Bloomberg Singapore Property Dynasty’s China Deal Is a Cautionary Tale (Bloomberg) — When Singapore’s richest property family invested in a Chinese real estate group, the deal was touted as “game-changing” for its expansion in Asia’s largest economy. Almost a year later, it has instead become a cautionary tale for firms looking to invest in Chinese developers.In a case of a dream turning into a burden, City Developments Ltd. last month revealed a S$1.78 billion ($1.3 billion)… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Joins Competitors In Testing Legal Limits With Super Bowl DFS Contest
TAMPA, FLORIDA – JANUARY 31: An aerial view of Raymond James Stadium ahead of Super Bowl LV on … [+] January 31, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Getty Images Earlier this week Yahoo announced that it will host a pay-to-play, daily fantasy sports contest entirely based on the Super Bowl—making Yahoo into just the latest daily fantasy sports operator to drop the historic view that DFS contests have to be based on multiple… Source link
Read More »How to slim down your inbox before Google implements data storage limits
This summer, the most used email program in the world is putting a limit on photo uploads. Now is the time to slim down your inbox to avoid paying for cloud storage. Starting June 1, 2021, Google will make photos count against the storage limits on Gmail. You’ll have to pay if you use more than 15 GB. Here’s some advice from AARP about how to trim down your Gmail inbox for free: Search for your most frequent emailers such as Google alerts and stores advertising the latest sales. Click “select… Source link
Read More »How to slim down your inbox before Google implements data storage limits
This summer, the most used email program in the world is putting a limit on photo uploads. Now is the time to slim down your inbox to avoid paying for cloud storage. Starting June 1, 2021, Google will make photos count against the storage limits on Gmail. You’ll have to pay if you use more than 15 GB. Here’s some advice from AARP about how to trim down your Gmail inbox for free: Search for your most frequent emailers such as Google alerts and stores advertising the latest sales. Click “select… Source link
Read More »Does Google Set Limits to Search Traffic?
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about throttling traffic to sites displayed in Google Discover. Many publishers have over the years suspected that Google puts a limit on how much traffic some sites receive. The question was about Google Discover, a feature in Android where Google will show sites of interest to users on a mobile phone. So, with Google Discover, if a person enjoys bicycling, Google may begin showing articles in the Google Discover feed about biking. Google Search… Source link
Read More »Disney will test the limits of ‘franchise fatigue’ in 2021 and 2022
In November 2019, just a few days after Disney+ launched, Netflix (NFLX) content chief (now co-CEO) Ted Sarandos, speaking at a Paley Center for Media event, said that Disney (DIS) is “bound by” its content universes, a reference mostly to Marvel and Star Wars. He continued: “I do think the risk of being bound in a few universes is that there sometimes may be a melting ice cube of interest over time.” That has been the most common knock on Disney for a few years now: that if Disney… Source link
Read More »High court blocks NY virus limits on houses of worship
WASHINGTON (AP) — With coronavirus cases surging again nationwide, the Supreme Court barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus. The justices split 5-4 late Wednesday night, with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the majority. It was the conservative’s first publicly discernible vote as a justice. The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The move was a shift for the… Source link
Read More »Yandex: This Everything App Will Face Limits in Vladimir Putin’s Russia
Clara Ferreira Marques is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering commodities and environmental, social and governance issues. Previously, she was an associate editor for Reuters Breakingviews, and editor and correspondent for Reuters in Singapore, India, the U.K., Italy and Russia. Read more opinion … Source link
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