On the second day of Christmas — Watch sand defy gravity and flow uphill thanks to negative friction Applying magnetic forces to single iron oxide-coated particles spurs strange collective motion. Jennifer Ouellette – Dec 26, 2023 2:00 pm UTC reader comments 62 There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to step up attacks on the Gaza Strip after a weekend of violence that left hundreds of Palestinians dead. On Friday, 90 people were killed when Israel bombed two homes in Gaza City. Seventy-six of the dead were members of one family. They include Issam al-Mughrabi, who worked
no joy for Apple — No last-minute reprieve, US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 blood oxygen sensors are patent-infringing. Michael Acton, Financial Times – Dec 26, 2023 3:26 pm UTC Enlarge / The Apple Watch Ultra 2.Apple reader comments 163 Apple is banned from
Loading… Loading… A new survey reveals that 99% of U.S. financial services companies put similar, or more focus, on crypto or blockchain projects in 2023 compared to prior years. What Happened: Paxos surveyed 400 U.S.-based executives from companies with at least $50 billion in assets under management or $50 billion annual payments volume. Here's a
That’s no moon! — Researchers argue back and forth about whether weve spotted an exomoon Years after Kepler shut down, people are arguing over whether it spotted exomoons. Ivan Paul – Dec 26, 2023 8:10 pm UTC EnlargeNASA reader comments 40 In 2017, the astronomy world was abuzz at the announcement that exoplanet Kepler-1625b potentially
Loading… Loading… The once high-flying and now defunct German payment processing and financial services company, Wirecard, fell into oblivion after a fraud that involved the siphoning off of $2 billion from the companys balance sheet in June 2020 was uncovered. A new Wall Street Journal report now says the tainted companys COO Jan Marsalek may
Municipals were steady Tuesday as the last week of the year got underway. U.S. Treasuries were little changed and equities ended up. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 59%, the three-year at 59%, the five-year at 59%, the 10-year at 59% and the 30-year at 86%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m.
The federal government told a federal judge it isn’t responsible for making Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. (COFINA) bondholders whole because of their losses in the bonds’ restructuring, in a case that hypothetically could apply to most of Puerto Rico’s restructured bonds. Four U.S. Department of Justice attorneys, led by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney
A “sale pending” sign is posted in front of a home for sale on November 30, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. According to a report by the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales fell 1.5 percent in October to their lowest level in 20 years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan | Getty
Loading… Loading… Wall Street is showing cautious gains as the new week begins, despite thetech giants often referred to as the Magnificent 7 all trading in the red: Apple Inc. AAPL , Microsoft Corp. MSFT , Alphabet Inc. GOOG GOOGL , Amazon Inc. AMZN , Meta Platforms Inc. META , NVIDIA Corp. NVDA and Tesla,
Loading… Loading… Visa Inc V stock recorded an all-time-high (ATH) on Wednesday. The stock was seen trading at a high of $262.48 during intraday trading, marking a new high in the stocks history. The stock has returned 26.52% to investors so far this year. The surge has been propelled by a combination of strategic moves,
Loading… Loading… Crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc.COIN on Tuesdayannounced the launch of Project Diamond, a new smart contract-powered platform aimed at institutions,designed to facilitate the creation, purchaseand sale of digitally native assets. The first transaction on Project Diamond was the issuance, distributionand maturity of a digital debt instrument, which served as a technical demonstration for
Moomoo, an investment and trading platform known for its professional-grade tools and investor empowerment philosophy, has recently unveiled an upgrade to its Cash Sweep program . Aimed at U.S. investors, this program allows users to earn passive income on their idle cash with a 5.1% annual percentage yield (APY)*.Empowering Investors Moomoo focuses on providing tools
the year of Barbenheimer — Film Technica: Our favorite movies of 2023 This year, big superhero franchises mostly faltered and made room for fresh original fare. Ars Staff – Dec 25, 2023 12:32 pm UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 79 Warning: Although weve done our best to avoid spoiling anything too major,
Global banks eliminated more than 60,000 jobs in 2023, marking one of the heaviest years for cuts since the financial crisis and reversing much of their hiring as they emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic. Investment banks suffered a second consecutive year of plummeting fees as dealmaking and public listings dried up, leaving Wall Street trying
The influence of China’s once-powerful central bank has diminished as Beijing steps up a drive to centralise Communist party control over financial regulation. Some of the powers formerly held by the People’s Bank of China have been taken over by a party oversight body and a revamped financial regulator as Beijing resets its growth model.
In this article COST CYB-FF UBER Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of Uber is seen at a temporary showroom at the Promenade road during the World Economic Forum 2023, in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2023. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters The Federal Reserve’s forecast for three rate cuts
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to fight on in the war against Hamas, despite a mounting death toll and growing international calls to alleviate the humanitarian suffering in the Palestinian enclave and halt
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone invested more in European real estate than in any other region in 2023, as the world’s largest commercial property owner picked up bargains from market turmoil and distressed sellers. Real estate deal-making collapsed this