Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge Laura Taylor Swain extended the mediation and stay periods for Puerto Rico’s central government debt by about a month. Swain issued her order Friday afternoon in Puerto Rico District Court. Mediation Team Leader Barbara Houser said that mediation has recently been “productive” and should be given more time. On Dec. 23
Month: December 2019
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Dr Gina C Pieters is an Assistant Instructional Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, and a Research Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Leah Callon-Butler is the director of Emfarsis, a consulting firm focused on the role of technology in advancing economic development in Asia. There he was, belting out Fats Waller
Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Goodyear Tire — The tire company’s stock gained more than 2% after Nomura initiated coverage with a buy rating and $20 target. The firm is optimistic about
When you’re making an investment during uncertain economic conditions, you’d like to be able to separate the short-term zigs from the long-term zags. This is especially true for investors in rental property because it’s so difficult to get into or out of a market; you can’t just call up someone and place an order. 2020
What a difference a decade can make. In 2010, batteries powered our phones and computers. By the end of the decade, they are starting to power our cars and houses too. Over the last ten years, a surge in lithium-ion battery production drove down prices to the point that — for the first time in
Libra, the much-scrutinized proposed cryptocurrency from Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), has “failed in its current form,” according to Swiss President and Finance Minister Ueli Maurer. Swiss President Critical of Libra Basket Maurer, who is in the final days of his year-long term as President of the Swiss Confederation, was speaking to the country’s national TV network SRF
Litigation over a Missouri county’s obligation to make up shortfalls in pledged revenues on $32 million of defaulted industrial development authority bonds will continue to play out in 2020. A state judge in a May 30 ruling agreed with Platte County that it’s not on the hook to cover shortfalls in project revenues to repay
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Jason Goldberg is founder of OST, which powers the ethereum application layer, and Pepo, an app where people share videos for tokens. As recently as a year ago, even
The IOTA Foundation said it has resolved a software bug that prevented transactions from confirming on the IOTA network for 15 hours. According to a GitHub submission from an IOTA developer around late Sunday night UTC time, a bug in the node software created a “corrupt ledger state.” “There is an edge case where IRI
A man dressed as Santa Claus, walks on the floor during the traditional bring-your-kids-to-work day at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., November 24, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters We are in the middle of a classic Santa Claus rally, but when the adults return in January, there likely will be
CINCINNATI, OH – DECEMBER 15: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) talks to the media … [+] after the game against the New England Patriots and the Cincinnati Bengals on December 15th 2019, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, OH. (Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It
Logo and mascot ‘Ali cattle’ at the headquarters of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images Technology and bank stocks in Asia dominated the top picks for analysts in 2019, as shares in the region made strong gains this year. Mainland Chinese stocks also rallied this year, with the Shanghai composite
For the 51st week in a row, investors put their money to work in the municipal bond arena as they continued to pour cash into tax-exempt mutual funds. Muni funds are popular with individual investors and, for most of 2019, mom and pop buyers have felt confident enough in the sector to keep on investing,
An organization that combats corporate fraud will issue guidance for firms using blockchain technology. The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), commonly referred to as the Treadway Commission, will issue guidance to strengthen controls over uses of blockchain in supply chain management and financial services. The Wall Street Journal reported first on
Sometimes things are clear, and to both Camila Russo (write of The Defiant newsletter) and David Hoffman (co-host of the Crypto POV podcast), it couldn’t be clearer that the essential narrative of 2019 was the rise of DeFi as a true market force. In individual interviews as part of The Breakdown’s end of year coverage,
Follow these tips to crush your financial goals in 2020. Getty In a survey by Fidelity Investments, 67% of Americans said they’re planning to make financial resolutions for 2020, with saving more and paying down debt topping the resolution chart. Of course making such resolutions is easier than keeping them. A third of New Year’s
Workers install a Nike logo lamp outside the Wukesong Arena in Beijing, August 28, 2019. Tingshu Wang | Reuters It was a big year for stocks, but 2020 is poised to be even better for some companies, according to Wall Street analysts. Many well-known stocks — and some not so well known — have been
St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s decision to scrap a possible privatization of the city’s airport came amid growing political opposition and deep-rooted questions over whether private interests stood to gain more than the public. The potential privatization of the city-owned St. Louis Lambert International Airport under a federal program began when then Mayor Francis Slay
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. David Nage is the Principal at Arca, a full service digital asset management firm. “It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Alex McDougall in the co-founder Bicameral Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on blockchain, interoperability, data and identity self-sovereignty, personalized AI, and Web 3.0. Striking it rich. The phrase
Amazon.com Inc. parking signage stands outside a Kohl’s Corp. department store in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Amazon — Shares of Amazon rose another 1.4% a day after posting its best day since January on
The molded plywood and leather Eames Lounge and Ottoman has never gone out of production since … [+] introduced in 1956. Herman Miller Charles and Ray Eames produced the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman in 1956, when the couple was in the first flush of their success. During World War II, they had designed and
The U.S. housing shortage may be frustrating consumers, but the housing market is in a “very healthy state” compared with a decade ago, Marcus & Millichap CEO Hessam Nadji said Friday. “The lack of speculation now being applied versus other expansions by the developers … not only is that not happening because of lenders being
President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Dallas, October 17, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters As stocks close out 2019 with potentially the best gain in decades, strategists expect Wall Street’s bull market to continue in 2020 as long as it appears President Donald Trump will be re-elected. Analysts see the possibility of a
Craig Bishop of RBC Wealth Management’s portfolio advisory group, has retired and Tom Garretson will assume many of his responsibilities, the firm said. Bishop was lead strategist of U.S. Fixed Income Strategies at RBC’s portfolio advisory group. He spent 17 years with the firm. Garretson has been named vice president and senior portfolio strategist of
A security researcher was able to use a bug in the Twitter Android app to identify millions of Twitter users, connecting their phone numbers to their Twitter IDs. The exploit could expose failures in the company’s two-factor authentication system and give other security developers pause. According to a TechCrunch report, the researcher, Ibrahim Balic, created
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Ben Edington advises on Eth2 across ConsenSys. Prior to joining ConsenSys, he was Head of Engineering for Information Systems at Hitachi Europe. My life would be much easier if
An Amazon Prime package Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Contributor Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Amazon — Shares of Amazon jumped over 3%, leading the gains in the S&P 500, after the e-commerce giant said this was its best holiday shopping season ever this year. Amazon said in a statement that
Prices in the British capital have surged 74% over the last decade. (Photo by Frédéric Soltan/Corbis … [+] via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images London has seen the largest price growth in the U.K. since 2010, a new report by online property portal Zoopla has revealed. Prices in the British capital have surged 74%
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