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Cruise, GM partner with Microsoft to commercialize self-driving vehicles

TipRanks 2 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 10%; Here’s What You Need to Know Stock markets are up and holding near record high levels, a condition that would usually make life difficult for dividend investors. High market values normally lead to lower dividend yields – but even in today’s climate, it’s still possible to find a high-yielding dividend payer. You need to look carefully, however. The market story of the past year has been unusual, to say the least. Last winter saw… Source link

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Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle Join Hands To Develop COVID-19 Vaccine Passports

TipRanks Raymond James: 2 Big 7% Dividend Stocks to Buy Now Watching the markets with an eye to the main chance, Raymond James strategist Tavis McCourt sees both risk and opportunity in current market conditions. The opportunity, in his opinion, stems from the obvious factors: the Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats in the recent runoff vote, giving the incoming Biden Administration majority support in both Houses of Congress – and increasing the odds of meaningful fiscal support getting… Source link

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Google and Microsoft chat accessibility in tech – Yahoo Finance Australia

The Telegraph Jose Mourinho: Stop moaning about having to play at short notice – do you want to finish the season or not? Jose Mourinho has claimed Fulham will owe Tottenham Hotspur an apology if Scott Parker fields a full-strength team on Wednesday night while dismissing the complaints of the west London club over the rearranged fixture. Parker described the Premier League’s decision to rearrange their game against Spurs at 48 hours’ notice as “scandalous” because Aston Villa could not… Source link

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Biden Inaugural Committee donors include Google, Microsoft, Boeing

Signage outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., is shown. | Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo The Biden Inaugural Committee on Saturday released its list of donors, which included Google, Microsoft, Boeing and several other major corporations. The list contains all contributors who donated more than $200 to President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration ceremony and related activities. The committee did not disclose the amount of any of the contributions, but it will have… Source link

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Zoom may launch an email service and calendar app to compete with Google and Microsoft

Videoconferencing platform Zoom has had a blockbuster year, with its stock price rising more than 500 percent due to the unprecedented surge in remote work brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. But now the company is looking to expand beyond workplace video chat and into new territories, specifically email and calendar services, according to a new report from The Information. The company is already working on the email product, which the report states will be a web email service Zoom… Source link

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How Google, Microsoft and others plan to work post-pandemic

But companies are taking different approaches to how their workforces will operate. Some are committing to an all-remote workforce, while others are taking a hybrid approach in which employees spend part of their time in the office and the rest working remotely. Here’s a look at what post-pandemic workforces will look like at some major companies: Google employees won’t return to the office until September, and they might not be there Monday through Friday. The tech giant will test a… Source link

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Microsoft and Google join Facebook’s legal fight against infamous spyware vendor

A group of high profile tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and VMWare have filed an amicus brief in support of Facebook’s legal action against NSO Group, Microsoft has announced. Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued the spyware vendor last year, alleging that its software was used to hack 1,400 devices via a vulnerability in the messaging service. Other companies listed on the filing include the Internet Association, and Microsoft subsidiaries GitHub and LinkedIn. In response to… Source link

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IBM buys Nordcloud as cloud wars with Google, AWS, Microsoft heat up

IBM’s logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON – IBM announced Monday that it has acquired Finnish cloud consulting services provider Nordcloud for an undisclosed sum as it looks to gain an advantage in the increasingly fierce cloud wars. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Nordcloud has a current turnover of around 50 million euros ($61 million) and over 450 employees, according to its LinkedIn page. Cloud… Source link

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