A dilapidated shed on a potholed road in the heart of Mexico’s Unesco-protected Calakmul biosphere is an unlikely war room. But it is from here that the Regional Indigenous and Popular Council of Xpujil (Cripx), a local NGO, has launched a legal battle to stop President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s $7.8bn Maya Train project in
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High fees aside, the top-performing actively managed funds have steadily produced market-beating returns. The 20 active funds with the biggest 15-year gains, and at least $100 million in assets under management, notched an average return of nearly twice the broader industry, Morningstar Direct data show. Over the last year, a portfolio consisting of the same
Now that Ether’s (ETH) price broke the $2,000 level, hitting all-time highs this week, traders became excessively bullish and are expecting more upside in the short-term. Some analysts believe Visa’s initial USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin transaction settlement on the Ethereum network kicked off the most recent rally. Others attribute the current Ether hike to a “triangle market
Oli Farago, Co-Founder and CEO of Coyote Software. The talent war brewing in the commercial real estate industry remains competitive, with employers parsing through a limited pool of top professionals who possess highly sought-after skills and experiences. Surprisingly, the pandemic has not eased this tug-of-war. In fact, remote working mandates have hastened the hunt for dynamic
Public blockchain infrastructure provider Orbs is delivering a next-generation liquidity solution designed to encourage greater defi participation by separating stablecoin pooling from cryptocurrency pooling. Liquidity Nexus Protocol Aims to Forge Better Connections Between Defi and Cefi As decentralized finance (defi) aggressively expands its footprint in the cryptocurrency arena, one of the most significant pain points
By Kerry Hannon, Next Avenue Boomer women are “on pause” and thinking about quitting, according to a recent LinkedIn survey of 1,000 female professionals. Almost half (49%) of working women between 57 and 74 say their career is on pause (more so than Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X). And the boomer women’s conviction about
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority may refund more high-yield debt. The authority is considering refunding its $1.8 billion of Series 2012A and Series 2012B bonds, according to a Wednesday evening posting on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA website. This would follow its successful high-yield 2008A and B refunding on Dec. 9, when
Is there a catalog in which all the medals, tokens, and coins of the U.S. Bicentennial are published? A Congressional grant to prepare such a catalog was offered, however no one took them up on it. Considering the Bicentennial is now a distant memory no one appears to be willing to take on such a
The prices of paper gold & silver futures are likely to catch up to physical prices. Of course, this assumes that the COMEX survives the… by David Brady via Sprott Money I first suggested the risk of another lockdown in April back on March 4, despite mainstream optimism citing “herd immunity by April”: From the
Shares of United Therapeutics Corp. jumped 15% after the biotechnology company announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Tyvaso (treprostinil) Inhalation Solution. The therapy is a first-of-its-kind treatment for patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD; WHO Group 3) to improve exercise ability. Notably, this is the
Suffering from a lack of cash? It’s likely that you don’t follow a budget that reflects your earnings. Smart budgeting prevents eviction, increased credit card debt and ruined credit scores. It’s never too late to achieve your financial goals. Get started now with these 10 steps to make your financial life less stressful. 1. Avoid Immediate
Kate Bingham, first head of the UK Vaccine Taskforce and a reluctant celebrity of the pandemic, has ridden a rollercoaster of media coverage during the past few months. In the autumn everyone cheered the speedy establishment of one of the world’s best Covid-19 vaccine pipelines. Then the 55-year-old endured a short spell of booing when
For more than 150 years, St Moritz has been a winter playground of the international elite. Since December 1864, when a group of aristocratic British visitors checked in for the inaugural winter season at the Kulm Hotel, it has been synonymous with pleasure and privilege — a place with a dazzling social calendar of polo
After watching Bitcoin’s stratospheric rise from the sidelines, game developer Adam Dart wanted a piece of the action. The 29-year-old Scot who lives in Singapore reached out to a handful of local and international banks to ask about opening investment accounts to trade crypto with funds from his family’s wealth office. To his surprise, he
Despite not yet having functional smart contracts on the layer-one, intrepid Cardano developers have recently hacked together methods to mint bootleg nonfungible tokens. These experiments in hosting unique data on the blockchain are reminiscent of the pre ERC-721 standard era for Ethereum — and, what’s more, so far they’ve proven to be enormously popular with
Elik Jaeger President & CEO at SuiteSpot Technology, frictionless facilities management PropTech for multifamily operators. Many multifamily operators are still making important decisions about property operations, maintenance, budgeting and more with little to no real-time data because they simply don’t have it available. Instead, they try to make sense of an unorganized “data dump” for decision-making
Crypto mining in Abkhazia is still a hot potato for the de facto state government, which is now determined to criminalize such activities. Continuous massive power disruptions, in parallel, are fueling the anger of the people towards crypto miners. Public Officials to Face Bigger Penalties According to a report published by E Daily, the Abkhazian
This article is part 2 of a series. Read part 1 by clicking here. The ability for the insurance company’s general account assets to earn returns that exceed what households could otherwise obtain, combined with the tax deferral provided by the insurance policy, means that it is possible for life insurance to serve as an
Many states are taking advantage of federal aid and higher than projected revenues by putting the money to work on infrastructure. The pandemic hit all issuers differently. In the case of Florida, the state faced a total shortfall of $4 billion over two years because of the pandemic, Ben Watkins, Florida’s director of the Division
Silver markets are currently sitting at the $25 level, as we are looking at a potential turnaround from the 200 day EMA. That being said, yields in America continue to climb and that is not good for precious metals in general. Silver however does have a backup plan, meaning that it also can have a
They want to make this rule RETROACTIVE to January 1st of this year, meaning they’re willing to go back in time to steal your money…. by Simon Black of Sovereign Man By the early 13th century, beset by endless wars with France, internal rebellion among the royal family, and a costly fight with the Church,
Despite a robust growth outlook, the consumer electric vehicle (EV) industry seems to be getting overcrowded. Bloomberg estimates that by FY2022, there will be 500 different EV models available globally. The addressable market is certainly large, but for companies to be able to stand-out in the crowd, they will need to have a distinct differentiating
In this article NIO SHW COMP EBS JNJ ABT FUBO XOM QDEL MU KMX BNTX PFE 2330-TW Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) – J&J said a batch of its Covid-19 vaccine that came from a Baltimore factory did not meet quality standards and will
Preferred stock is a special kind of equity ownership, while bonds are a common form of debt issue. Many consider preferred stock an investment that lands in between common shares and bonds. Despite many similarities, preferred stock is generally riskier than a bond and tends to have higher yields to compensate for that. In the
In this article VIACP TME 9888-HK VIPS DISCA CSG.N-CH 8604.T-JP A massive margin call affected a little-known family office last Friday, incurring billions of dollars in losses for certain banks involved and jolted the overall volatility in the broader market. Archegos Capital Management’s leveraged bets in ViacomCBS blew up and ignited a whopping $20 billion wave
This is the first part of an FT series asking whether the UK is heading for break-up. Follow UK politics & policy with myFT to be alerted when new parts are published. An independent Scotland would inherit a large hole in its public finances because lower than expected tax revenues, Brexit and the coronavirus crisis
John Krafcik, chief executive of the Google self-driving project Waymo, has stepped down from the $30bn group after more than five years and will be replaced by two top executives, the company said on Friday. Krafcik, who will remain as an adviser, said he was leaving Waymo to “kick-off new adventures”, citing taking a “refresh
One of the largest wealth managers must pay restitution and a fine after selling $18 million worth of investments in a risky alternative mutual fund that went bust. A registered representative of Cambridge Investment Research sold more than 80% of the shares in the LJM Preservation & Growth Fund — a product tapping the difference
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a new Marvel Cinematic Universe show on the Disney+ streaming platform, incorporated a Bitcoin (BTC) bounty into its newest episode. In episode three, “Power Broker,” one of the characters receives a text message which reads: “Selby dead. ₿1K BOUNTY for her killers.” The reference, which drops around the narrative’s
For seven straight weeks interest rates have seen increases, with this week being no exception. They landed at 3.18%, per the Freddie Mac weekly report—only a slight rise from last week’s 3.17%. Just two months ago they were under 3%, after a string of decreases leading to the records continually being broken for the lowest