MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) delivered triple-digit growth to kick off 2021, marking its fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth over 100%. The results were driven by online retail that soared 139%, while fintech revenue from its digital-payments offering -- Mercado Pago -- jumped 72%. Many of MercadoLibre's underlying metrics were equally impressive.
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Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that West Virginia will not face a clawback of $465 million in COVID-19 money from the U.S. Department of Education, alleviating concerns raised by state lawmakers during the final days of the legislative session in March. The Republican governor said in a statement that federal officials approved the state's application for a waiver for the money, which was a portion of the more than a billion dollars in federal aid the state received t
LOS ANGELES — Authorities in the United States are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft "at cruise altitude," while bound for Toronto. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says an investigation is underway but it will not comment further while the process is ongoing. The comments come after a post on social media platform X showed a video allegedly taken from the Instagram account of
Dave & Buster’s hiring for over 180 roles in Port St. Lucie
CHICAGO (AP) — Jameson Taillon allowed one run over five innings in his first start this season after recovering from a strained back, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 8-3 on Friday. Nico Hoerner doubled twice for the Cubs, who have won five of six. Miami fell to an NL-worst 4-16. Taillon (1-0), in the second season of a $68 million, four-year contract, did not pitch in any spring training games, then made a pair of minor league rehab outings on April 7 and 12. The 32-year-old right-h
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Phish opened its four-night stay at the Sphere Thursday with a four-hour show that used the advanced technology in the $2.3 billion arena to deliver a show that even the band's most ardent fans have never experienced before. “We came in really wanting to do a show that was a great Phish show,” said Abigail Rosen Holmes, who is running the visual show. She said the band and its creative team wanted to mix the Sphere’s technical capabilities and consider “what can we do for Phish
A mama bear sprang into action to rescue her cub after it fell from a railway bridge into a river in Plymouth, Connecticut, footage posted on April 17 shows.Tyler Nolan and his family captured this dramatic video that shows the bears atop a railway bridge over the Pequabuck River in the village of Terryville.“While walking our dog in a field nearby my house, we noticed the dog acting erratically,” Nolan told Storyful.“After noticing this behavior change, we saw a mama bear. To be safe, we returned to the house and grabbed the car to get a better view from a safer spot. When we returned, we noticed the mama bear had a cub,” he said.The adult bear can be seen interacting with her cub before the baby drops off the bridge into the river below.“We kept recording. You can hear the mama bear in distress, making grunting sounds and worried. It finally jumped into the river. It got the cub, and retreated back on to the shore.”Nolan said the pair seemed unharmed and that they disappeared into the woods shortly after. Credit: Tyler Nolan via Storyful
Nova Scotia Justice Minister Brad Johns has resigned from cabinet.Premier Tim Houston made the announcement in a news release sent Friday evening.The resignation comes a day after Johns's comments on domestic violence in Nova Scotia.The minister said he doesn't believe it's an epidemic — a position that's contrary to the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commissions's final report.Thursday and Friday marked the four-year anniversary of the Nova Scotia mass shooting, a tragedy that resulted in the deaths
In honor of the victims of Columbine on the occasion of 25 years since the tragedy, these are the inscriptions on each plaque provided by the Columbine Memorial Foundation. This is Dave Sanders’ tribute.
Investigators said Kevin O'Leary, 31, faces a charge of hate-motivated criminal mischief.
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The release date of Taylor Swift's newest album Tortured Poets Department and National Record Store Day coincided, meaning more people are coming into record stores across the country.
Steve Yzerman, Derek Lalonde express "good, but not good enough" review of 2023-24 season
McLaren's Lando Norris had his fastest lap deleted and reinstated as he seized pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race at the end of a wet and chaotic qualifying on Friday.
In honor of the victims of Columbine on the occasion of 25 years since the tragedy, these are the inscriptions on each plaque provided by the Columbine Memorial Foundation. This is Daniel Mauser’s tribute.
The NYPD identified the man as Maxwell Azzarello, 37, who is now in critical condition in Cornell burns unit. He has a long history of posting conspiracy theories and railing against the rich and powerful
From the moment news broke that Iran had launched an unprecedented attack on Israel last weekend, fears spread that the strike could pull the global community into a widespread regional conflict. However, that didn't happen. Yahoo News explains how the U.S. and Israeli reaction to the Iranian attack unfolded and avoided the worst-case scenario — at least for now.
EDMONTON — The WNBA exhibition scheduled for next month at Edmonton's Rogers Place has been rescheduled to accommodate a potential Game 7 in the Oilers' first-round NHL playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings. The pre-season game between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Seattle Storm had originally been scheduled for Sunday, May 5. However, when the NHL released its playoff schedule, it had a potential deciding game in the series scheduled for the same day. The NBA says the WNBA game has been
Gunfire broke out at a park in Greenbelt, Maryland, where hundreds of high school students had gathered while skipping school on Friday, wounding five males aged 16 to 18, police said. One victim was in critical condition and the others were in stable condition, Greenbelt Police Chief Richard Bowers told a press conference. There have been 120 such mass shootings in the United States in the first 110 days of this year, when defined as an incident with four or more people shot or killed, not including the shooter, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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