Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) said on Thursday it will provide cloud services to SpaceX Elon Musks aerospace company as it ramps up its efforts to provide fast internet services via its Starlink satellites. According to Google Clouds senior vice president of technical infrastructure, Urs Holzle: ...

https://invezz.com/news/2021/05/14/spacex-teams-up-with-google-to-deliver-high-speed-internet-services/

#InvezzNews

Several big international banks
have raised their forecasts for Brazilian economic growth this
year, after a closely-watched central bank index of economic
activity for March suggested Latin America's largest economy
expanded in the first quarter...

https://www.reuters.com/article/brazil-economy-outlook/update-2-global-banks-raise-brazil-gdp-growth-forecasts-to-4-or-more-idUSL1N2N033M

#Reuters

Elon Musk tweeted that he has engaged with Working with Doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency.Elon Musk tweeted that he has engaged with Working with Doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasgans/2021/05/13/elon-musk-working-with-doge-devs-on-potential-improvements/

#Forbes

The report has said that 14% (70 companies) were non-compliant with board composition norms. Out of these 70 companies, 55 companies were PSUs...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/independent-directors-indian-companies-slow-in-changing-board-composition-notes-iias/2251635/

#TheFinancialExpress

In a report released today, Matthew Fishbein from Jefferies maintained a Hold rating on Sprouts Farmers (SFM), with a price target of $26.00.
The post Jefferies Maintains Their Hold Rating on Sprouts Farmers (SFM) appeared first on Smarter Analyst.
In a report released today, Matthew Fishbein from ...

https://www.smarteranalyst.com/new-blurbs/jefferies-maintains-their-hold-rating-on-sprouts-farmers-sfm/

#SmarterAnalyst

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The decision of the Idaho House to recess rather than officially adjourn like the Senate will create significant challenges for keeping state government running, Gov. Brad Little said Thursday...

https://apnews.com/article/idaho-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-b2a06177d2b02d2f35fdc8ec840e02dd

#APNews

Each of the 'container farms' will be able to produce up to five tonnes of leafy greens and veg each year with zero carbon footprint, the firms claim

Urban farming specialists Vertical Future and Crate to Plate are together gearing up to rollout a fleet of indoor container farms in London, with ...

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4031294/vertical-future-crate-plate-plot-fleet-shipping-container-farms-london

#BusinessGreen

Government signals plan to hold in-person COP26 in Glasgow, as it trails details of Alok Sharma's speech this morning

COP26 President-delegate Alok Sharma is to urge countries around the world to end the use of coal power in a major speech to mark the six-month countdown to the crucial COP26 ...

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4031301/pick-planet-cop26-president-alok-sharma-urge-nations-drop-coal-power

#BusinessGreen

CNG Fuels plans to open Avonmouth refuelling station later this year to support fleet operators switching their trucks to run on biomethane made from food waste

The "world's largest" renewable biomethane refuelling station is set to open near Bristol later this year, enabling truck drivers to fill...

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4031299/food-waste-powered-trucks-bristol-set-world-largest-biomethene-refueling-station

#BusinessGreen

Kenoteq claims its K-Briqs, made from recycled construction and demolition waste, generate a fraction of the CO2 of regular bricks

Bricks made from recycled construction and demolition waste are set to go into commercial production in Scotland, with clean tech company Kenoteq having secured &pound...

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4031303/recycled-bricks-primed-production-scotland-gbp-funding-boost

#BusinessGreen

Duty of care is a fiduciary responsibility that requires company directors to make decisions in good faith and in a reasonably prudent manner...

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#InvestopediaHeadlines

Three senior tech bankers at Bank of
America have left the bank to join boutique advisory
firm Centerview Partners, according to people familiar with the
matter...

https://www.reuters.com/article/bofaml-moves/moves-centerview-partners-poaches-three-senior-tech-bankers-from-bofa-amid-ma-boom-idUSL1N2N030B

#Reuters

Partner feedback was instrumental in formulating the new solutions.ScanSource partners now have access to new solutions, educational resources and enablement tools to serve the health care industry.
These enhancements fall under ScanSources new program, Discover Opportunity. The program launched at ...

https://www.channelfutures.com/vertical-markets/scansource-partners-get-new-solutions-resources-for-health-care-customers

#ChannelPartnersNews

, May 14 The United States needs new trade law tools to head off anti-competitive threats from China against key American high-technology industries, rather than reacting once harm is done, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on...

Tai's remarks on Thursday add detail on her desire for ...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/05/14/us-trade-chief-new-legal-tools-needed-to-combat-future-china-threats/1974014

#TheMalayMailMoney

, May 14 Disappointing growth of Walt Disney Cos namesake streaming service on Thursday overshadowed better-than-expected overall profits, driving down shares of the entertainment company. Shares of Disney fell 3.7 per cent in...

Disney is focusing on quickly building its streaming service to ...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/05/14/disneys-streaming-growth-slows-as-pandemic-lift-fades-shares-fall/1974015

#TheMalayMailMoney

Web giant tells us it's considering its response to 100m fine Google was tickled with a 100m fine by Italys monopoly watchdog on Thursday for unfairly holding back an Android app maker...

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2021/05/13/google_italian_fine/

#TheRegister

, May 14 Wall Street ended sharply higher at the close of a broad rally on Thursday, bouncing back from three straight days of selling on upbeat labor market data. All three major US stock indexes notched solid gains, with the S&P...

File picture shows a worker cleaning the floor of the New ...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/05/14/us-stocks-end-higher-in-buy-the-dip-session/1974016

#TheMalayMailMoney

Jim Cramer says the new CDC guidance on COVID is great news, but the markets also are weighing inflation, oil prices, crypto and more.Jim Cramer says the new CDC guidance on COVID is great news, but the markets also are weighing inflation, oil prices, crypto and more.Thursday's updated guidance from...

https://www.thestreet.com/jim-cramer/cramers-mad-money-recap-may-13

#thestreet

, May 14 Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Thursday denounced the insane amount of energy used to produce bitcoin, doubling down on his sudden rejection of the cryptocurrency as a means of payment over environmental concerns. Musk, one...

Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin are seen in front of ...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/05/14/musk-decries-bitcoins-insane-energy-use-after-tesla-payment-u-turn1/1974018

#TheMalayMailMoney

Still, it managed that rarest of all things for marijuana companies: a net profit.Trulieve Cannabis (OTC: TCNNF) was again in the marijuana-stock spotlight on Thursday. This time, it was because of the company's latest quarterly results rather than any splashy acquisition.Trulieve's first quarter, ...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/13/trulieve-cannabis-dips-16-on-mixed-q1/?source=iedfolrf0000001

#fool

Enbridge continued operating its Line 5 oil pipeline through the environmentally ultra-sensitive Straits of Mackinac, defying an order by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to shut down the pipeline. The Canadian pipeline companys defiance of the order is a dramatic development in a long-running ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/13/line-5-pipeline-continues-operation-violating-michigan-order/

#CleanTechnica

China may move to slow the growth of its private education industry.Shares ofNew Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU) fell 14.4% Thursday, following reports of a government crackdown on tutoring companies.China is planning to curtail the expansion of its $120 billion private tutoring ...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/13/why-new-oriental-stock-plunged-today/?source=iedfolrf0000001

#fool

Airbnb Inc. (NASDAQ: ABNB) reported a larger-than-expected loss in the fiscal first quarter. The company, however, topped estimates for revenue and gross bookings. Airbnb shares were reported about 0.75% down in after-hours trading on Thursday. The U.S firm went public last year in December at a per...

https://invezz.com/news/2021/05/13/3-key-takeaways-from-airbnb-q1-earnings-report/

#InvezzNews

Antifa Protester: "I Can't Wait Until Black People Lynch White People"

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News,

An Antifa protester at a demonstration near Seattle was filmed proudly proclaiming, I cant wait until black people lynch white people.

Yes, really.

The chant was heard during a...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/antifa-protester-i-cant-wait-until-black-people-lynch-white-people

#ZeroHedge

President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Friday with six immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children who benefited from an Obama-era policy that protected them from deportation.The Oval Office meeting comes as Biden looks to press Congress to pass legislation codifying the Deferred Action ...

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-immigration-business-government-and-politics-6ab4a709638c0eeb1bf35c45e9f37ea7

#APNews

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's largest fuel pipeline is flowing again after the company that runs it it was hit by a gang of hackers. But long lines remain at gas stations throughout the Southeast. That's because drivers are buying more gasoline then they need, draining supplies at filling stations...

https://apnews.com/article/europe-technology-government-and-politics-business-6b31adf5c02e2e9f9320bb8a04d78e3f

#APNews

When you search B.C.’s first-of-its-kind land transparency registry some beneficial ownership information will be blocked because the new law that underpins the registry requires a 90-day holding period before the info is publicly released.

The registry, one of the B.C. government’s ...

https://vancouversun.com/business/real-estate/new-b-c-land-ownership-transparency-registry-needs-time-to-test-its-effectiveness-advocate

#vancouversun

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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice, Bloomberg reports, with officials who handle money laundering and tax offenses in particular taking a interest in Binances business.
Founded ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/13/22434965/binance-investigation-irs-justice-cryptocurrency

#TheVerge

Feedback in: Lets say I wish to implement the systems using excel, do you provide a step by step guide for setting this up? Im an intermediate level at excel but by no means an excel whizz is it an easy process? Lets say I wish to implement the systems using 3rd party ...

https://www.trendfollowing.com/2021/05/13/do-you-provide-a-step-by-step-guide-for-setting-this-up-im-an-intermediate-level-at-excel/

#TrendFollowing

Given paucity of funds with govt, exporters to borrow at repo rate against MEIS entitlement...

https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/liquidity-crunch-new-mechanism-in-the-works-to-aid-exporters/2251629/

#TheFinancialExpress

A massive $2.5-trillion infrastructure plan could send EV companies--and many of their tie-ins--to record new heights.And some investors are getting ready to pile in like never before as the green tidal wave prepares to reach tsunami proportions.Theyre already on the move and tie-in stocks, ...

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Bidens-25-Trillion-Infrastructure-Plan-Could-Send-These-EV-Stocks-Soaring.html

#oilprice

Disney reported overall revenue of $15.6 billion, compared to $18 billion a year ago. Excluding certain items, Disney's diluted earnings per share came in at 79 cents per share, compared to 60 cents per share a year ago...

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/disney-misses-on-parks-revenue-streaming-subscribers-but-sees-growth-ahead

#foxbusiness

Pfizer recommends three weeks between shots. The study compared a three-week gap to a 12-week gap, and found the second group made more antibodies.

Vera Leip, 88, receives a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the John Knox Village Continuing Care Retirement Community on December 16, 2020 in ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/pfizer-vaccine-covid-vaccines-delaying-2nd-dose-shot-boost-antibodies-2021-5

#Insider

This Thursday marks a year since the property market reopened for business having been initially hit with lockdown restrictions. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The latest research by Ascend Properties has revealed just whats happened since, both where house price growth and ...

https://www.valuewalk.com/uk-property-market-came-out-lockdown-year-ago/

#ValueWalk

Study finds antibodies against Sars-CoV-2 three-and-a-half times higher in people vaccinated again after 12 weeks rather than threeCoronavirus latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UKs decision to delay second doses of coronavirus vaccines has received fresh support from research on the ...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/14/delay-in-giving-second-jabs-of-pfizer-vaccine-improves-immunity

#theguardian

The QE Endgame: A Big Problem Is Emerging For The Fed

For the second time in three weeks, the US Treasury sold $40BN in 4-week bills at a price of 100.000% representing a rate of 0.00%.

To be sure, Bills had printed at 0.000% at auction previously, but that was largely during the reserve glut ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/qe-endgame-big-problem-emerging-fed

#ZeroHedge

Dogecoin Soars After Musk Tweets "Working With Doge Developers To Improve System Efficiency"

Just when you thought things couldn't get any more surreal after the past 24 hours, moments ago Elon Musk, who last night rejected bitcoin because its mining is "bad for the environment" as it consumes a ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dogecoin-sors-after-musk-tweets-working-doge-developers-improve-system-efficiency

#ZeroHedge

In a collaboration virtually no one asked for that is sure to please only the handful of crossover fans, superstar Dutch DJ Martin Garrix teamed up with Bono and The Edge of U2to create the official track for the 2020 edition of the UEFA European Football Championship. The track is titled "We Are ...

https://www.spin.com/2021/05/martin-garrix-bono-edge-uefa-euro-2020-song/

#SPIN

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican legislative leaders on Thursday announced an agreement on an $8.3 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that includes cuts to the corporate and top individual income tax rates...

https://apnews.com/article/ok-state-wire-oklahoma-business-education-health-f4e89a3434ad560d545e408394ccfb39

#APNews

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's governor urged the federal government on Thursday to resume offshore oil and gas leasing within months. The head of the federal agency that runs offshore lease sales didn't say whether sales will resume...

https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-business-environment-and-nature-832e6ecea273f3189ea0d14b8f3c0eb1

#APNews