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‘Time to open up’: Melbourne lifts Covid restrictions

‘Time to open up’: Melbourne lifts Covid restrictions

An emotional Daniel Andrews has ended Melbourne’s lockdown, lifting several restrictions after the state recorded no new coronavirus cases for the first time in 139 days. The Victorian premier thanked the state’s people for staying the course as he announced Melbourne’s five million people will be able to return to pubs, cafes and restaurants alongside other social changes. It comes a day after Mr Andrews hit pause on a planned step forward on Melbourne’s road out of lockdown as he… Source link

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Baker Mayfield’s ugly outing isn’t time to panic for Browns

Baker Mayfield’s ugly outing isn’t time to panic for Browns

Amid a lopsided road loss to a respected AFC North rival on Sunday, the Cleveland Browns subjected their fans to a pair of brutal interceptions, a complete inability to get a defensive stop when needed and, yes, another Odell Beckham Jr. end-game tantrum. In other words, the Browns’ 38-7 loss to Pittsburgh felt a whole heck of a lot like any number of defeats from 2019.  Or 2018.  Or 2017.  And so on. Browns fans are used to melting down by now, given the horrific football they’ve been… Source link

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Andy Dalton time for Cowboys

Andy Dalton time for Cowboys

Week 6 is shaping up to be the first soul-crushing bye week on the schedule. The Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks are all on rest. That takes a lot of high-end fantasy talent off the board, forcing fantasy managers to turn to their bench for help. Here are my half-point PPR fantasy football rankings for Week 6. 1. Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals (at Dallas Cowboys) 2. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (at Buffalo Bills) 3. Josh Allen, Buffalo… Source link

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Google falls for the first time ever

Google falls for the first time ever

But Google’s ad sales were picking back up again by the end of the quarter, chief financial officer Ruth Porat said on a conference call. And growth at YouTube and Google’s cloud business continued to be relatively strong. Shares inched higher in extended trading. “We are cautiously encouraged by our results,” Porat said, adding that “it’s premature to say that we’re out of the woods.” Google’s giant advertising business had already begun to slow well before the pandemic…. Source link

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Google’s Advertising Haul Comes Up Short for First Time

Google’s Advertising Haul Comes Up Short for First Time

The global pandemic dealt a rare losing hand to Google’s venerable digital advertising operation, pushing quarterly revenue down compared with a year earlier for the first time in company history. The search-engine giant posted a $2.6 billion drop in advertising for the second-quarter from a year earlier, as some of Google’s biggest advertisers, including travel companies and consumer brands, cut back on spending in the face of economic uncertainty. … Source link

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Alphabet sales drop for first time on Google ad cutbacks in pandemic | News

Alphabet sales drop for first time on Google ad cutbacks in pandemic | News

Thursday, July 30, 2020 4:24 p.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters By Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil OAKLAND, Calif./BENGALURU (Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc’s quarterly sales fell for the first time in its 16 years as a public company, but the decline was less than expected as many advertisers stuck with the most popular online search engine during the pandemic. Shares of Alphabet fell 1.2% to $1,518.85 after it released the… Source link

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‘Campaign of Lies’: Carter Page Sues Yahoo! and Huffpost (Again) — This Time in Delaware State Court

‘Campaign of Lies’: Carter Page Sues Yahoo! and Huffpost (Again) — This Time in Delaware State Court

Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump, on Monday filed a new lawsuit against Oath, Inc., the corporate parent of Yahoo! News and the Huffington Post.  The suit, filed in Delaware, names the same defendants and makes similar claims to a suit Page filed in federal court in New York in 2017.  The New York case was dismissed because the claims failed as a matter of law, a federal judge wrote. The new lawsuit alleges defamation and… Source link

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