The west must take “into account” Russian president Vladimir Putin’s security concerns and stop the slide towards a Versailles-style victors’ peace in Ukraine, said Brazil’s top foreign policy adviser. Celso Amorim, a foreign minister during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s first two terms and current adviser on international affairs to the leftwing leader, said
As the Berlin-based music group BMG was bargaining over the terms of the sale of its record label to Sony 15 years ago, executives at the New York-headquartered entertainment giant could not understand why their German counterparts wanted to hang on to the likes of Rick Astley. Like a string of “legacy artists” that BMG
The late Erast Yakovenko, a barrel-chested veteran of the 1990s war in Chechnya, hailed from a long line of Russian military men. So it was no surprise to his family when he signed up to fight in Ukraine — even at 53. What was more unusual than his age — and his demise on the
The US Senate has approved a fiscal deal between the White House and congressional Republicans, ending a weeks-long political stand-off over the debt ceiling that risked triggering an unprecedented default in the world’s largest economy. Lawmakers in the upper chamber passed the bill with overwhelming bipartisan support on Thursday evening, with 63 senators backing the
Global search interest for the term “AI” has reached a new all-time high on Google, though it’s yet to hold a candle to peak Bitcoin (BTC) mania in 2017, data has revealed. Artificial intelligence has dominated headlines over the past few months, with some suggesting that it’s the latest “tech fad” after crypto and the
Crypto Twitter has been flooded with warnings from users, after the Twitter account of Mita Murati, the chief technology officer of artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, was seemingly hacked — promoting a “scam” cryptocurrency airdrop. On June 2, Murati’s account tweeted what appears to be a phishing link promising an airdrop of a purported ERC-20 token OPENAI
What methods to analysts use to come up with the evaluations of buy, hold, or sell recommendations of stocks, or underperformed, inline, or overperformed that analysts give on stocks or companies. They are really projecting earnings reports and changing their report figures for the EPS earnings numbers but I want to discuss how they come
Katie Petrelius, a top White House official who oversaw fundraising for Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign and has been responsible for his presidential appointments while in office, is leaving the administration. Petrelius helped the president select US ambassadors around the world, as well as other top positions within the government, including members of his export council
RMB stablecoin team allegedly arrested On May 31, local news outlet PANewsLab reported that the developers for the offshore Chinese RMB and Hong Kong dollar stablecoin issuer CNHC had allegedly lost contact or had been taken away by law enforcement officials. A photo shows what appears to be an empty office building at CNHC’s Shanghai
A proposal to enable protocol fees for the Uniswap (UNI) decentralized exchange failed on June 1, potentially allowing liquidity providers to continue to earn all revenue from swaps, according to the proposal’s official webpage. It narrowly missed being passed, with 45.32% of votes going to the “no fee” camp and 42.34% voting to charge liquidity
A Lululemon sign is seen at a shopping mall in San Diego, California, November, 23, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Lululemon — Lululemon’s stock popped 12% after the athletics apparel retailer posted better-than-expected fiscal first quarter earnings and lifted its full-year guidance. The company also reported
Pop superstar Taylor Swift, who is currently on her Eras Tour, has been making headlines for her sold-out stadiums and astronomically high ticket prices. It’s said she could rake in up to $1.5 billion from the tour alone. It comes as no surprise, then, that the pop star’s former home on Cornelia Street in New
Modern Family actress Sofia Vergara is saying goodbye to her $18 million Los Angeles mansion—again. Vergara and her husband, Joe Manganiello, have officially relisted their Mediterranean-style Beverly Hills mansion with a $2 million price cut. Last year, the couple listed the home for $20 million, and while they’ve slashed the price, it’s still $7.4 million
Massachusetts state senators approved a $56 billion budget for the fiscal year 2024 last week, forwarding along for final debate a package that preserves many of the central features of Gov. Maura Healey’s landmark tax relief package. Senators followed in step with their counterparts in Massachusetts’ House in approving a package along the lines of
Two Missouri-based hospital operators, BJC HealthCare and Saint Luke’s Health System, are the latest to join the trend of large-system mergers. The two signed a letter of intent to form an integrated not-for-profit Missouri-based health system Wednesday. The systems will work to reach a definitive agreement “in the coming months” with a closing anticipated by the
A team of researchers from universities in Australia and the United States, working in collaboration with quantum technology company BTQ, recently published research proposing a novel proof-of-work (PoW) scheme for blockchain consensus that relies on quantum computing techniques to validate consensus. Our new paper on using NISQ-era quantum sampling problems in proof-of-work blockchain consensus algorithms.
Suzanne Shank, president and CEO of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. LLC, has been chosen as chair of the 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference, the Detroit Regional Chamber announced Thursday. Joined by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Chamber president and CEO Sandy Baruah said Shank would also become first vice chair of the chamber’s board of directors.
Municipals were firmer Thursday as the June reinvestment period began, providing some additional support. U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended up a day after the House passed a bill to increase the debt limit, quelling some market concerns about a U.S. default. Municipals continued to ride the positive momentum from USTs as triple-A yields
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Why do currencies always come in pairs in trading? That’s a question many new traders ask when they come across their first charts and graphs. Here to explain one of the building blocks of Forex is trading expert David Jones. In this video you’ll see the components of currency pairs broken down, explained and put
As the summer season arrives, an unexpected heatwave is gripping financial markets. This heat is coming in the form of the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), which has been on a remarkable uptrend since late April, reaching levels unseen since early March’s banking crisis when the dollar wrecking ball wreaked havoc on asset prices. This surge