Month: November 2019

Roberts & Ryan Investments Inc. and Citi have entered into a mentor-protégé partnership, the firms announced on Monday. Citi will also offer training to the service-disabled veteran-owned institutional broker dealer to enhance the firm’s operations and compliance. Additionally, it will consult with Roberts & Ryan on business and organizational management. “Citi has developed a strong
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Regulated blockchain company Paxos has launched a product allowing crypto exchange customers to more easily fund their accounts with traditional money. With its new Fiat Gateway service, Paxos said Tuesday that users will be able to execute simple swaps between U.S. dollars and stablecoins, including the firm’s own Paxos Standard (PAX). Notably, Binance, the world’s largest
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Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of 2U Inc. surged more than 15% during extended trading after the cloud-based software company reported third-quarter earnings and updated its full-year revenue and net loss outlook. 2U expects revenue between $570 million and $575 million for the year, narrower than
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Owning and maintaining beachfront property has always come with a different set of considerations than inland homes. For starters, beachfront properties require mandatory flood insurance and often have higher property taxes and management costs. These additional expenses are well worth it for many homebuyers. The positive effects of coastal living are backed by science .
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Courtesy: NYPD The New York City Police Department released video footage on Tuesday showing a group of men who they say ransacked a mansion belonging to billionaire real estate mogul Don Ghermezian, stealing $140,000 worth of luggage and jewelry. The footage shows several unidentified male suspects walking past a security camera on Saturday evening outside
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Derivatives exchange CME Group has announced it will launch options on its bitcoin futures contracts in January. In a notice on its website on Tuesday, the Chicago-based exchange said, as long as it gets the green light from regulators, the options will go live on Jan. 13, 2020. In late October, the firm published details
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Paul Burton Paul Burton is the Northeast Regional Editor for The Bond Buyer and the author of the book “Tales from the Newsrooms.” He is a sought-after public speaker and has appeared on radio and TV shows, including former CBS News White House correspondent Sharyl Attkisson’s public-affairs program, “Full Measure.”
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Smartphone developer HTC plans to provide support for Binance Chain with a new special edition version of its blockchain mobile. The company announced Tuesday that it would release an EXODUS 1 smartphone that integrates with crypto exchange Binance’s namesake blockchain, providing support for its decentralized exchange and token. The EXODUS 1 Binance edition will integrate
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A customer holds a shopping basket inside a Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, June 20, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of DXC Technology plunged 17% during extended trading after the IT company reported second
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Private first-floor garage. StreetEasy via Nest Seekers Attention Little Monsters: A massive downtown Manhattan townhouse once rented by Lady Gaga is on the market for $17.99 million. The 11,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, 12-bath mansion at 347 W. 17th St. in Chelsea was built in 1920 but was recently gut-renovated, and Mother Monster is reportedly the only person
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Nevada snagged its second rating upgrade ahead of its competitive sale of $196 million in general obligation bonds. S&P Global Ratings upgraded the state’s GO rating Thursday to AA-plus from AA, affecting $1.2 billion in outstanding GOs. S&P also upgraded the state’s highway revenue improvement bonds to AAA from AA-plus, which applies to over $745
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Walt Disney (DIS) – Disney reported quarterly earnings of $1.07 per share, 12 cents a share above estimates. Revenue also beat forecasts, boosted by a 52% increase in studio entertainment revenue amid a strong movie box office performance. Booking Holdings (BKNG) – Booking Holdings earned $45.36
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Steve and Leann Ford Reid Rolls Leanne Ford’s book (co-written with her brother Steve Ford) might be called Work In Progress, but the interior designer and HGTV star is anything but. While the book documents their charming tales of growing up together in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this memoir doesn’t shy away from revealing the missteps on the
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Firefighters battle a wind driven wildfire in the hills of Canyon Country north of Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 24, 2019. Gene Blevins | Reuters California’s biggest utilities aren’t the only U.S. companies grappling with the increased force and frequency of wildfires. The number of S&P 500 firms flagging “wildfire” as a potential risk factor
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Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and CoinDesk’s Director of Research. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a weekly newsletter focused on institutional investment in crypto assets. Sign up for free here. To find out more about crypto valuation metrics,
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TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA – 2015/05/13: Red Disney signage inside a shopping mall, placed near the ceiling, close to light tracks. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images) Roberto Machado Noa | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Walt Disney — Disney shares rallied 3.7% in midday trading after it
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Residences on Yerba Buena Island. Hayes Davison After two decades of planning, the first renderings of the condo complex coming to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Island have finally been released to the public. The community being constructed on the naturally-formed landmass will feature 266 condos, including apartments, single-family houses and townhouses, surrounded by 72 acres
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