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Yandex and TCS Group Holding, the parent company of Russia’s top online bank Tinkoff, have terminated talks on Yandex’s proposed $5.48B deal to buy Tinkoff (Reuters)

Reuters: Yandex and TCS Group Holding, the parent company of Russia’s top online bank Tinkoff, have terminated talks on Yandex’s proposed $5.48B deal to buy Tinkoff  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Plans for Russia’s biggest corporate deal of 2020 collapsed on Friday after talks over a $5.48 billion cash … Source link

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How fantasy football exploded online and kept Yahoo relevant

In , Mashable explores online life through 2007 — back before social media and the smartphone changed everything. When’s the last time you used Yahoo for…anything at all? Your answer might just depend on a simple question: Do you play fantasy football? That’s because even as Yahoo has faded toward internet obscurity, it remains an absolute powerhouse in fantasy sports.  Years ago, in the early-to-mid 2000s, fantasy football boomed in participation for a single reason: the internet…. Source link

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Yandex and TCS Group terminate takeover talks for online bank Tinkoff – Latest News

Plans for Russia’s biggest corporate deal of 2020 fell apart on Friday as talks over a $5.48 billion cash-and-shares sale of online bank Tinkoff to internet giant Yandex were terminated after failure to agree transaction terms. The potential deal – which would have provided competition for Sberbank in the technology and banking sectors – stalled less than four weeks after it was announced by Tinkoff parent TCS Group Holding. TCS founder Oleg Tinkov claimed responsibility for halting the… Source link

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Russian online bank Tinkoff pulls out of $5.5bn Yandex sale

Tinkoff, Russia’s leading online bank, has pulled out of a $5.5bn sale to search giant Yandex that would have represented a major shake-up to the country’s tech and finance industries. Yandex said on Friday that “it has not been able to agree definitive transaction terms with the core shareholders of Tinkoff” and that the parties had decided to conclude the negotiations. The collapse ends a year and a half of talks over what would have been a substantial tie-up at a… Source link

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Russia’s Yandex and TCS terminate takeover talks for online bank Tinkoff

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company’s headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – Discussions over a $5.48 billion cash-and-shares sale of online bank Tinkoff to Russian internet giant Yandex have been terminated after they failed to agree transaction terms. Tinkoff’s parent company TCS Group Holding said on Friday that it had agreed with Yandex not to proceed with the transaction but… Source link

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How to use the noise cancellation feature in Google Meet for your online meetings

Background noise during an ongoing meeting can be quite distracting at times and to tackle this problem Google has recently rolled out the noise cancellation feature to Google Meet for G Suite Enterprise, G Suite Enterprise for Education, and G Suite Enterprise Essentials accounts. As of now, the feature is currently available on web-only and is expected to make its way to mobile app version soon. The noise cancellation feature on Google Meet uses Artificial Intelligence to remove… Source link

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Google to provide free online workshop for Nevada small businesses

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Google is co-hosting an online workshop for Nevada’s small business owners. The tech giant has partnered with Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, the Nevada Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and the Connected Commerce Council for Nevada to host the event. The workshop, designed to help small businesses with online tools for times of uncertainty, is part of the tech company’s ‘Grow with Google’ initiative. Some topics… Source link

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Walmart partners with Yahoo Mail for online grocery program

Walmart Inc. WMT, -0.20% and Yahoo Mail have partnered for an online grocery program that will allow customers to fill their Walmart shopping cart directly from their email. “Groceries from Walmart” is available now on the Yahoo Mail iOS app and website, and will be available on Android later this year. Yahoo Mail is owned by Verizon Media VZ, -0.76%. “Because of the unprecedented coronavirus challenge, online grocery shopping is now… Source link

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Google Meet adds new zoombombing protections for online classes

Google is turning on new security features in its Google Meet video chat service for meetings held by education subscribers, the company has announced. The changes, which are due to go into effect over the next 15 days, will mean that anonymous users won’t be able to join meetings organized by G Suite for Education or G Suite Enterprise for Education subscribers. An anonymous user is anyone not signed into a Google account, the company says. The new features appear to be designed to… Source link

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