(Corrects to remove extraneous text in headline) * Energy, bank stocks lead market declines * All eyes on Fed’s policy meeting later this week * Major airlines gain as U.S. relaxes travel rules * Indexes down: Dow 1.92%, S&P 2.04%, Nasdaq 2.53% By Devik Jain Sept 20 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes tumbled on Monday, as concerns about the pace of a global recovery spurred a selloff across sectors at the start of a week in which the Federal Reserve will decide on potentially tapering its… Source link
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(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Energy, bank stocks lead market declines * All eyes on Fed’s policy meeting later this week * Indexes down: Dow 1.34%, S&P 1.35%, Nasdaq 1.63% (Updates to open; changes quote) By Devik Jain Sept 20 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes tumbled on Monday, as concerns about the pace of a global recovery hit economy-linked stocks at the start of a week in… Source link
Read More »Putin Turns Up Heat On Russia’s Top Search Engine After Ban On Political ‘Smart Voting’ Search Results
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh TASS via Getty Images Billionaire Arkady Volozh, founder and CEO of Russian search engine Yandex, plans to challenge a ruling last week from an arbitration court in Moscow, which bans Yandex from showing results for the term “Smart Voting,” following a complaint from the Russian Federation. The term in question–Smart Voting–is part of an effort by the Russian opposition that has formed around the… Source link
Read More »Fear and Greed Index Turns to Greed as Bitcoin Hits Two Month High
BeInCrypto – The fear and greed index has been updated to “greed” as bitcoin hits $42,600. Bitcoin has seen a resurgence in price following twelve consecutive days of bullish momentum. Bitcoin has seen twelve days of green for the first time since February as it headed towards its previous all-time high. However, following a dramatic decline to $29,000 in July, bitcoin has managed to climb nearly 45% in less than two weeks. Currently priced at $41,600 on Sunday, the fear and greed… Source link
Read More »Ohio turns Bitcoin green with nuclear energy deal
Ohio has launched itself headlong into reducing Bitcoin’s carbon footprint after signing a five-year deal with Bitcoin mining company Standard Power to provide a nuclear-powered mining centre. The operation will be live from December 2021 and will produce so-called ‘green Bitcoins’. Ohio has successfully bid to host the state-of-the-art facility in Coshocton in an effort to boost the number of tech jobs in the region. Energy Harbor Corp is an independent power producer, fully integrated… Source link
Read More »Gwen Berry turns from flag as anthem plays
Gwen Berry is still protesting injustice during the national anthem. (Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski). The penultimate day of the U.S. Olympic trials in track and field saw quite the coincidence. Or not, as Gwen Berry believes. The American hammer thrower qualified for her second Olympics on Saturday with a throw of 241 feet and 2 inches, finishing third in the event behind DeAnna Price and Brooke Andersen. All three will head to Tokyo, but the intrigue began when the trio took the podium for their… Source link
Read More »Trump turns on his own party and labels Republicans who don’t want to talk about Arizona ‘weak and stupid’
Donald Trump is still a big name in Republican politics (AP) Former President Donald Trump has labelled Republicans who do not want to discuss Arizona vote recount as ‘weak and stupid’ in an interview. Speaking on One America News Network, Mr Trump said to anchor Chanel Rion about the vote recount in the state the GOP lost for the first time in 20 years in 2020. It is a significant event in the ‘Stop the Steal’, a campaign based on the unverified claims that the last election contained… Source link
Read More »Stocks trade mixed as tech shares drop, Nasdaq turns negative
undefined Stocks traded mixed on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow looking to kick off May on a high note while the Nasdaq declined. The S&P 500 added about 0.4%, while the Dow jumped by 0.9%. On Friday, the S&P 500 ended ended lower, but still closed out its best month since November with a monthly advance of more than 5%. In April, the communication services and consumer discretionary sectors led gains in the S&P 500, returning to a leadership position after lagging earlier in 2021 amid a… Source link
Read More »Google Search turns Pac-Man and Hello Kitty into interactive AR objects
GlobeNewswire Vaccines Market Size, Industry Trends Analysis, Growth, Revenue, Demand and Share by Company, Development Strategy, Historical Analysis and COVID-19 Impact Analysis by 2028 BOGOTÁ, Columbia, April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new business intelligence report released by Data Bridge Market Research with title “Global Vaccine Market Size, Share, Growth, Industry Trends Analysis and Forecast 2028 with Opportunities and Strategies to Boost Growth- COVID-19 Impact and Recovery”… Source link
Read More »Google Search turns Pac-Man and Hello Kitty into interactive AR objects
Google is putting a bunch of iconic Japanese characters in Search as augmented reality objects you can interact with. The tech giant is giving you the chance to bring 14 familiar characters from anime, video games and TV shows into your environment, including Pac-Man and Hello Kitty. Apparently, Pac-Man remains the most-searched animated icon on Google, especially (for some reason) in Peru. Its worldwide search interest more than doubles the second-most searched character, Hello Kitty. Aside… Source link
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