Month: January 2022

Nearly four decades ago, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel profiled three precocious members of the Boca Raton Community High School’s computer club. While their classmates were shooting hoops, the “disc-drive driven trio” were prepping for a problem-solving competition with other Palm Beach geeks later that month. It is unclear what happened with Satish Vadapalli and Wayne
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The Foundation for Financial Planning opened its 2023 grant request application and named its 2022 award recipients. Bernstein Private Wealth Management is launching a podcast that will include conversations between the company’s executives and celebrities about financial topics and investment strategies. Any California employer that has more than 100 employees and doesn’t offer a private
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Ever since the pandemic’s dawn, Covid has jolted wage and salary workers out of their snug routines. New flexibility injected by virus-induced workplace closures and work-from-home mandates has had many re-evaluating their choices of residential settings. Early predictions of a complete urban exodus proved folly. But how folks engage with big cities has been rejiggered.
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The cryptocurrency firm FTX has announced the launch of a $2 billion venture capital fund called FTX Ventures. The fund’s focus will be on advancing blockchain and Web3 technology alongside investments in “social, gaming, fintech, software, and healthcare.” FTX Reveals $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund, Hires Lightspeed Partner Amy Wu FTX Trading Limited has announced
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During the pandemic, the theft of catalytic converters from vehicles has soared, prompting auto insurers to publish warnings as they process millions in claims and prompting drivers to take notice and call their insurer and mechanic.  Key Takeaways Catalytic converter theft is rising enormously throughout the U.S. Claims paid totaled more than $21 million for
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David Abner, Gemini’s Global Head of Business Development. Source: David Abner Gemini, the $7.1 billion crypto exchange, is getting into wealth management with the acquisition of a digital asset platform for financial advisors, CNBC has learned exclusively. The company has agreed to purchase BITRIA, a five-year-old San Francisco-based start-up whose tools help advisors manage holdings
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Despite the ongoing uncertainty about cryptocurrency regulation in India, local financial firms are backing new ventures aiming to launch Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF). Torus Kling Blockchain, a joint venture between Cosmea Financial Holding, a financial firm backed by former Reliance Capital CEO Sam Ghosh, and Kling Trading India, is preparing to launch Bitcoin and
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A group of U.S.-based banks is launching their own stablecoin, USDF. The stablecoin will be issued by the USDF Consortium, which will allow its members (financial and banking institutions) to issue USDF. The proposed stablecoin will be the first currency of its kind to be minted by FDIC-insured institutions and compliant with the recommendations on
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You might need to take a little extra time in 2022 to plan your required minimum distributions (RMDs) from IRAs, 401(k)s, and other qualified retirement plans. A few of the rules have changed. Changes affect both original owners of accounts and beneficiaries who inherited them. The starting age for RMDs of account owners was changed
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NEWS ALERT Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, 9:45 a.m. EST: Kim Kardashian and boxer Floyd Mayweather are being accused of “aiding and abetting” a cryptocurrency pump-and-dump scheme according to a lawsuit filed in California court. The suit alleges the two misled investors when they promoted EthereumMax, an obscure cryptocurrency unaffiliated with the Ethereum blockchain, to their
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Ukraine said it was the target of a “massive cyber attack” after at least 10 government websites ceased functioning. On Friday morning targets included websites of the ministerial cabinet, the foreign, education, agriculture, emergency, energy, veterans affairs and environment ministries. Also out of service were the websites of the state treasury and the Diia electronic
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