A four-day atmospheric river-fueled storm that walloped California caused estimated damages of up to $11 billion and put the state’s aging infrastructure to the test. The preliminary damage estimate of up to $11 billion by AccuWeather accounts for damage to homes, businesses, infrastructure, facilities, roadways and vehicles, as well as over 900,000 reported power outages
Loading… Loading… During midday Thursday trading in New York, U.S. stocks displayed mixed performance, with the technology sector outperforming others as investors maintained a bullish outlook on artificial intelligence, temporarily setting aside concerns about interest rates. Additionally, economic data released Thursday morning revealed a robust labor market, with unemployment benefits registering well below expectations for
Loading… Loading… Public, a modern-day fractional investing platform, officially launched options trading, sharing 50% of its options trading revenue directly with members. Jannick Malling,co-founder and co-CEO of Public expressed the motivation behind this move, telling Benzinga, "We are excited to turn the payment for order flow model on its head for the benefit of our
GREAT PRETENDER — A password manager LastPass calls fraudulent booted from App Store “LassPass” mimicked the name and logo of real LastPass password manager. Dan Goodin – Feb 8, 2024 10:16 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 50 As Apple has stepped up its promotion of its App Store as a safer and more trustworthy
Loading… Loading… Mizuhoanalyst Dan Dolev provided his 2024 FinTech & Payments outlook. The analysts top picks includedAffirm Holdings, IncAFRM ,Fidelity National Information Services, IncFIS ,Robinhood Markets, IncHOOD , andBlock, IncSQ . Dolev noted that AFRM is more than just Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). In his view, AFRM is an alternative payment network competing with
Loading… Loading… Benzinga has announced the launch of a new and unique dataset offering that allows its users to access summaries of analyst reports with bullish and bearish views on individual stocks. The new offering, Bulls Say/Bears Say is available to subscribers on the Initial Data Offering (IDO) platform and is designed to streamline decision-making
The gig economy seems to be here to stay. In the U.S. alone, there are more than 70.4 million freelancers, and that number has been growing for the past few years. By 2028, it is projected that there will be upwards of 90 million gig workers who will constitute close to 50% of the domestic
Loading… Loading… KeyBancanalyst Alex Markgraffs consumer fintech survey addresses key topics and debates surrounding some of the most relevant sector debates, including digital wallet share, tax preparation and filing tendencies, direct deposit and card adoption, BNPL trends, and more. After years of scaling users, the analyst noted the consumer fintech category has firmly entered an
Loading… Loading… Benzinga has announced the launch of a new and unique dataset offering that allows its users to access summaries of analyst reports with bullish and bearish views on individual stocks. The new offering, Bulls Say/Bears Say is available to subscribers on the Initial Data Offering (IDO) platform and is designed to streamline decision-making
Loading… Loading… Visa Inc V and Mastercard Inc MA are two of the biggest players in the U.S. credit card space. While Visa is reporting fourth-quarter (Q4) earnings on Jan. 25, Mastercard is reporting on Jan. 31. The two firms compare well in terms of scaleand market performance. Let's take a quick look at how
On Notice — AI cannot be used to deny health care coverage, feds clarify to insurers CMS worries AI could wrongfully deny care for those on Medicare Advantage plans. Beth Mole – Feb 8, 2024 11:31 pm UTC Enlarge / A nursing home resident is pushed along a corridor by a nurse.Getty | Marijan Murat
Loading… Loading… PayPal Holdings, Inc. PYPL shares,consolidating under $100 since April 2022, gained volume momentum in mid-January, sparking discussions on social media platforms and chatrooms, fueling speculation about its emergence as a new meme stock. Stock Trajectory: PayPals stock, regarded as a COVID-19 play during the pandemic, reached an intra-day record of $310.16 on July
A US Department of Justice report on Thursday cast Joe Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” in a damaging portrayal of the president even as he was spared from criminal charges following a months-long probe. The report from special counsel Robert Hur, who oversaw the DoJ’s investigation into Biden’s handling of
Ex-IFS Securities trader Keith Wakefield committed securities and wire fraud when, as the broker-dealer’s head of fixed income, the Chicago resident made forbidden speculative trades and embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars over a two-year period, an Illinois federal court jury found this week. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak has attacked Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to water down his flagship green investment programme, saying the move shows the Labour leader lacks a consistent plan. The Conservative prime minister said Starmer had a
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Two JetBlue planes collided on the tarmac at Bostons Logan International Airport on Thursday morning, disrupting the travel plans of all the passengers onboard. Flight 777s left winglet struck the right horizontal stabilizer of Flight 551 around 6:40 a.m. while on the deicing pad, the Federal Aviation Administration said. No injuries were reported. One passenger,
BRUSSELS — The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fueled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. Last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, in C3S’s records going back to 1950. The exceptional month came after 2023 ranked
It was cruising for a bruising. A Carnival cruise ship chartered for a Six Terrifying Nights of Music and Madness” event crashed with the side of a pier, leaving it banged up and many of its partygoing passengers temporarily stranded in Jamaica. The Carnival Magic hit the pier while docked in the Caribbean island’s Ocho