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Jock MKT, the Stock Market App for Sports, Raises $10 Million By Andrew Cohen May 19, 2021 Jock MKT, a fantasy sports app that lets users buy and sell shares of athletes, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The funding will be used to expand Jock MKT’s mobile app into 44 U.S. states and Canada.  New York-based Left Lane Capital led the round alongside participation from sports technology investment firm Will Ventures and Ryan Moore, a founding investor and board… Source link

Jock MKT, the Stock Market App for Sports, Raises $10 Million By Andrew Cohen May 19, 2021 Jock MKT, a fantasy sports app that lets users buy and sell shares of athletes, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The funding will be used to expand Jock MKT’s mobile app into 44 U.S. states and Canada.  New York-based Left Lane Capital led the round alongside participation from sports technology investment firm Will Ventures and Ryan Moore, a founding investor and board… Source link

Bloomberg China Puts Australia on Notice With Push to Diversify Iron Ore (Bloomberg) — Beijing threw the spotlight on trade tensions with its top commodities supplier, Australia, after the government’s economic planning agency said it’s looking to diversify China’s supply of iron ore.Chinese firms should boost domestic exploration for the steel-making input, widen their sources of imports, and explore overseas ore resources, the National Development and Reform Commission said at its… Source link

Globe Newswire Arrival selects HERE SDK for its Electric Vehicles Arrival selects HERE SDK for its Electric Vehicles HERE Technologies to power Arrival’s in-vehicle navigation solution HERE Technologies to power Arrival’s in-vehicle navigation solutionHERE SDK to calculate routes and schedules and run shared mobility solutions May 19, 2021 London and Amsterdam – Arrival, the company reinventing the automotive industry with its entirely new approach to the design and assembly of electric… Source link

Bloomberg Central Banks Snuff Out Classic Rate Bets as Commodities Surge (Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.The surge in commodities prices is failing to trigger some of the traditional responses in bonds and currencies.Unlike recent commodities rallies in 2008 and 2011, yields on Treasuries and currencies of major exporters like Australia have barely budged. Likewise, the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of… Source link

Special to Yahoo Sports Yahoo recently launched their fantasy football best ball leagues, a format that requires no in-season management — no waiver wire, no trades, no setting lineups. Instead, your highest-scoring players are optimized to form your starting lineup. Leagues are decided by cumulative season points rather than head-to-head matchups. [Join a Yahoo Fantasy Best Ball league this football season] Yahoo Best Ball League Settings Yahoo best ball leagues are half-PPR, 17-man rosters… Source link

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky sat down with Yahoo Finance’s Anjalee Khemlani to discuss the CDC’s latest mask guidance, her thoughts on vaccine administration, and the U.S. responsibility to help other countries manage their own surges. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] ANJALEE KHEMLANI: What’s going on with regard to new mask rules that came out last week? And joining me now is CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Dr. Walensky, thank you so much for joining me today. ROCHELLE WALENSKY:… Source link

TOKYO — Yahoo Japan, owned by Z Holdings, has begun providing a free artificial intelligence technology to clients, including its rivals, that can assess instantly if comments posted in Japanese on online forums are appropriate. Three companies, including social media-based news website NewsPicks, have adopted the cutting-edge technology that analyzes within a second comments that are posted online. The technology can also be applied by companies to take action to delete inappropriate… Source link

TOKYO — Yahoo Japan has begun providing to clients, and even its rivals, a free service that uses artificial intelligence to determine if comments posted in Japanese on online forums are appropriate to its clients. The service will then allow the client companies to delete the posts or warn writers if they are deemed to be defamatory. Three companies, including social media-based news website NewsPicks, are the first since Yahoo launched the service in September to adopt the… Source link

The Wrap ‘Naked and Afraid of Love’ Among 3 Dating Series Ordered by Discovery (Exclusive) Discovery Channel is entering the dating game with series orders for three shows that blend romance with nature, entertainment and adventure, including “Naked and Afraid of Love,” “Mating Season” and “Mountain Love,” TheWrap has learned exclusively. The trio of series will be available across Discovery, Inc. platforms later this year. Here’s the official description for “Naked and… Source link