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A group of state attorneys general plan to accuse Google of illegally abusing its monopoly over the technology that delivers ads online, the attorney general of Texas said on Wednesday, adding to the company’s legal troubles with a case that strikes at the heart of its business. The lawsuit is expected to be the first by regulators in the United States to focus on the tools that connect buyers of advertising space with publishers who sell it. Advertisements generate the vast majority of the… Source link

Update: It looks like various services are starting to come back again, but with some glitches (such as the address bar in Gmail not working correctly). We’ve contacted Google for a statement about what happened. In all, it looks like a huge range of Google services were down for about an hour today. That hour that crossed into business operation times in multiple markets, leading to a slight drop in pre-market trading for parent company Alphabet. It’s also an alarming reminder of… Source link

MLB umpire Brian O’Nora was one of 14 arrested by an Ohio human trafficking task force. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images) Brian O’Nora, an MLB umpire since 1999, was arrested over the weekend as part of a sex-sting operation in Ohio, a story first reported by TMZ Sports and verified by NJ Advance Media. O’Nora was one of 14 men arrested by a human trafficking task force in Liberty Township after allegedly soliciting a prostitute online. When reached by NJ Advance Media, a… Source link

TipRanks Goldman Sachs: These 3 Stocks Could Spike Over 40% Expectations of good news on the near horizon are buoying markets right now. Over the past month, both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are up 11% to new record highs.Investors are excited at the prospect of a COVID vaccine coming before the winter is out. And the electoral results, that Democrat Joe Biden will ascend to the Presidency while the Republicans will emerge strengthened in Congress, promise the avoidance of extremes typical of… Source link

You can stop Google from tracking your computer by going to your Google Account page and turning off Web & App Activity and Location Services. Google tracks your activity and location on any device when you’re signed into Google. If you force Google to stop tracking you, you’ll lose Google’s ability to personalize its services based on your web behavior and location. While it may be cliché to say that Google knows everything about you, there’s also a lot of truth to that statement…. Source link

Baltimore center Matt Skura struggled in the Ravens’ 23-17 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday night. Skura sent a few errant snaps to Lamar Jackson and running back Mark Ingram in the loss, which marked the second straight week he has had issues delivering the ball. He took to Instagram to apologize to fans for the troubles Monday, but made one thing extremely clear: Leave his family alone. Ravens center Matt Skura’s wife got threatening direct messages on social media after his… Source link

Bloomberg Asian Borrowers Close In on Record for Dollar Bond Issuance (Bloomberg) — Borrowers from Asia are ramping up dollar debt sales again and are on the cusp of exceeding the full-year record for issuance.Issuers from Asia ex-Japan have sold over $323 billion of notes in the U.S. currency so far this year, compared with $326 billion for all of 2019 — the current all-time high, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Chinese borrowers led the charge last week following an initial lull… Source link

Former news anchor Megyn Kelly is doubling down on President Donald Trump and his backers, continuing her unlikely reconciliation with a man who once had her on his enemies list. Kelly is taking on all comers on Twitter, including some celebrities, regarding the election fallout. She’s mostly defending Trump’s supporters, who she claims have been demonized by the left. Although the Kelly tone toward President Trump softened over the years, with Kelly a big supporter of Trump’s recent… Source link

PARDON ME, but I’m about to brag. I recently scored a monumental deal: a pristine, moss-green 1989 Comme des Garçons Homme Plus wool coat that I bought for only $160.38. Similar styles can run nearly four figures, so how did I nab mine so cheaply? I used From Japan, a shopping middleman—or proxy service—that lets an international deal-seeker like me shop from sites that don’t ship to his or her country. From Japan helped me “proxy” the coat off a secondhand site called… Source link

Bloomberg Nobody Wants Pesos: Argentine Currency Meltdown Upends Business (Bloomberg) — Argentina’s battle to control its currency is upending South America’s second-largest economy, wreaking havoc on everything from household finances to the production and sale of common goods.Measures including taxes on greenback purchases and demands that some companies restructure their dollar-denominated debts have misfired, propelling the gap between the official and the black market exchange rates… Source link