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Bloomberg Fight Between Commodities Giants and Shippers Leaves Seafarers Stuck (Bloomberg) — A standoff between commodities giants and shipping companies is prolonging the labor crisis at sea, with an estimated 200,000 seafarers still stuck on their vessels beyond the expiration of their contracts and past the requirements of globally accepted safety standards. In an effort to keep deliveries of food, fuel and other raw materials on schedule, some of the big commodities firms are avoiding… Source link

Yahoo, which last year started working with Walmart to allow customers to shop within Yahoo Mail, is delving even further into ecommerce.  The Verizon Media brand will launch an online marketplace called Yahoo Shops, later this year, according to Yahoo Life. Shoppers can buy products directly via reviews, editorial roundups … Source link

What you need to know: Yahoo Shops will be the first digital media marketplace to feature native commerce capabilities and launch with a commitment to diversity, pledging at least 15% of merchants will be Black-owned businesses Shoppable video, personalized features, and XR tools will be hallmarks of Yahoo Shops With the scale of Verizon Media’s audience and advertising platforms, Yahoo Shops offers brands a seamless connection to consumers, from discovery to transaction NEW YORK, NY – Today,… Source link

Bloomberg Deliveroo Kicks Off $2.5 Billion IPO, U.K.’s Largest in 2021 (Bloomberg) — Food-delivery startup Deliveroo Holdings Plc started taking investor orders in a share sale of as much as 1.77 billion pounds ($2.45 billion), marking the largest initial public offering in the U.K. since September.Deliveroo is selling shares at 3.90 pounds to 4.60 pounds apiece, according to a statement Monday, valuing the company at 7.6 billion pounds to 8.8 billion pounds.The offering is the biggest… Source link

Yahoo is delving deeper into e-commerce, but don’t expect a mirror image of The New York Times’ Wirecutter or New York Magazine’s The Strategist. While Yahoo already has affiliate links in much of its content, which guides customers to the likes of Amazon and Walmart to complete a sale, its new venture Yahoo Shops, set to launch later this year, will be its own marketplace managing the entire purchase journey from beginning to end. “It will be the first digital media marketplace… Source link

Tiffany’s run of perfection is over. Jason Preston and the Ohio Bobcats ended Tiffany’s streak of getting every game right on her bracket Saturday night when No. 13 Ohio beat No. 4 Virginia in the first round of the West region. Tiffany was the last Yahoo user who had gotten every game right on her bracket. She correctly picked Oral Roberts’ upset of Ohio State, North Texas’ upset of Purdue and Syracuse’s win over San Diego State. And she had Oregon over VCU in a game called off because of… Source link

USC’s win over Drake on Saturday afternoon left us three-fourths of the way through the first round of the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. And it left Yahoo Tourney Pick ‘Em with one perfect bracket remaining. A Yahoo user named “Tiffany,” with a bracket entitled “TCC,” is 24-for-24 entering Saturday night. Another user named “Eli” fell by the wayside with Drake’s loss. Tiffany’s perfect bracket Oral Roberts’ upset of second-seeded Ohio State on Friday left 99.7% of Yahoo brackets broken…. Source link

USC’s win over Drake on Saturday afternoon left us three-fourths of the way through the first round of the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. And it left Yahoo Tourney Pick ‘Em with one perfect bracket remaining. A Yahoo user named “Tiffany,” with a bracket entitled “TCC,” is 24-for-24 entering Saturday night. Another user named “Eli” fell by the wayside with Drake’s loss. Tiffany’s perfect bracket Oral Roberts’ upset of second-seeded Ohio State on Friday left 99.7% of Yahoo brackets broken…. Source link

Bloomberg Contentious Hunt for Covid’s Origin Points to China Animal Trade (Bloomberg) — Scientists tracing the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic believe they’ve identified a possible transmission source: China’s thriving wildlife trade.The highly anticipated findings from experts convened by the World Health Organization and the Chinese government are expected to show parallels to the spawning in 2002 of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, a bat-borne coronavirus spread by… Source link

National Review Current Cuomo Aide Is Eighth Woman to Allege Harassment An eighth woman has come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against New York governor Andrew Cuomo, in an interview with the New York Times published on Friday. Alyssa McGrath, an executive assistant in the governor’s office, said that Cuomo repeatedly made suggestive remarks about her looks and body, and in one instance “blatantly” stared down her shirt. McGrath also said she spoke with an unidentified… Source link