“culture of fear” — The European Space Agency may have a bullying problem Ex-employees, ESA documents, and court cases point to longstanding problems. Tereza Pultarova – Nov 7, 2023 5:07 pm UTC Enlarge reader comments 79 with Alex has been passionate about space exploration since her childhood. (Pseudonyms are used, and some genders are obscured
US total household debt levels continued to rise in the third quarter, amid a surge in credit card debt tied to a hot economy, while borrowing troubles increased in a way that if sustained could signal looming turbulence for the economy, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released Tuesday said. In its quarterly report,
House for sale in Millbrae, California. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Mortgage rates saw the biggest one-week drop in over a year last week, causing the first increase in mortgage demand in a month. Total mortgage application volume rose 2.5% last week, compared with the previous week, according to the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Voters are heading to the polls in several states across the US on Tuesday, in off-year elections that will be seen as an indicator of which way the political winds are blowing for President Joe
Bitcoin (BTC) mining heavyweights Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms are among the most overvalued crypto mining companies relative to their competitors, says MinerMetrics founder and analyst Jaran Mellerud. The key metric backing Mellerud’s claim is enterprise value-to-sales ratio — measuring a company’s value to its sales revenue. The higher the ratio, the more overvalued a
Several large new-issues priced into a stronger market with munis seeing gains across the yield curve amid constructive secondary activity as U.S. Treasuries pared back some of Mondays losses and equities also improved. Triple-A yields fell three to five basis points while USTs made gains up to eight basis points out long. The two-year muni-to-Treasury
Who is this person anyway? Irene Zhao, the Simp-Queen mastermind behind the SO-COL platform and a Crypto Twitter influencer, explains that having a celebrity in your corner can turbocharge your NFT collection. Zhao’s first Simp DAO and NFT collection, IreneDAO, started with a floor price that was basically pocket change in ETH. “I think it
Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor November 6, 2023 “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot an Israeli national is using her influence in Tinseltown to organize a screening of IDF footage of Hamas atrocities for a curated group of Hollywood elites. The screening, put together by Gadot and Oscar-winning Israeli director Guy Nattiv, will reportedly show
Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor November 6, 2023 A medical doctor saving lives following Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 assault on Israel recently detailed some of the miraculous moments he’s seen in the one month since the terror attack killed 1,400 and left thousands injured. Listen to them on the latest episode of Quick Start ? Dr.
Loading… Loading… Loading… St. Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB), Switzerlands fifth-largest cantonal bank, in partnership with SEBA Bank, launched digital asset custody and brokerage services for Bitcoin BTC/USD and Ethereum ETH/USD for its clients. The contract was signed in early 2023 post a short implementation project. The first set of customers will be wealth-management clients followed by
Loading… Loading… Loading… Stablecoin issuer and payments firm, PayPal Holdings Inc PYPL said Thursday that it has received a subpoenafrom SECs Enforcement division regarding its PYUSD, USD-pegged stablecoin, as indicated in its Q3 earnings filing. The stablecoin was issued in August 2023 making the company the first major tech firm to support digital currencies for
Loading… Loading… Loading… Tesla IncCEO and X ownerElon Musk participated at the AI Safety Summit in the U.K. on Thursday. A one-on-one discussion between U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak andMusk was also live-streamed on X, formerly known as Twitter,to discuss all aspects of global growth and AI technology. Musk was also busy on X introducing
back in black — Review: Apples 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro crams Ultra-level speed into a laptop A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn’t be possible with Intel. Andrew Cunningham – Nov 6, 2023 2:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Apple’s 16-inch, M3 Max-powered MacBook Pro. Andrew Cunningham reader comments 319 with The next
Let’s say you’re in the market for a regal Las Vegas spread that’s close to The Strip and big enough for 20 of your BFFs to each have their own bedroom. You’re in luck. A sprawling compound with 10 buildings on almost 16 acres in a gated golfing community has come on the market at
Ava Labs, the team behind the Avalanche Blockchain, has confirmed it laid off 12% of its employees in a recent wave of staff cuts, citing the need to reallocate its resources. The firm’s founder and CEO Emin Gün Sirer confirmed the news on Nov. 7 after several former Ava Labs employees announced on X (formerly
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. PwC plans to cut up to 600 jobs in the UK as a plummeting number of resignations at the firm pushes it to make staff redundant instead. The firm will launch a voluntary redundancy programme
Lugui Tillier is the sales manager for Lumx Studios, one of the top cryptocurrency firms in Rio de Janeiro — a city with a burgeoning crypto industry. But for Tillier — who holds dual citizenship between Belgium and Brazil — cryptocurrency is more than a job. It was a passion sparked by a friend, and it
Munis were slightly firmer in light secondary trading to start the week, while U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended the trading session up. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Monday was at 69%, the three-year at 69%, the five-year at 70%, the 10-year at 71% and the 30-year at 90%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s
Voters in Rhode Island’ will face several local ballot questions Tuesday, mostly for for local school bonds. Rhode Island is in the midst of a state-backed overhaul of its educational facilities, many of which are deemed to be outdated and in need of replacement or renovation, and local officials hoping to tap a state reimbursement
The Biden administration Monday announced $16.4 billion for dozens of infrastructure projects aimed at improving train times and efficiency across Amtrak’s Northeast rail corridor. Biden is set to highlight the investment today during a speech in Delaware. The largest grant, totaling $4.7 billion, goes to Maryland to replace the 150-year-old Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, considered