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Apple tends not to be a first mover when it comes to new technologies, which often leads to the popular phenomenon of pundits declaring that the company “needs” to make such-and-such a product. But the real issue when it comes to Apple’s devices is that it often seems like the company dips its toe in the waters of a product category…then quickly pulls back as it feels the icy waters. Perhaps the best example in recent years is the HomePod. Smart speakers were a category that… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Russia will cut off the gas to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday in a major escalation in the standoff between Moscow and Europe over energy supplies and the war in Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg Moscow is making good on a threat to halt gas flows to countries that refuse President Vladimir Putin’s new demand to pay for the fuel in rubles. The European Union has rejected the move in principle but now payment deadlines are starting to fall due, governments across Europe need… Source link

In addition to the severe sanctions that Joe Biden has promised, the White House says it’s ready to deploy another economic weapon if Vladimir Putin goes ahead with his planned invasion of Ukraine. That weapon, the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), allows the Biden administration to ban foreign and domestic companies from exporting products like high-tech semiconductors to Russia. Many questions remain about how effective the rule would be at penalizing Russia. However, the U.S. has… Source link

Full stop, Jet.com founder and former Walmart U.S. e-commerce wizard Marc Lore is trying to shake up the world.  And that’s where Yahoo Finance found Lore on a recent Wednesday afternoon, somewhere between executing on big, bold new ideas (food delivery startup Wonder plus city of the future Telosa), mapping out a vision for basketball teams Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx (which he now partly owns with former baseball star Alex Rodriguez) and having a little fun on Twitter… Source link

Chinese visitors look at model residential apartment buildings at a house fair in Nanjing city, east Chinas Jiangsu province, 8 April 2008. Chinese government on October 22 stepped in to bolster the ailing real estate market by lowering transaction taxes, reducing down payments and lowering mortgage rates. But analysts said the measures may not hold back price corrections because the current prices have surged far out of reach of many buyers. The Ministry of Finance and the central bank… Source link

Zscaler founder and CEO Jay Chaudhry tells Yahoo Finance Live he has been able to hire one-third of his company’s 3,153 workers during the super competitive environment for talent this past year.   How is he doing it at the nearly $40 billion market cap cloud security company? The power of the mighty stock option. “It’s higher compensation than it was a year ago. But what attracts employees at Zscaler is also equity. We have done well as a company. Our stock has done well. So employees they… Source link

“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary has a message for corporate America: hiring dyslexics can pay dividends for your business. He should know. The hard charging, say-it-like-it-is business mogul has struggled with the learning disability since he was a child. In an emotional interview, O’Leary opened up to Yahoo Finance about overcoming his Dyslexia and why he views it as a “super power” that has helped him succeed in business. “It’s the out of the box thinkers that make companies… Source link