A crowd of supporters including elected officials, legal professionals and concerned neighbors gathered to attempt to stop an illegal eviction of a resident in Bushwick, Brooklyn during the State mandated moratorium due to the pandemic, August 8, 2020. Erik McGregor | LightRocket | Getty Images New York State lawmakers have voted to extend an eviction
Month: September 2021
sponsored Evan Luthra is a prolific angel investor having been in crypto since 2014 and early discoverer in Eaze.com (Fastest growing on-demand Tech company in 2016) and Wheelys Cafe (over 1000+ coffee shops in 40 countries), more recently investing in the seed round of Hashgraph.com (The billion dollar Crypto Currency), Admix.in (Biggest Gaming AD Publisher),
There are plenty of things in life that are complicated, but retirement planning shouldn’t be one of them. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that the calculations, data analysis, and other back-office activities are simple. My point is that the process isn’t as complicated as many advisors make it. Some financial professionals struggle to
Chicago’s finance team dug in this week on it plan to scrap $950 million of scoop-and-toss borrowing amid pushback from council members who want the city to put more federal COVID-19 pandemic relief toward social investments. Several council members pressed Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s finance team to consider some limited form of debt restructuring to free
Editor’s Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) - Services PMI’s have been mixed so far. Most of the major nations are in expansionary territory but the likes of Australia
If you believe the jobs numbers, they’re ugly. Surely the Fed’s Apologists, Enablers, Shills, Sympathizers, and Worse are all giddy that “the Fed can’t taper” because of this report… (by Half Dollar) The latest Employment Situation Report, commonly called the Jobs Report, has just been released for August, 2021. On Wednesday, the ADP Employment Report
The European Commission has ended an acrimonious court dispute with AstraZeneca over delayed Covid-19 vaccines, dropping an attempt to levy billions of euros in penalties on the UK drugmaker. Under the settlement, AstraZeneca will have until the end of the first quarter of 2022 to finish its deliveries to the EU, after missing a deadline
Private equity firm Antin is planning to list in Paris, raising €350m, as it seeks to capitalise on a public spending boom on infrastructure in wealthier nations. The Paris-based company said on Friday it was considering selling €350m of new shares, as well as a limited sale of existing shares held by its co-founders. Formed
Exterior view of the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street on June 2, 2021. Kena Betancur | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images The IPO pipeline this fall is filling up quickly. The IPO market has already had its busiest year since the internet bubble in 2000, and the fall will likely
Lule Demmissie, formerly president of Ally Invest and, before that, a managing director at TD Ameritrade, is the new U.S. CEO of fintech platform eToro. eToro is a multi-asset investment platform founded in 2007 with more than 23 million registered users who share their investment strategies and can buy, hold and sell assets, and monitor
Guidewire Software, Inc. (GWRE) shares jumped almost 7% in Thursday’s extended trading session after the software company that caters to the property and casualty insurance industry worldwide delivered robust fiscal fourth-quarter results driven by strong momentum across Guidewire Cloud. Markedly, Guidewire also issued its Fiscal 2022 revenue guidance above analysts’ expectations. The company reported adjusted
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Didi Global (DIDI) – Didi rallied 4.3% in the premarket following a Bloomberg report that Beijing was considering taking a stake in the ride-hailing company and possibly bringing it under state control. It is unclear what size stake Beijing would consider taking in the company. Netflix
In 2021, financial institutions operating in Nigeria have been the lever of a government crackdown on cryptocurrencies, beginning with February’s notorious central bank ban on lenders providing services to crypto exchanges in the country. With much of the Nigerian crypto market of necessity peer-to-peer, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now aims to introduce regulations
There’s an unexpected find inside this architecturally appealing villa in San Pedro de Alcantara, Malaga, Spain. The second level of the double-height living room is lined with hundreds of books accessed by clear banister catwalks that lead to the loft library’s reading area. Exposed heavy wooden beams and crossbars embellish the vaulted ceiling. José Ribes Bas of
Singapore has hinted that unvaccinated travelers may be subject to longer quarantine periods and additional testing. franckreporter | E+ | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Housing prices have shot up across cities in Asia-Pacific this year, fueled by record low interest rates amid the pandemic. Optimism has also gained steam as vaccination rates gain pace, and
sponsored BlockBank will be enabling its users to earn interest on the stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), with rates up to 60x the US national average of a traditional savings account. Best of all, your USDC is guaranteed by BlockBank, giving you complete certainty whilst you earn interest. With the BlockBank application V2 update arriving in
By Mark Ray, Next Avenue If you hate Zoom meetings, imagine how Heidi Carles, 56, of Bernville, Pa., feels. Carles, an auction lead, cataloger and photographer for an online auction company, has hearing loss, which makes videoconferencing challenging at best. Early in the pandemic, Carles often struggled during calls that included dozens of co-workers. Between the
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi asked the bankruptcy judge to pause an Oversight Board suit against a law the board says would scuttle the Plan of Adjustment. Pierluisi’s lawyers filed the request with Judge Laura Taylor Swain Wednesday evening in an adversary proceeding part of the bankruptcy. Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, left, argued that
Silver price is still within the week-long horizontal channel as investors focus on the nonfarm payrolls. Analysts have predicted a reading of 750,000, which is lower than the prior month’s 943,000. As for the unemployment rate, the forecasted 5.2% is lower than July’s 5.4%. Positive will continue to exert pressure on the US dollar while
Gold could go straight up to new record highs… by David Brady via Sprott Money After a week of waiting for Powell’s pivotal Jackson Hole speech, it was a complete dud. He punted the decision on a possible taper to the next FOMC meeting on September 22. The only words of interest from Powell today
There are distinct advantages and disadvantages of using systematic sampling as a statistical sampling method when conducting research of a survey population. Systematic Sampling: An Overview Systematic sampling is simpler and more straightforward than random sampling. It can also be more conducive to covering a wide study area. On the other hand, systematic sampling introduces
Myanmar’s junta has approached foreign banknote companies to help it print more money as it faces a shortfall in tax and export revenues, according to the shadow government formed by supporters of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The approach, which was confirmed by a second person with knowledge of the situation, comes amid a
Huge inflows to a BlackRock China bond exchange traded fund have helped sustain a 25 per cent rise in Europe-domiciled China fund assets under management in the first seven months of the year. The investment manager’s iShares China CNY Bond UCITS ETF was the best-selling China fund over the period, attracting net flows of €4.5bn. The second most
Bad brokerages all too willing to look past an advisor’s checkered past have a new hoop to jump through before potentially bringing them on board. Under new rules that began on Sept. 1, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, is forcing brokerages that want to hire financial advisors with sketchy records to undergo a
Salesforce’s (CRM) strategy of growing through acquisitions continues to pay off in an “all-digital world.” Last week, the world’s most powerful customer relationship management (CRM) platform reported second-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations. It also raised its guidance for third-quarter operating margins and revenues, citing the positive impact of its latest string of acquisitions. I
A dog sits in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during Chewy Inc.’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 14, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Five Below — The retail stock tumbled more than 10% after the
Sharing is Caring! by Chris Black I hate to tell you I told you so, but I told you so: mRNA vaccines don’t protect you from the deadliest virus in history (/s), and this is proof: NBC Boston: Nearly 20,000 fully vaccinated Massachusetts residents have now tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 130 of
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. There are a lot of narratives to keep an eye on as China enjoyed a relatively quiet week on the regulatory front and
Kevin is the Founder of Marker Real Estate, an innovative firm with a transparent, inclusive, client-focused strategy. In early July 2021, Fannie Mae confirmed something that most real estate professionals already knew: Buyers and sellers are currently on a very different page. Over half of buyers (64%) think it is now a bad time to buy.
The U.S. housing market has been an unlikely beneficiary from the Covid-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, home prices have climbed at a record pace. The median price for an existing home reached over $363,000 in June 2021, a 23.4% year-over-year increase. “You can see in just basically the last 15 months or so, we’ve seen