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Agents threaten boycott over combine bubble rules

The NFL scouting combine is scheduled to begin on March 1, but whether or not the 2022 NFL draft’s top players participate is apparently a question mark at this point. Due to discontent over the NFL’s bubble rules at the combine, agents representing more than 150 of the draft’s prospects are organizing a boycott of all testing, on-field workouts and interviews at Lucas Oil Stadium, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The players’ main priority is reportedly the NFL softening its… Source link

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Stablecoins need ‘clear, consistent’ rules as crypto booms: Treasury official

A top Treasury official on Tuesday is expected to make the case to Congress that there are gaps in the framework for stablecoins, should they become widely used by households and businesses. As lawmakers and the White House weigh oversight of the booming cryptocurrency sector, regulators and policymakers need to monitor stablecoins closely, according to Nellie Liang, Undersecretary for Domestic Finance. Liang is testifying before the House Financial Services Committee as the sole witness on… Source link

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Why Bitcoin accounting rules make it better to invest in ‘a stack of comic books’

Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD) arrival into the mainstream has seen companies like Microstrategy (MSTR), Block (SQ) and Tesla (TSLA) add the digital coin to their balance sheets — and spawned a new class of investors drawing all or part of their salaries in cryptocurrency. But with Bitcoin slumping by nearly half since hitting a November high under $69,000 in the midst of crypto’s grim winter, the strategy is not without risk — especially for companies bound by strict corporate accounting rules that… Source link

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Google cannot escape location privacy lawsuit in Arizona, judge rules

Jan 25 (Reuters) – Allegations that Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google deceived users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings should be weighed by a jury, an Arizona judge ruled on Tuesday, refusing to toss out a lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney general. Google had sought summary judgment to get the case against it thrown out at an early stage. It had argued that the state had failed to show that its consumer fraud law could apply and noted that the company’s disclosures about… Source link

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Even Andy Reid wants league to look at OT rules

Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs benefited from the NFL’s overtime rules on Sunday night. He still thinks the rules should be adjusted. The Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills in a thrilling overtime battle on Sunday night, one that will likely go down as one of the best games ever played in the history of the NFL. Kansas City, though, ended the divisional round playoff game in overtime after winning the coin toss and scoring right away — something that many have deemed unfair. “I had a… Source link

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Overtime rules are fine, even after Bills-Chiefs

In the wake of arguably the most thrilling divisional-round playoff game in NFL history, social media was filled with fans advocating for another change to league overtime rules. On Monday morning it was more of the same, with fellow sports media folk I respect — including my Georgia peach of a colleague, Jay Busbee — posting links to stories they’d written declaring it was time for more tweaks. As much as I respect all of them, they are wrong. The NFL overtime rules, as they are, work just… Source link

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Google executive cautions Canada against adopting ‘extreme’ new internet rules

Google senior vice-president and general counsel Kent Walker appears before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 1, 2017.Aaron Bernstein/Reuters A senior Google executive is urging Canadian lawmakers not to go too far as they prepare to debate a wave of government bills aimed at imposing new rules on web giants. In a recent interview with The Globe and Mail’s editorial board, Google’s president of global affairs and chief legal officer, Kent Walker, said… Source link

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Google can’t cloak documents showing an ‘antiunion campaign,’ NLRB judge rules

A judge appointed by the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Google must turn over some 180 documents related to an internal campaign to fight union organizing efforts by employees. Dubbed Project Vivian, a Google attorney described the ongoing effort between 2018 and 2020 as a way to “engage employees more positively and convince them that unions suck,” according to one of the documents. The documents are part of a case the NLRB brought against Google in December 2020,… Source link

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Google in last-ditch lobbying attempt to influence incoming EU tech rules

Google is making a last-ditch effort to change the EU’s incoming laws on Big Tech with a flurry of advertising, emails and targeted social media posts aimed at politicians and officials in Brussels. As EU policymakers put the finishing touches to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), executives at Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley are stepping up their efforts to water down parts of the legislation that they fear may have a severe impact on their business. “Top executives in… Source link

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