Politics have been seeping into our daily lives and ruining pretty much everything, and that’s as true for business leaders as it is of those of us who buy from them. But debates over ideologically loaded environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns and “woke” capitalism show some companies embrace the danger by politicizing themselves. If
One of China’s most high-profile bankers, billionaire investor Bao Fan, has gone missing — marking the latest disappearance of a top executive in the tightly-controlled country. China Renaissance Holdings said in a market update Thursday that it has been “unable to contact” its chairman and CEO in recent days. His disappearance is the latest in
a new benchmark for benchmarks — Geekbenchs creator on version 6 and why benchmarks matter in the real world “How hard can it be to write a benchmark? Maybe I should write my own.” Andrew Cunningham – Feb 17, 2023 1:00 pm UTC EnlargePrimate Labs reader comments 12 with Share this story Share on Facebook
Flashback to November 2021: Bitcoin is soaring at over $64,000 (more than three times its current price in 2023). The S&P 500, as well as popular tech stocks like Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN , Apple Inc AAPL and Tesla Inc TSLA , are all at historic highs. Meme stocks like GameStop Corp. GME and AMC Entertainment
Playstation’s sequel to “virtual reality” — PSVR2 review: Plenty of improvements, but is it too little, too late? Six years later, the tech has improved, but so has the competition. Kyle Orland – Feb 16, 2023 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / The overall color and design scheme means there’s no mistaking that this is a
Consumers may be going offline and back into stores to shop, but when they do, they want to go digital to pay. Smartphone payments and tap to pay options continue to gain acceptance, leading the transition away from cash and card swipes as merchants rapidly install modular point-of-sale (POS) systems. Macro pressures took some of
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is seeking comment on draft amendments to Rules G-47 on time of trade disclosures and D-15, which defines the sophisticated municipal market professional. The draft amendments to Rule G-47 codifies existing guidance, adds additional disclosures that may be material, retires and consolidates certain elements of interpretive guidance and makes other
In this article AN TXRH RDFN CHRW AMAT ROKU DE DASH DKNG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DraftKings — DraftKings shares surged more than 8% after the sports betting company posted fourth-quarter results that beat expectations. The company
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) lawsuit against Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon could be seen as an SEC “roadmap” to taking down other stablecoins, according to a lawyer. Gabriel Shapiro, general counsel at investment firm Delphi Labs, explained to his 33,800 Twitter followers on Feb. 16 that the SEC’s arguments
Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied over 12% on Feb. 15, marking the highest daily close in more than six months. Curiously, the movement happened while gold reached a 40-day low at $1,826, indicating some potential shift in investors’ risk assessment for cryptocurrencies. A stronger than expected U.S. inflation report on Feb. 14 presented 5.6% growth year-over-year,
The Georgia Ports Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers have signed an agreement to expand the Port of Brunswick, a move state officials said will help prepare the port for expansion. The agreement, announced Monday, clears the way for the Corps to begin dredging and widening certain sections of the port to accommodate larger
Municipals extended their sell-off Thursday, as the front end of the curve was hit the hardest. U.S. Treasuries were weaker, and equities ended in the red. Triple-A benchmarks were cut 13 to 17 basis points at the one-year, depending on the scale, pushing it to around 3%. Muni-UST ratios rose on the short end. The
Rishi Sunak has launched a high-stakes gamble to seal a deal with Brussels over Northern Ireland, making a surprise visit to Belfast as Tory Eurosceptics warned he was going too far to accommodate the EU. The UK prime minister is seeking to win backing from Northern Irish parties for an outline deal with the EU
In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Michaël van de Poppe, a full-time day/swing trader in cryptocurrencies based at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange who’s interested in everything related to blockchain in combination with the current financial system. He is also the CEO and founder of Eight Global, a cryptocurrency education and consultancy platform. We kick
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Twilio — Shares jumped 19% after Twilio beat revenue expectations in its most recent quarter. The communications firm posted revenue of $1.02 billion, slightly better than the Refinitiv consensus estimate of $1 billion. West Pharmaceutical Services — Shares spiked
TD Ameritrade's thinkorswim platform will transition to Charles Schwab Corporation SCHW later in 2023, according to a Tuesday announcement. After Charles Schwab's announcement in August 2020it was acquiring TD Ameritrade,the company continued to improve its thinkorswim trading product suite, with a host of new features and services added in the second half of 2022, Schwab
BEIJING – China imposed fines and sanctions against two US defence companies in a further escalation of tensions between the worlds two biggest economies. Lockheed Martin Corporation and a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corp were added to a list of unreliable entities due to their participation in arms sales to Taiwan, Chinas Ministry of Commerce
Two for one — Grid of atoms is both a quantum computer and an optimization solver The optimization mode requires quantum effects, can solve a growing list of problems. John Timmer – Feb 16, 2023 12:30 pm UTC EnlargeQuEra reader comments 4 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit
Apple Inc.AAPL co-founderSteve Wozniakhas describedBitcoinBTC/USD as the only cryptocurrency thats pure-gold mathematics. What Happened: Wozniak made the comments about Bitcoin in aninterviewwith Business Insider in March 2022, adding that many cryptocurrencies are untrustworthy and have a track record of being rip-offs. There are so many cryptocurrencies that come out now; everybody has a way to