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Bitcoin Plunges Over 20% in Another Sign of Global Market Nerves

(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin plunged along with other cryptocurrencies on Saturday, in another indication of the risk aversion sweeping across financial markets. Most Read from Bloomberg The largest digital token fell as low as $42,296 before paring some of the tumble. It was trading at about $47,600 as of 1:50 p.m. in Singapore on Saturday, a drop of about 11%. Ether, the second-largest token, fell as much as 17.4% before trimming the retreat to about 10%. The overall crypto sector has shed around a… Source link

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Google employees sign manifesto opposing COVID vaccine mandate

Hundreds of Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto calling on the Big Tech giant to retract its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Google has asked its more than 150,000 US employees to report their vaccination status to the company by Dec. 3 whether they plan to work in the office or not, CNBC reported, citing internal company documents. And all Google employees who work either directly or indirectly with government contractors are required to be… Source link

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Several hundred Google employees sign manifesto against vaccination mandate

Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing the company’s vaccination mandate, posing the latest challenge for leadership as it approaches key deadlines for returning workers to offices in person. The Biden administration has ordered U.S. companies with 100 or more workers to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated or regularly tested for Covid-19 by Jan. 4. In response, Google has asked its more than 150,000 employees to upload their vaccination… Source link

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Google employees sign manifesto against widened vaccine mandate

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing the company’s vaccine mandate, posing the latest challenge for leadership as it approaches key deadlines for returning workers to offices in person. The Biden administration has ordered U.S. companies with 100 or more workers to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated or regularly tested for Covid-19 by Jan. 4. In response, Google has… Source link

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Rivian, Lucid stock price surge ‘a sign of an unhealthy stock market’: strategist

Some haywire moves higher in money-losing electric vehicle makers such as Rivian and Lucid hint at the stock market forming an unhealthy bubble, argues Matt Maley, Miller Tabak chief markets strategist.  “It’s just a sign of an unhealthy stock market,” Maley said on Yahoo Finance Live. That may be an understatement.  While Rivian’s stock price (RIVN) plunged 15% to close at $146.07 on Wednesday, shares at one point on Tuesday were more than double the company’s IPO pricing of $78 from last… Source link

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Home price growth in the US shows sign of slowing down

Home price growth in the U.S. may finally be slowing down. Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index posted a 19.8% annual gain in August, the same from July — remaining at an all-time high. The 20-City Composite posted a 19.7% annual gain, down from 20% a month earlier. The 20-City results were slightly down below analysts’ expectations of a 20% annual gain, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates. “In August 2021, the National… Source link

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Google soon won’t let you sign in on devices running Android 2.3.7 or older

If you still have a device running Android 2.3.7 (the final version of Gingerbread) or older, Google won’t let you sign in to your Google account on that device starting September 27th, according to a support document (via Liliputing). “As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our users safe, Google will no longer allow sign-in on Android devices that run Android 2.3.7 or lower starting September 27, 2021,” the company says. “If you sign into your device after September 27, you may… Source link

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Biden to sign executive order aimed at promoting competition across the economy

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday aimed at promoting competition across the U.S. economy — including measures that target big tech companies, aim to lower prices for consumers and call for greater scrutiny of mergers across industries.  “The heart of American capitalism is a simple idea: open and fair competition,” said Biden before signing the order. “Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism. It’s exploitation. Without healthy competition big players can… Source link

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Bitcoin Supply Held by ‘Whale Entities’ Hits Two-Month High in Bullish Sign

Reuters Pro-Trump social media app hacked on launch day as half million sign up A social media site launched on Sunday by Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, was briefly hacked, and more than 500,000 people have registered to use the site, Miller said. GETTR, a Twitter-style platform with posts and trending topics, has advertised itself on the Google and Apple app stores as “a non-bias social network for people all over the world.” A writer for Salon posted… Source link

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Pro-Trump social media app hacked on launch day as half million sign up

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A social media site launched on Sunday by Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, was briefly hacked, and more than 500,000 people have registered to use the site, Miller said. GETTR, a Twitter-style platform with posts and trending topics, has advertised itself on the Google and Apple app stores as “a non-bias social network for people all over the world.” “The problem was detected and sealed in a matter of minutes, and all the intruder was… Source link

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