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Bose announced today that it will begin selling direct-to-consumer SoundControl hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss on May 18th. Theyll cost $849.95 and will be sold directly by Bose in five states Massachusetts, Montana, North ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/11/22430485/bose-soundcontrol-hearing-aid-fda-cleared

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Segregated Witness was activated on the 24th of August, 2017, and the price of Bitcoin grew up to 49,75% following its activation. SegWit essentially prevented non-intentional transaction malleability and increased the block size limit by pulling signature data from Bitcoin transactions. On the 21st...

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Inflation fears have been top-of-mind for investors, but those fears could be quelled with the proper strategy. One idea is adding fixed income portfolio protection with the Invesco Ultra Short Duration ETF (GSY). The single most important question in investing this year is whether the ...

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Recently, Zach Shahan wrote an article about the number of fully electric vehicles now available on the USA market. Besides the dominance of Tesla in terms of sales of all those models, the non-performance of the other brands was a topic of the article. In the comments under the article, it was the ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/11/electric-vehicles-are-sales-constrained-in-the-usa/

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The number of bitcoin whales fell to 1,943 on Monday, a 13% drop from the record high of 2,237 on February 7.

Humpback whales breached in unison off the coast of Sydney, Australia
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The number of bitcoin whales fell to a five and a half...

https://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-whales-fell-to-5-month-low-monday-btc-cryptocurrency-2021-5

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"His Womanizing Was Well Known": Flood-'Gates' Open As Biographer Details Microsoft Founder's Salacious Past

Before Bill Gates was known as an elitist nerd masquerading as a leading vaccine expert, the Microsoft co-founder was a hard-partying womanizer who recruited local strippers to attend naked...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/his-womanizing-was-well-known-flood-gates-open-biographer-details-microsoft-founders

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Deposits are customers' money and not govt assets, hence can't be attached: Lenders...

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The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is holding a hearing this week to contest the results of the Amazon union election. Organizers say the retail giant interrogated employees, spread anti-union propaganda, and held captive audience meetings.
These tactics might seem dirty, but ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/11/22429481/pro-act-amazon-union-tech-industry-joe-biden-labor-policy

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After taking 2020 off due to the pandemic, followed by no small amount of suspense about what would be possible for 2021, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced a summer schedule for the Hollywood Bowl that represents a robust if slightly scaled-down near-return to normal. More than ...

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/hollywood-bowl-summer-season-philharmonic-announce-1234970479/

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As the cable news behemoth looks out to a news landscape with ---a more positive environment,--- the hope is that there will be areas that are more contextually relevant and desirable for brands...

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The summer release slate is a hodgepodge of was supposed to be in 2020 and didnt have to vacate 2021 titles, most of them smaller in scale and not aiming for blow-out status.The summer release slate is a hodgepodge of was supposed to be in 2020 and didnt have to vacate 2021 titles, most of them ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2021/05/11/box-office-the-blockbusters-and-question-marks-of-summer-2021/

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Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP) the ambitious smart home partnership that will see Apple, Apple, Google, Samsung, the Zigbee Alliance, and dozens of other companies work together on an open standard has gotten a new name: Matter.
The rebranding comes ahead of the first Matter certifications, ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/11/22430666/matter-project-chip-smart-home-partnership-apple-amazon-google-zigbee

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Several fundamental factors suggest that the ongoing tech industry sell-off is temporary. You can use this opportunity to buy these two amazing tech stocks cheap.
The post Top 2 TSX Stocks Im Buying on a Dip Amid the May Tech Sell-Off appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

The ongoing sell-off ...

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The 90s were, in a way, a golden era for fashion. Various slip dresses, jeans, and grunge styles reigned supreme. Looking back on what these actually looked like through the prism of...

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2021/05/11/fashion-trends-only-kids-from-the-90s-will-remember/

Sorry, there's no nuclear missile inbound. You have to go to work Birds chirping, the gentle burbling of coffee brewing these are the sounds we typically associate with the dawn hours...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state into housing and to "functionally end family homelessness" within five years...

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O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) - Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging St. Louis County's COVID-19 restrictions, citing concerns about their impact on religion, education and the freedom of residents...

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TikToks next move to compete with Facebook might be to add an in-app shopping feature, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The publication writes that TikTok is testing in-app sales in Europe by partnering with several brands, including UK-based ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/11/22430513/tiktok-in-app-shopping-instagram-facebook-europe-test

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Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand computing services over the internet, which can include online storage, media streaming, and more.

Cloud computing transmits data to your computer via the internet, rather than letting you download it permanently.
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Cloud ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-cloud-computing

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It's time to start valuing the travel industry differently.Traditional valuation metrics indicate that home rental pioneer Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) is a vastly overpriced stock with an unfavorable risk/reward profile. At about 17 times estimated revenue for this year, Airbnb isn't going to land on many...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/11/airbnb-shares-looks-expensive-but-game-changing-bu/?source=iedfolrf0000001

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SAPH has started construction work on six new NR processing plants in southwestern Ivory Coast...

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In a report released today, Soumit Roy from JonesTrading maintained a Buy rating on Vascular Biogenics (VBLT), with a price target of $6.00.
The post Vascular Biogenics (VBLT) Gets a Buy Rating from JonesTrading appeared first on Smarter Analyst.
In a report released today, Soumit Roy from ...

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Kiefer Sutherland is getting back to his espionage roots in a new drama series at Paramount Plus. The untitled series has received an eight-episode order at the streamer. It finds private espionage operative James Weir (Sutherland) in the midst of a battle over the preservation of democracy in a ...

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/kiefer-sutherland-espionage-drama-series-paramount-plus-1234970107/

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Elon Musks Tesla accepts Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, for its electric vehicle payments. Will Dogecoin be next...

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musk-tesla-dogecoin-payment

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This Ad Age Studio 30 live panel with Analytic Partners--and Cox Communications will focus on strategies to uncover opportunities to grow customer connections in the wake of the data disruption caused by cookie deprecation, IDFA, CCPR and growing consumer privacy demands...

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Markets must not replace the
tarnished Libor interest rate with alternatives that could end
up replicating the same flaws that made it easy for banks to
manipulate, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on
Tuesday...

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An audit and full hand-recount of Antrim County's election in December already affirmed Trump's win over President Biden.

Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in the Hyatt Regency on February 28, 2021 in Orlando, Florida.
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Trump is ...

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On Tuesday, 6 Meridian, a registered investment advisor, announced the expansion of their product lineup with the launch of its newest equity ETF, the 6 Meridian Quality Growth ETF (SXQG), an actively managed strategy that helps investors capture exposure to companies exhibiting strong growth ...

https://www.etftrends.com/6-meridian-expands-etf-lineup-with-growth-strategy-fund-sxqg/

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To learn more about Main Management and how some of our strategies could help you with your investment needs, please contact Darol Ryan, our Head of Sales and National Accounts, atryan@mainmgt.com. Also check outMain Management CEO Kim Arthur on TwitterandMain Management on LinkedIn.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - America's commercial casinos matched their best quarter ever in the first three months of this year, as customers continued returning amid the COVID-19 pandemic and internet and sports betting money helped boost revenue numbers...

https://apnews.com/article/sports-health-coronavirus-pandemic-business-bdf3597fde50ffafbb49965a3566757b

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BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - Police have arrested a French national accused of supporting rebels in volatile Central African Republic after discovering a cache of weapons and ammunition at his residence, authorities said...

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Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)1. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave - 9781501171369 - (SimonSchuster)2. 21st Birthday by James PattersonMaxine Paetro - 9780759555693 - (Little, Brown and Company...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - State and local governments in South Carolina are getting nearly $2.5 billion in new federal coronavirus aid, as the state begins to phase out a different federal jobless benefit the governor says is disincentivizing people to return to the workplace...

https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-f55584a66a428eb810d9836b5d99fbbd

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Babuk group says it will release data unless police raise priceExtortion threat comes amid separate US ransomware attackA Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate that stole data from the Washington police department says negotiations over payment have broken down and it will release sensitive ...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/11/washington-police-hack-russian-speaking-babuk-gang

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On Tuesday, 6 Meridian, a registered investment advisor, announced the expansion of their product lineup with the launch of its newest equity ETF, the 6 Meridian Quality Growth ETF (SXQG), an actively managed strategy that helps investors capture exposure to companies exhibiting strong growth ...

https://etfdb.com/news/2021/05/11/6-meridian-launches-new-growth-strategy-fund-sxqg/

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Sitapati comes to GCPL after a tenure of 22 years at Hindustan Unilever (HUL), where he led teams across categories and functions in India, Europe, South East Asia and Africa...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/huls-sudhir-sitapati-appointed-md-ceo-of-godrej-consumer-products/2250179/

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Another 285,000 vehicles were taken out of North American production schedules last week as the crisis worsened...

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The CDC said that less than 10 percent of coronavirus cases were fromTags: CDC, coronavirus, New York Times, outdoorsThe CDC said that less than 10 percent of coronavirus cases were from outdoor transmissions. David Leonhardt for The New York Times argues why in ...

https://flowingdata.com/2021/05/11/less-than-10-percent-outdoors/

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TikTok launched a creator fund in July and later increased its funding to $1 billion in the United States over three years...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/youtube-to-launch-100-mn-creator-fund-for-shorts-video-feature-to-rival-tiktok-101620750196095.html

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Given their impressive first-quarter performance and healthy growth prospects, these four Canadian stocks can deliver superior returns this year.
The post 4 Top Canadian Stocks to Buy After Their Impressive Quarterly Earnings appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

With improving corporate ...

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The Xbox Series X / Ss handy Quick Resume feature, which suspends supported games so that they boot up more quickly when you come back to them later, is getting some nice improvements in the May Xbox update.
Once the update is installed on your console, ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/11/22430549/xbox-update-may-quick-resume-saved-audio-passthrough

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Coinbase is not likely to fulfill the profit expectations baked into the stocks current valuation due to rising competition in the cryptocurrency trading space.Coinbase is not likely to fulfill the profit expectations baked into the stocks current valuation due to rising competition in the ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/05/11/strong-earnings-wont-stop-coinbases-slump/

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The team at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland engineered a tire that can handle the heavy load of a lunar rover...

https://www.rubbernews.com/tire/photo-gallery-nasa-develops-tire-mars-missions

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DETROIT (AP) - A welder who rose from the factory floor to become president of a venerable U.S. labor union is facing a prison term for luxurious winter stays in the California sun covered by dues paid by his blue-collar members...

https://apnews.com/article/business-03efdaff986f997ca6af67b7428a0780

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In a report issued on May 6, Robert Dickerson from Jefferies maintained a Buy rating on Nomad Foods (NOMD), with a price target ...
The post Jefferies Believes Nomad Foods (NOMD) Wont Stop Here appeared first on Smarter Analyst.
In a report issued on May 6, Robert Dickerson from Jefferies maintained...

https://www.smarteranalyst.com/new-blurbs/jefferies-believes-nomad-foods-nomd-wont-stop-here-2/

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