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(Adds dropped country code) MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex on Wednesday reported a 43% drop in first-quarter adjusted net income compared with last year but raised its 2021 revenue forecast as the recovery in its core advertising business continued after an early pandemic hit. The advertising business was hurt during the early stages of COVID-19 but other segments such as food delivery and e-commerce boomed as people adapted to using online services when… Source link

(Adds detail, analyst comment) MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex on Wednesday reported a 43% drop in first-quarter adjusted net income compared with last year but raised its 2021 revenue forecast as the recovery in its core advertising business continued after an early pandemic hit. The advertising business was hurt during the early stages of COVID-19 but other segments such as food delivery and e-commerce boomed as people adapted to using online services when… Source link

TipRanks Buy These 2 New Stocks Before They Jump Over 60%, Says Goldman Sachs The S&P 500 is showing a 6-month gain of 24%. Stocks generally have been gainers as the coronavirus crisis recedes, economies reopen, and the Federal Reserve remains committed to low-rate regime. In this environment, it’s no wonder that many companies are considering going public through an IPO. The high-return environment we’re experiencing right now makes the IPO attractive as a way to not just raise capital… Source link

Bloomberg Reluctant Emerging Asia Could Delay Rate Hikes Until 2022 (Bloomberg) — Emerging Asia’s central banks are expected to opt for supporting their economic recoveries rather than tackling volatile price swings this year.All eight emerging Asian economies, including India and Indonesia, are seen holding benchmark interest rates steady through 2021, according to the median forecasts from Bloomberg surveys of economists.Higher real interest rates will allow some of Asia’s central banks… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Oil opened the week in robust form after a raft of economic data from China added to signs of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic just as the OPEC+ alliance presses on with output curbs to drain global inventories. West Texas Intermediate in New York gained 0.9%, while Brent also climbed. Figures from China for the first two months of the year showed a surge in industrial output, underscoring the strength of its V-shaped recovery and reinforcing expectations for increased… Source link

Bloomberg Why China Can’t End Its Romance With GDP Growth Target (Bloomberg) — In a battle between those who love or hate China’s economic growth target, a compromise appears to have emerged: a goal low enough to be more easily ignored.China’s leaders have an ambivalent relationship with the gross domestic product target they have set almost every year since the 1990s. It’s celebrated as the key to mobilizing millions of bureaucrats who compete for promotions by increasing growth… Source link

TipRanks 3 Monster Growth Stocks That Are Still Undervalued Let’s talk about growth. With corona receding, politics growing less exciting, and a new year ahead, investors are getting optimistic – and that means there’s a hunt for stocks that will bring in strong returns. In other words, growth stocks. In a recent interview, Jan Hatzius, chief economist at investment giant Goldman Sachs, said that he sees GDP growth in 2Q21 hitting as high as 10%. In an environment like that, most stocks… Source link

TipRanks 3 Stocks Trading at Rock-Bottom Prices; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ A new year, a new addition to the stock portfolio – what can make more sense than that? The right time to buy, of course, is when stocks are priced at the bottom. Buying low and selling high may be a bit hackneyed, but it’s true, and truth has staying power.But the markets are up. The NASDAQ rose 43% in 2020, and the S&P 500 showed a gain of 16%. With a market environment like that, finding stocks that are caught in… Source link

It’s not nearly on the same scale as Google’s outage earlier today, but it turns out that Microsoft’s Outlook email service has been having problems, too. Readers are reporting to us, and an update on Microsoft’s site status for its various Office services confirms, that some Outlook users may not be able to sign in and use their email on Outlook.com because of a glitch in its Active Directory infrastructure. It is not clear how many users are affected but it is definitely not… Source link

(Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. raised its profit and sales forecasts for the year, but the new outlook disappointed investors who hoped the digital marketplace would take greater advantage of the surge in consumer spending during the pandemic. Shares declined as much as 6% in extended trading. The market reaction suggested investors are worried the spending bump on EBay could be fleeting as economies reopen and people return to work. A drop in federal stimulus money, which could trigger a pullback… Source link