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How Google Cloud has been helping states with their COVID-19 vaccinations

On Monday, Google Cloud revealed the role it had played in five states’ mass vaccination initiatives and announced that it would be working with more in the months to come.   According to a blog post by Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, Arizona, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon and Virginia have partnered with the company to support their vaccination efforts at scale. Mike Daniels, VP of global public sector at Google Cloud, told Healthcare IT News the company’s efforts are “designed to… Source link

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Ohio State’s upset vaporizes perfect brackets

Oral Roberts’ stunning upset of No. 2 Ohio State didn’t just break Buckeye hearts, it broke 98 percent of the brackets in Yahoo Sports’ pick-’em tourney. A full 98 percent of brackets had Ohio State at least advancing to the second round. When Oral Roberts triumphed 75-72 in overtime, it vaporized brackets everywhere. Oregon State dealt another blow to the pristine nature of America’s brackets. Only about 19 percent of Yahoo’s players picked the 12th-seeded Beavers to upset fifth-seeded… Source link

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Several U.S. States join Texas lawsuit against Google

FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alaska, Florida, Montana, Nevada, and Puerto Rico have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Google, which accuse it of breaking antitrust law to boost its already dominant online advertising business, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. The lawsuit was one of five filed last year by the federal… Source link

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Several U.S. states join Texas lawsuit against Google

FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alaska, Florida, Montana, Nevada, and Puerto Rico have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Google, which accuse it of breaking antitrust law to boost its already dominant online advertising business, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday. The lawsuit was one of five filed last year by the federal… Source link

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More U.S. states join Texas-led antitrust lawsuit against Google

By Diane Bartz, Paresh Dave WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four more states have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Alphabet Inc’s Google that accuses it of breaking antitrust laws to boost its already dominant advertising business, the Texas attorney general said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake Joining the lawsuit filed in December are Alaska, Florida,… Source link

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More U.S. states join Texas-led antitrust lawsuit against Google

By Diane Bartz, Paresh Dave WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four more states have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Alphabet Inc’s Google that accuses it of breaking antitrust laws to boost its already dominant advertising business, the Texas attorney general said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake Joining the lawsuit filed in December are Alaska, Florida,… Source link

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More U.S. states join Texas-led antitrust lawsuit against Google

By Diane Bartz, Paresh Dave WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four more states have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Alphabet Inc’s Google that accuses it of breaking antitrust laws to boost its already dominant advertising business, the Texas attorney general said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake Joining the lawsuit filed in December are Alaska, Florida,… Source link

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State’s Covid-free streak ends after 55 days

NSW has recorded its first case of coronavirus in more than 50 days. The health department said on Sunday a quarantine hotel worker tested positive after working at two different Sydney hotels which host returned travellers. “The source of the new infection reported overnight is under investigation and urgent genome sequencing is underway,” NSW Health said. “Testing of close contacts of the case is also urgently underway.” A person undergoes Covid testing at Bondi. Source: AAP It is the first… Source link

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Biden to direct states to make all adults eligble for vaccine by May 1

TipRanks Raymond James: These 3 Stocks Are Poised to Surge by at Least 50% In a recent note on the state of the stock markets, Raymond James equity strategist Tavis McCourt points out a series of policy factors that are playing a role in the current market volatility; the situation is more complex, perhaps, than most of us have been willing to admit. McCourt notes permutations of the SLR rule, political dynamics on the Senate Banking Committee, and the regulatory atmosphere towards potential… Source link

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States call on new Education Secretary to stop protecting student loan servicers

Eleven state financial regulators are calling on Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to rescind Trump-era regulations that they say are insulating student loan servicers from more oversight. The consumer protection agencies from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin are asking Cardona to reverse what they call “unnecessary and legally dubious” guidelines under former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos… Source link

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