Tennis Australia has partnered with Decentraland to host the Australian Open (AO), which will be the first official tennis grand slam in the Metaverse. A virtual recreation of key areas in Melbourne Park, including the Rod Laver Arena and Grand Slam Park, will be open for the duration of the Australian Open tournament, which will
press release PRESS RELEASE. GemUni, a Decentralized NFTs Gaming Platform for Play To Earn, has announced that its upcoming Initial DEX Offering (IDO) will be conducted on three launchpads GameFi, Red Kite, and KrystalGO on January 19th. GemUni is building a Decentralized NFTs Gaming Platform for everyone around the world to engage in Fun, Easy,
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about how high benefit rates can possibly be, whether there’s a Social Security benefit increase for caring for a disabled spouse and the accuracy of Social Security’s benefit estimates. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc.
A glitch in a computer code that’s widely used by municipalities may pose a significant risk to them, leaving them open to cyber attacks and ransomware demands, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Public finance entities running Java-based software are broadly exposed due to the widespread use of the open-source Log4j (Log4Shell) computer code, Fitch said
Shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, governments everywhere unveiled massive monetary and fiscal stimuli (over $15T globally) in a bid to forestall an economic fallout. The U.S. federal government stepped in with a broad array of measures, including a $2.3 trillion package designed to support financial markets, state and
A ground breaking event in the gold market could be just two weeks away… by Arkadiusz Sieron of Sunshine Profits Powell testified before the Senate. He didn’t say anything new, but gold rallied a bit. “We have totally screwed up inflation and now we are in deep trouble,” admitted Jerome Powell during his appearance before the Senate.
The LGBTQ+ community has fought long and hard to gain the same marriage rights as heterosexual men and women. It took decades before marriage equality was widely accepted, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2015 in Obergefell v. Hodges that all 50 states must recognize same-sex marriage. More than a dozen states still have
Sales of electric cars in Europe overtook diesel models for the first time in December, preliminary estimates have shown, as drivers continued to choose subsidised emissions-free vehicles over those reliant on a fuel that was tarnished by the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal. More than a fifth of new cars sold across 18 European markets, including
Global companies are used to operating and communicating across borders. They were also well-resourced enough to offer remote working to employees long before the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns made it a necessity. They ought, in other words, to be readier than most for a hybrid world of co-ordinated remote and in-person work. Before coronavirus hit,
One of the biggest trends in asset management masks a secret. Passive investing has exploded in popularity over the past decade thanks to index funds, the holdings of which mimic benchmarks like the S&P 500 or specific themes like growth stocks. Unlike traditional mutual funds, regular index funds don’t involve a manager trading individual stocks
Bitcoin price is still a ways from its $69,000 all-time high but this isn’t stopping altcoins from moving toward new highs. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that since hitting a low of $0.13 on Dec. 4, the price of Harmony (ONE) has risen 163% to establish a new all-time high of $0.38
In mid-October 2021, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey revealed the payments firm Block Inc. (formally Square) was considering joining the bitcoin mining industry. Three months later, Dorsey tweeted that his firm was “officially building an open bitcoin mining system.” The Block’s Hardware General Manager: ‘We See Bitcoin Mining as a Long-Term Need for a Future That
Who’s Minding the Store? We’re seeing it more and more now at AgingParents.com: elders as landlords who can’t do the management job any longer. Sometimes it’s the adult children who bring the issue to our attention. They see Dad failing maintain those rental houses he has had for decades. If tenants complain, he does not
Newly released transcripts of Federal Reserve policy meetings in 2016 show then-Governors Jerome Powell and Lael Brainard were quick to pivot away from planned interest-rate hikes in the face of risks posed by a stumbling Chinese economy. Both policy makers made clear in the year’s January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee they believed
[embedded content] (Kitco News) Gold is seeing an encouraging start to the year as analysts weigh the consequences of a potential mistake by the Federal Reserve. The precious metal is up more than 1% as the inflation narrative attracts new investors. Here’s a look at Kitco’s top three stories of the week: 3. The latest
The only thing that can change this historic level of speculation in the markets is… by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders The US Federal Reserve’s tightening monetary policy from a historically low-interest rate has slowed the US stock markets. As a result, traders quickly attempt to adjust their capital allocation levels as risk assets,
A Roth IRA can be a great place to stash your retirement savings. Unlike a traditional IRA, you won’t have to pay income tax on the money you withdraw or be required to take a minimum amount from your account each year after you reach a certain age. What’s more, these retirement accounts are available
In this article ZS MSFT CSCO DKS TTWO Ed Stack, CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods. David Orrell | CNBC As the world heads toward another year of the pandemic, investors must adapt to changing macroeconomic forces and trends. Rising inflation, the Federal Reserve’s move to dial back its monetary support, and a workforce that’s been
The man who took four people hostage at a synagogue near Dallas on Saturday was a British citizen, police said, as US president Joe Biden vowed to fully investigate what he called an “act of terror”. The FBI identified the armed man as 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram, adding that there was “no indication that other
Boris Johnson is facing a perilous week as Conservative MPs return to Westminster after being deluged with demands from local party members and voters that they force the prime minister out of office. Johnson has drawn up a plan to save his job — including a clear-out of his Downing Street operation — as he
Sharing is Caring! by Martin Armstrong The Australian court has demonstrated to the entire world that the legal system in Australia is simply engaging in tyranny. There was not a single utterance of any due process right to order the imprisonment of Novak Djokovic and his deportation because he is unvaccinated. The Australian court unanimously
The Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Michael J. Hsu, highlighted the need for collaboration and coordination with large crypto intermediaries to better understand the risks within the growing $2 trillion cryptocurrency market. Speaking at the Transatlantic Finance Forum on the topic of “The Future of Crypto-Assets and Regulation”, Hsu pointed out the various venues —
Marc Andreessen’s $177 million Malibu dream house topped the list of luxury home purchases last year. See the other lavish properties in Palm Beach, the Hamptons and beyond. A drop in luxury housing inventory and increased buyer demand drove the high-end real estate market to record prices in 2021, with several sales in the United
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is reportedly seeking to block websites dealing in cryptocurrency. The decision followed a meeting the agency had with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) which recently recommended a complete ban on crypto. Pakistan’s FIA Reportedly Seeks to Block Cryptocurrency Websites Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is seeking to block websites
As financial advisors, we like to think of financial planning as a series of discrete practices woven together—like budgeting, investment planning, insurance planning, retirement planning, estate planning, education planning, etc. But I don’t think that’s how non-advisors, and our clients, really see it. Consider for a moment: What are the typical triggers for someone reaching
In 2021, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York overtook the state of California for the top spot. New York City, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Ohio Buckeye Tobacco Financing Authority, the New York Urban Development Corp., New Jersey and Massachusetts were ousted from the top 10 in 2021. All the
Shaun White confirmed at the Laax Open what we already knew. First, he is one of the U.S.’ top four male halfpipe riders, and expected to be named to the Olympic team next week. Second, he will be an underdog at the Olympics. White, the three-time Olympic snowboarding champion, finished third in Saturday’s final in
No US citizen should be happy about plummeting real wages and stagnant labor participation in the middle of a strong recovery and… by Daniel Lacalle via Mises The headline 3.9 percent unemployment rate looks positive, but job creation fell significantly below consensus, at 199,000 in December versus a consensus estimate of 450,000. The weak jobs
Investing has some universality to it, right? From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, the human propensity for deferring today’s consumption to build tomorrow’s fortune should be largely the same. Of course, the real world is more complicated than that. In some nations, such as Japan in the 1980s, citizens saved so much of their income that the
The chair of the UK Conservative party, Oliver Dowden, admitted on Sunday that he was “angered” by allegations of parties being held within Downing Street during the pandemic, but argued that Boris Johnson should remain in office, as he hinted at a shake-up of Whitehall culture. The past week has seen a flurry of bruising
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