Tag Archives: Yahoo

Law360 (April 30, 2021, 2:38 PM EDT) — A Tiananmen Square protestor and Chinese political activist will have to try again on his claims that Yahoo Inc. helped the Chinese government track down and imprison him, after a California federal court found he failed to specify when the tech giant’s alleged misconduct occurred. In an order filed Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh dismissed with leave to amend the complaint brought by Ning XIanhua against Yahoo’s successor… Source link

Welcome to Round 20 of the NBA Yahoo Cup! This free, multi-round, single-entry contest runs every Friday for the rest of the NBA DFS season. Scoring is cumulative for the year-long points race, with your five lowest scores dropped. At the end of the season, a $50,000 prize pool is shared amongst the top 7,950 competitors, with a whopping $10,000 going to first. But even if this your first time playing in the competition, the top 15 finishers in tonight’s freeroll contest earn entry to the… Source link

US operator Verizon opened talks with private equity company Apollo Global Management regarding the possible sale of its media assets, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The operator is reportedly discussing the sale of Yahoo and AOL for $4 billion to $5 billion. It acquired AOL for $4.4 billion in 2015 and spent $4.8… Source link

Bloomberg Copper Extends Rally to Top $10,000 With All-Time High in Sight (Bloomberg) — Copper topped $10,000 a metric ton for the first time since 2011, nearing the all-time high set that year as rebounding economies stoke demand and mines struggle to keep up.Prices rose as much as 1.3% to $10,008 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, before slipping back to trade near unchanged. The metal hit a record $10,190 in February 2011.Copper has been among the best performers in a month where metals… Source link

Bloomberg China Reins In Tech Giants’ Finance Arms After Hobbling Ant (Bloomberg) — Chinese regulators imposed wide-ranging restrictions on the fast-growing financial divisions of 13 companies including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd., leveling many of the same curbs employed against Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co. in a crackdown on the tech sector.Units of JD.com Inc., Meituan and Didi Chuxing were also among firms summoned to a meeting with several watchdogs including the central bank,… Source link

With a loaded 2021 NFL draft class stockpiled with quarterbacks, plenty of teams are hoping their future will be brighter after this weekend. Which team will be the biggest surprise of the draft? Which player will be the biggest bust? Will there be drama surrounding a certain reigning NFL MVP? We’ll be following all the action live here on Yahoo Sports. No more guesses: 49ers draft Trey Lance at No. 3  When the San Francisco 49ers traded up to No. 3 last month, it was clear they were after… Source link

Many of the best fantasy managers advise to mostly ignore Spring Training. Besides keeping track of injuries and playing time battles, they suggest that getting into daily March box scores is a recipe for overreacting to small samples and generally missing the forest for the trees. But we continue to ignore that advice, and every year many players generate March buzz and shoot up draft boards. Are the experts right? Should we ignore Spring Training hype? Or does our modern access to… Source link

Enlarge / Yahoo logo at the 2014 International CES conference in Las Vegas. Getty Images | Ethan Miller Verizon is reportedly ready to give up on Yahoo and AOL after spending a combined $9 billion on the once-dominant Internet brands that fell from prominence years before Verizon bought them. “Verizon is exploring a sale of assets including Yahoo and AOL, as the telecommunications giant looks to exit an expensive and unsuccessful bet on… Source link

Danielle Ray  |  Special to The Landmark STERLING — Young Adults Helping Out Others, otherwise known as Y.A.H.O.O., celebrates 20 years of helping senior community members this month. Kevin Beaupre and his late wife, Lisa, started Y.A.H.O.O in April 2001 after being inspired by their son with the mission to help seniors in Sterling with yard work in the spring and fall. Two decades later, the organization is still thriving and has helped hundreds of seniors. Adult mentors Karen and Stuart… Source link

(Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Less than a decade after it entered the media business through its acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo, Verizon VZ Communications reportedly may be preparing to exit the sector, According to The Wall Street Journal, Verizon is “exploring” whether to unload its media properties, which could fetch a price of $4 billion to $5 billion. According to the… Source link