WHO says omicron cases are ‘off the charts’ as global infections set new records

Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the World Health Organization’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, speaks during a press conference following an emergency committee meeting over the new coronaviru...

Here’s Why Stocks Are Rallying Despite Another Dire Inflation Report

Topline The stock market moved slightly higher on Wednesday even after consumer prices jumped again last month—with inflation at nearly 40-year highs, suggesting a good deal of uncertainty has already...

30 Stocks That Fit Warren Buffett’s Investing Strategy

. While some critics feel that Warren Buffett’s strategy cannot be duplicated, Robert Hagstrom disagrees. He has authored a number of popular books that highlight Buffett’s core investment principles....

Jenny Harrington ‘regrets’ not owning this bank stock

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) have jumped roughly 20% in less than a month, but Wall Street analysts are convinced the stock is not out of juice yet. Piper Sandler sees upside to $64 a share In a n...

Shopify Stock Has Dropped a Ton. Is It Time to Buy?

Dreamstime Text size Shopify stock has gotten hit hard during the recent tech selloff. William Blair analyst Matthew Pfau says it’s a buying opportunity In a note Wednesday, Pfau upgraded Shopify (tic...

Clothing retailer Gap launches NFT collection on Tezos

Fashion brand Gap has released its first collection of NFTs in collaboration with Brandon Sines, the artist behind Frank Ape. Through the gamified digital experience, customers can unlock the opportun...

Yuzu Swap crosses $100m in TVL within 13 hours of launch

TL;DR Breakdown The Oasis Foundation launched a decentralized exchange, Yuzu Swap. Yuzu Swap blasts off on the first day of its launch. Binance Labs investment boosts the development of the Oasis Prot...

Centralization issues are the greatest offenders of DeFi attacks

Defi sector lost $1.3B due to exploits in 2021 The blockchain security firm cited 44 DeFi hacks Cetrik’s Blockchain security services’ demand rises Decentralized money, otherwise called DeFi, may not ...

Natural gas surges 13% as cold snap ahead is expected to boost demand

A liquid natural gas (LNG) storage silo at the LNG terminal, operated by LNG Croatia LLC, in Krk, Croatia, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Petar Santini | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. natural gas futures s...

The Australian Open Swings Into The Metaverse, Will It Be An Ace?

This year, in partnership with Tennis Australia and Decentraland, the Australian Open is fully … [+] immersing itself in the world of NFTs and the metaverse. The AO is launching a generative art...

Checkout.com Ends $1Bn Funding Round Valued at $40Bn

Global payments firm Checkout.com, today (Wednesday) closed a $1 billion Series D funding round which gives the cloud-based, end-to-end payments platform a $40 billion valuation. Today’s Series ...

FCX Stock Leads Mining Stock Rally; BHP Breaks Out

FCX stock, BHP (BBL), Southern Copper (SCCO) and Teck Resources (TECK) raced higher on Wednesday as the copper futures price jumped near a three-month high. The metal considered by many to be an econo...

Dogecoin price analysis: Bulls show immediate reaction as price heightens to $0.158 after a slight correction

TL;DR Breakdown The Dogecoin price analysis is Bullish. Price levels have recovered to $0.158. Support is present at $0.154. The latest Dogecoin price analysis shows a strong comeback from the bullish...

Singapore authorities urge alert on cryptocurrencies after scams bring up issues in parliament

Singapore wants to become a hub for cryptocurrency and financial technology  Officials have issued extensive warnings in order to protect people from crypto scams Regulated authorities should be used ...

Rapidly rising food prices may give restaurants an edge—here’s why

Erick Williams, chef/owner of Virtue restaurant in Chicago’s Hyde Park, preps a beet salad on Feb. 4, 2021. Jose M. Osorio | Chicago Tribune | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Food prices are...

Texas Man Accused Of Supplying 2 Olympians

Topline Federal prosecutors charged a Texas man who claims to be a naturopathic doctor Wednesday with distributing performance enhancing drugs to two athletes before they were scheduled to compete in ...

Biogen vs Eli Lilly: Jim Cramer weighs in

Shares of Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) are down about 8.0% on Wednesday after the U.S. Medicare programme refused to cover for its Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, unless the patient is enrolled in an approved...

NIO, XPeng and Li Auto Stock Get New Ratings. The Call Is to Buy Them All.

Text size NIO is selling essentially all the cars it can produce. Nicolas Asfouri/FP via Getty Images Macquarie analyst Erica Chen launched coverage of three U.S.-listed Chinese electric vehicle maker...

Composable Leverage and Capital Efficiency

January 12, 2022, 12:50PM EST • 5 min read Quick take Over-collateralized loans on platforms like Maker, Compound, and Aave have seen significant growth in recent years.  Undercollateralized lending i...

Brazil’s 2TM Group acquires CriptoLoja as it expands

TL;DR Breakdown 2TM intends to extend its wings into Europe. The firm expects to begin with over-the-counter operations as they establish more phases. Brazil’s 2TM Group, a Softbank-backed Brazilian c...

First Bridge Built by MetaBrands Into Avalanche

A metaverse resource DAO, MetaBrand offers quick exposure to the top-tier NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), ecosystems based on metaverse and P2E games. MetaBrands have partnered with Pangolin, where a simi...

Omicron disrupts essential services as workers call out

A US Marine veteran is treated by medical workers in a negative pressure room in the Covid-19 ward at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare system campus and medical center in W...

Three Ways The U.S. Government Can Fight The Omicron Wave

Patients with Covid-19 now comprise 25% of occupied hospital beds in the U.S. AFP via Getty Images Dr. Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses how the U.S. can ...

IOTA and EnergieKnip drive energy efficiency in the Netherlands

Dutch-based BlockchainLab Drenthe has introduced large-scale real-world adoption of the IOTA blockchain, IOTA (MIOTA/USD) wrote on their blog. EnergieKnip, created by Drenthe, is a local currency used...

NinjaTrader Buys Tradovate in $115 Million Deal

Almost exactly a year after NinjaTrader acquired TransAct Futures and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Infinity Futures, the NinjaTrader Group, LLC, one of the industry’s leading providers of tradin...

Philips stock tumbles toward biggest selloff since 2008 after downbeat revenue outlook

The U.S.-listed shares of Koninklijke Philips N.V. PHG, -15.53% PHIA, -15.46% plunged 15.7% toward a near two-year low in morning trading Wednesday, after the Netherlands-based medical technologies an...

New legislation before Congress would bar the Fed from holding retail accounts for a CBDC

As the public awaits the Federal Reserve’s report on a potential central bank digital currency, one member of Congress aims to block such a CBDC from linking the public to the Fed directly. On J...

Bayern Munich Renew Kingsley Coman Contract: A Sensible $100m Deal

Kingsley Coman has renewed his contract at Bayern Munich until 2027 (Photo by M. Donato/FC Bayern … [+] via Getty Images) FC Bayern via Getty Images Bayern Munich has signed Kingsley Coman to a ...

Powell’s Dovish Comments Let Markets Fly

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a strong day as Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea posted impressive returns following US Fed Chairman Powell’s dovish comments, ...

What to buy as U.S. inflation hit a new 40-year high

Consumer prices in the U.S. climbed to a new 40-year high in December, but CIC Wealth’s Malcolm Ethridge says some stocks can withstand the inflationary pressures and do good in 2022. Ethridge&r...

Four Arrested, 50 Detained in Israeli Police Forex Raid

Four people have been arrested and 50 people detained after Israeli cyber unit Lahav 433 raided an as-yet-unnamed forex company office in the city of Nazareth. The four managers, all Nazareth resident...

DISH Network stock jumps after report of DirecTV merger talks

DISH Network (DISH) stock opened 3% higher on Wednesday amid a report that the satellite TV company is in talks with competitor DirecTV.  The satellite television providers have been in talks on and o...