Mastercard CEO says spending trends look ‘relatively positive’ in 2022

Consumer spending trends look “relatively positive” so far this year, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach told CNBC on Thursday, following strong holiday numbers. Miebach’s comments in an...

Stock futures are flat ahead of major bank earnings

U.S. stock index were little changed during overnight trading on Thursday, ahead of earnings from the major banks on Friday. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 29 poin...

Knights Of Ren’ Trailer Real Or Fake?

The Knights Of Ren Credit: Disney / Lucasfilm Kylo Ren’s band of wicked lackies looks to be getting their very own movie—or maybe TV show on Disney Plus. It’s hard to say. A new leaked trailer—grainy ...

One of the World’s Dirtiest Oil Patches Is Pumping More Than Ever

TORONTO—Major oil companies, under pressure from investors and environmentalists, are fleeing Canada’s oil sands, the fourth-largest oil reserve in the world and by some measures one of the most envir...

NIOX Price Prediction 2022-2029 | Cryptopolitan

Over the holidays, the Niox developers team didn’t stop working. They have every intention of making 2022 a memorable year for the Autonio ecosystem, and hence on 10 January 2022, they announced the a...

‘Scream’ looks to draw in young horror fans, jumpstarting 2022 box office

Still from “Scream.” Paramount Pictures The latest installment in the “Scream” franchise opens this weekend to a movie theater industry threatened by a rapid rise in coronaviru...

Fed’s Harker calls for ‘action on inflation,’ sees 3 or 4 rate hikes

Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said Thursday he foresees three or four interest rate hikes this year as likely to fight inflation. His thinking, outlined in a live interview on CNBC’s...

Portugal Reportedly Investigating Billionaire Chelsea F.C. Owner’s Citizenship Application

Topline Portugal is investigating a “possible irregularity” after granting citizenship last year to Roman Abramovich, a Russian-born billionaire who owns Chelsea Football Club, the country’s citizensh...

Henry Kaufman, 1970s Wall Street Dr. Doom, Blasts Powell on Inflation

(Bloomberg) — Henry Kaufman is one of the rare Wall Street veterans who can authoritatively draw parallels between the inflation scare of the 1970s and today’s alarming run-up in prices. And he ...

An updated look at Tornado Cash

January 13, 2022, 5:36PM EST • 5 min read Quick Take Tornado Cash uses zero-knowledge proof to break linkages between fund sender and receivers. Token incentive was leveraged to attract liquidity as t...

Why used car prices are pushing inflation higher

A pedestrian walks past a certified pre-owned car sales lot in Alhambra, California on January 12, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Despite President Joe Biden’s upbeat comments on w...

2021 Was The Busiest Year Ever For K-Pop Acts On Billboard’s Pop Chart

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 19: LOONA during LOONA’s New Mini Album ‘Midnight’ at Blue Square on … [+] October 19, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by The Chosunilbo J...

Should Investors Buy These 3 Employment Services Stocks?

. Amid rising inflation and a tight labor market, employers are struggling with how much to raise employee pay in 2022. Corporations are generating record profits and workers are being pressed to keep...

Sheer Markets Taps Match-Prime as Liquidity Provider

On January 13, Match-Prime, a    Liquidity  Liquidity Liquidity is at the core of every broker’s offering. It is a basic characteristic of every financial asset – be it a currency, stock, bond, ...

Dow Jones Falls; Ford Stock Passes Milestone, Tesla Gets Hammered; Nvidia Dives Despite This| Investor’s Business Daily

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reversed lower while tech stocks got spanked. Ford Motor (F) passed the $100 billion mark even as Tesla (TSLA) plunged. Nvidia (NVDA) took a dive even as Taiwan Semico...

China wants to separate cryptocurrencies from NFT trading

TL;DR Breakdown • BSN Network will create an NFT project to create tokens without cryptos.• China continues to fight cryptocurrencies as the market recovers its value. Almost a year after the massive ...

US legislator proposes bill pointed toward restricting Fed’s ability to issue CBDC

Tom Emmer to introduce a bill intended to prevent the Federal Reserve from acting as a retail bank Bill will prohibit the Fed from issuing CBDC Experts opine that Feds shouldn’t have the authority to ...

Biden vows Covid vaccine push after Supreme Court ruling on vaccination mandate

A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...

Coca-Cola Announces A New Beverage, Is It Already A Flop Before It Hits Shelves?

The first and only time that I tasted this cocktail was in Bogota Columbia. I remember the trip vividly. I was at the convention center – a beautiful and ornate building with flowing arches and intric...

CPI Inflation Hits 40-Year High, But Even That Number May Be Too Low

SAN FRANCISCO – JUNE 06: Rows of houses stand June 6, 2007 in San Francisco, even though December … [+] 2021’s CPI inflation number of 7% is high. Increases in housing and rental cos...

GrowGeneration Stock Tumbles. The Hydroponics Market Is Slowing.

Text size CNW Group/GrowGeneration Corp. Shares of GrowGeneration fell sharply Thursday after the gardening products retailer lowered guidance due to a general slowdown in the hydroponics market. The ...

House of Lords Committee Sees No Convincing Case for UK CBDC

CBDC is like two sides of a coin – it has its advantages and disadvantages Economic Affairs Committee has set up the enquiry in September Digital currency may drain bank deposits and reduce privacy Th...

Ford’s Amped Up Electric Vehicle Strategy Boost Shares, Tops GM’s Market Cap

Ford CEO Jim Farley with the electric F-150 Lightning truck in Dearborn, Michigan. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Ford Motor Co.’s plans to accelerate production and sales of battery-powered crossovers an...

Microsoft, Salesforce and Apple cutting about 116 points off the Dow’s price

The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.60% is rising 47 points, or 0.1%, to buck the selloff in the broader market, but it be up a lot more if it wasn’t for the blue-chip barometer’s bi...

Swiss central bank trials wholesale CBDC with BIS and commercial lenders

advertisement The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has successfully tested the integration of a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) settlement with commercial banks. According to an announcement b...

Nexo Price Prediction 2022-2029 | Cryptopolitan

Nexo stepped into 2022 with partnerships and developments. The Nexo-Crypto Association in the UK partnership was announced on 5 January 2022 to help Nexo finance maximize its cryptocurrency value thro...

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) plans to regulate stablecoin reserves

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is seeking public opinions on rules that would license and supervise stablecoins HKMA is inviting global stablecoin operators to respond The $150 billion stablecoin ma...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Full Report on Digital Currencies To Be Released in Coming Weeks

U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says that the government’s report on digital currencies, which was supposed to be released last year, will come out in the next few weeks. In July, Powell said...

DOJ Charges Oath Keepers Leader, 10 Others In Latest Jan. 6 Case

Topline Stewart Rhodes — leader of the anti-government Oath Keepers — was charged Thursday with seditious conspiracy stemming from the Capitol riot, one of the highest-profile arrests in the Departmen...

Amazon Consolidating A Decline Below Its 200-Day Moving Average. Here’s How To Trade The Stock Now.

(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado) Getty Images Amazon.com (AMZN) gapped below its 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages on January 4. The low of $3,126 set on January 10 is 16.9% below the November...

Tesla Stock Is Down. Don’t Blame Cybertruck.

Text size Tesla stock appears to be dropping after a report that the company changed the language on its Cybertruck webpage. Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images Tesla stock is down a little Wednesday. T...

Tesla appears to be testing a payment option for Dogecoin

Electric carmaker Tesla is testing a previously teased Dogecoin (DOGE) payment option, according to its website’s source code. The DOGE payment option was added for testing around three days ago...