… Source link

By Diane Bartz, Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out steps to reform a key internet law on Wednesday, saying that companies should have immunity from liability only if they follow best practices for removing damaging material from their platforms. In testimony prepared for a joint hearing before two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees on Thursday, Zuckerberg acknowledged the calls from lawmakers for changes to a law called Section 230 of the… Source link