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2021 is looking uncomfortably like 2020. Poets&Quants has learned that Harvard Business School is going back to remote instruction for all first-year MBA students courses after a “steady rise in breakthrough infections” among students. The move is effective this week, September 27 to October 3. Some second-year courses also will be taught remotely this week, the school announced. “In recent days, we’ve seen a steady rise in breakthrough infections among our student population, despite… Source link

Dating app Tinder’s chief executive officer, Jim Lanzone, is leaving the company to take over the top job at Yahoo, the online media company said on Friday. Separately, Match Group, the parent of Tinder, named Renate Nyborg as CEO of the dating app to replace Lanzone. ALSO READ TECH NEWSLETTER OF THE DAY Our top story today is a round-up of some interesting and significant developments at Tata Digital — specifically, its new acquisitions BigBasket and 1mg. … Source link

Jim Lanzone, president and CEO of CBS Interactive, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Sept 10 (Reuters) – Dating app Tinder’s chief executive officer, Jim Lanzone, is leaving the company to take over the top job at Yahoo, the online media company said on Friday. Separately, Match Group, the parent of Tinder, named Renate Nyborg as CEO of the dating app to replace Lanzone. Reporting by Eva Mathews in… Source link

In a shocking turn of events, Jamie Spears has filed to end his pop star daughter’s controversial 13-year conservatorship, moving to resolve a polarizing legal battle that’s drawn massive public scrutiny.  In court filings late Tuesday, the elder Spears stated that Britney “is entitled to have this Court now seriously consider whether this conservatorship is no longer required.” The document read that Britney Spears’ circumstances have changed “to such an extent that grounds for… Source link

(Adds economic data, economists’ comments) By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider Aug 20 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said on Friday its annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will take place on Aug. 27 virtually and not in person as planned, the clearest sign yet of the impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant on the Fed’s plans. “While we are disappointed that health conditions will prevent us from being able to gather in person at the Jackson Lake Lodge this year… Source link

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A U.S. judicial panel on Tuesday said that Texas’ antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) would be moved to the Southern District of New York, where other similar cases would also be heard. Google had asked that the case, which was filed against it by Texas and other states, be combined with similar cases in U.S. District Court for Northern California. Texas opposed the move, and the request prompted federal legislation aimed at allowing state… Source link

SEOUL, South Korea, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — MVL Foundation Pte. Ltd has partnered with TZ APAC – a leading Asia-based public blockchain adoption entity for the Tezos ecosystem – to develop its data business with hybrid blockchain technology, utilizing both Hyperledger Fabric and the Tezos public blockchain. MVL Foundation operates TADA, the world’s first blockchain-based ride-hailing service, which has amassed 1 million users in Southeast Asia since its launch in 2018. MVL aims to… Source link

Indian commuters drives past an advertisement poster of Google in Bangalore on April 6, 2018. / … [+] AFP PHOTO / MANJUNATH KIRAN (Photo credit should read MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Estragon: “I can’t go on like this.” Vladimir: “That’s what you think.” – “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett Google’s recently-announced delay of the end of digital ad “cookies” until at least year-end 2023 still leaves much of the… Source link

(Bloomberg) — GameStop Corp. will join the FTSE Russell 1000 Index of large-capitalization stocks and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. will remain in the Russell 2000 after both companies saw billions of dollars added to their market values amid frenzied rallies this year. GameStop will be transferred into the Russell 1000 and out of the Russell 2000 as part of FTSE’s annual reconstitution, according to a list released by the global index provider on Friday. Due to the timing of a rally in… Source link

Surging inflation is creating a conundrum for the Federal Reserve, economist Nouriel Roubini cautioned on Wednesday, adding that spiking prices will persist and potentially tie the central bank’s hands. With demand soaring, the resulting supply and labor bottlenecks are lighting a fire under prices. Although the Fed insists the effects are “transitory,” Roubini — also known as “Dr. Doom” for his gloomy economic predictions — warned that the central bank won’t be able to tighten monetary… Source link