space truckin’ — In the race for space metals, companies hope to cash in Mining asteroids could reduce the burden on Earths resources. Will it live up to its promise? Sarah Scoles, Undark – May 12, 2024 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / An illustration depicts a NASA spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Though there
Loading… Loading… In a surprising turn of events, venture capital firm General Catalyst, an early investor of companies like Snap Inc., Stripe and Mistral, is on the brink of raising nearly $6 billion for tech start-up investments, despite the current fundraising drought in the sector. What Happened: General Catalyst could finalize its latest fund as
Here comes a future — Forget aerobars: Ars tries out an entire aerobike Taking to the road in a modern, high-speed version of a 40-year-old dream. John Timmer – May 12, 2024 10:30 am UTC Enlarge / The Velomobile Blk, with its hood in place. Note the hood has an anti-fog covering on the visor
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People wait at the train station of Wu Qing, Tianjin, on January 8, 2016. Fred Dufour | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — A group of around 1,500 homebuyers in the Chinese city of Tianjin, near Beijing, have yet to see — let alone move into to — the apartments they said they paid for
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images As home values climb, more Americans owe capital gains taxes when selling property. But knowing how to calculate your home’s profit could reduce your bill, experts say. Most Americans don’t owe taxes for selling a primary residence because of a special tax break — known as the Section 121
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jeremy Hunt has said the UK can create a $1tn homegrown tech giant to rival Microsoft or Google as he shrugged off foreign bids for London-listed companies as “part of how capitalism works”. The chancellor
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board and Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority said the judge in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bankruptcy case should reject objecting bond parties’ request to reopen the case to hear new evidence. The bond parties objecting to the proposed plan of adjustment said in late April projections
Municipals were little changed Monday as the market awaits another heavy new-issue calendar and an upcoming inflation report. U.S. Treasuries were slightly firmer and equities were mixed near the close. While muni yields were steady Monday, yields fell last week, with 10-year notes falling seven basis points to end the week at 2.65%, said Jason
In this article GME RDDT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images GameStop has once again become a hot topic on Reddit‘s famed WallStreetBets page Monday after the man who helped make it a meme stock reappeared online. Mentions of the video game retailer on the Reddit forum topped
space truckin’ — In the race for space metals, companies hope to cash in Mining asteroids could reduce the burden on Earths resources. Will it live up to its promise? Sarah Scoles, Undark – May 12, 2024 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / An illustration depicts a NASA spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Though there
Loading… Loading… In a surprising turn of events, venture capital firm General Catalyst, an early investor of companies like Snap Inc., Stripe and Mistral, is on the brink of raising nearly $6 billion for tech start-up investments, despite the current fundraising drought in the sector. What Happened: General Catalyst could finalize its latest fund as
Here comes a future — Forget aerobars: Ars tries out an entire aerobike Taking to the road in a modern, high-speed version of a 40-year-old dream. John Timmer – May 12, 2024 10:30 am UTC Enlarge / The Velomobile Blk, with its hood in place. Note the hood has an anti-fog covering on the visor
As a prepper, it takes a lot of time and hard work to become trulyfood self-sufficient. Fortunately, some prepping skills can help you on your journey, such as learning how to preserve food. By using the proper food preservation techniques, you can keep your harvest fresh and edible, even without a refrigerator or freezer. (h/t
The following are important highlights about the current escalation in the Middle East. This is actually the outline I wrote for my emergency podcast, which will be published at the HR Report channel on Brighteon.com. (It is now available at this link on Brighteon.com.) The sources for this information include both western news publishers (Reuters)
Loading… Loading… Janover IncJNVR announced that it achieved significant year-over-year growth in lenders on its fintech platform in 2023, providing borrowers access to a broad range of competitive loan products. In 2023, Janover noted a766% growth in banking originator sign-ups, a 647% increase in credit union originator sign-ups, and a 445% boost in the other
Loading… Loading… Editor's note: The headline of this story has been updated to reflect that Interactive Brokers' new desktop product is in addition to, rather than a replacement of, the TWS platform. Interactive Brokers Group Inc IBKR recently launched an updated desktop trading applicationfor Windows and Mac users. Benzinga spoke with Steve Sanders, the firms
Loading… Loading… Benzinga spoke with Mehrak Hamzeh, the chief technology officer of AppTech Payments Corp APCX , about the future of fintech. "Fraud prevention and AI are essential," Hamzeh says. "We can monitor behaviors, detect unusual activities like keystrokes or device orientation, flag anomalies, and raise alerts for fraudulent activities." Here's an edited transcript of
Loading… Loading… Kaspi.kz JSC ADR KSPI witnessed a 7% decline in its shares on Monday, April 8 after severe flooding struck rural regions of Kazakhstan. Such occurrences are not uncommon in Kazakhstan. However, the flooding is reported to be the worst natural disaster to hit the nation in 80 years, according to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Loading… Loading… Editor's note: The headline of this story has been updated to reflect that Interactive Brokers' new desktop product is in addition to, rather than a replacement of, the TWS platform. Interactive Brokers Group Inc IBKR recently launched an updated desktop trading applicationfor Windows and Mac users. Benzinga spoke with Steve Sanders, the firms