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Should you buy Qualcomm shares after record Q2 results?
The beaten down semiconductor stocks still have quality names that investors can own at a reasonable price right now, says Odyssey Capital Advisors’ Jason Snipe. Snipe bought shares of Qualcomm ...
Is Nvidia Stock a Buy Ahead of Earnings? Morgan Stanley Weighs In
In just a little over three weeks, Nvidia (NVDA) is due to report its Q1 2022 earnings. Perhaps in preparation for that big event, investment bank Morgan Stanley announced it is resuming coverage of t...
Broadway Attendance Plummets As Theaters Drop Vaccine Mandate
The cast of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENOUGH on Broadway. Marc J. Franklin Is Broadway back? Depends on who you ask. With 36 shows up and running, the industry’...
Fed lifts interest rates and will wind down $9 trillion bond stockpile in double-pronged attack on high U.S. inflation
“Inflation is much too high and we understand the hardship it is causing,” said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in what he called a direct message to the American public. “We are moving expeditiously to br...
Most Russian Troops Have Left Mariupol, U.S. Believes
Topline Most of the Russian force assigned to take over Mariupol has left the Ukrainian port city, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters in a briefing Wednesday, as Russia pushes to seize much...
Will Biden forgive student loan debt? Here’s where things stand now
Borrowers could soon get good news: It seems likelier than ever that President Joe Biden will take the extraordinary step of announcing widespread federal student loan debt forgiveness in the coming w...
During The Cryptocurrencies Market Crash NFTs Appear As A Portfolio Saver
The current floor price for the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) Collection is 114.3 ETH ($325,000 at today’s price). The average selling price has dropped significantly since the beginning of May, accordi...
‘Ozark’ Actor Felix Solis Dishes On Omar Navarro’s Big Scene
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – SEPTEMBER 15: Actor Felix Solis attends the Audi Celebration for the 68th Emmys … [+] at The Catch on September 15, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Paul ...
Twitter Works to Soothe Anxious Staffers Wondering ‘Why Bother?’
(Bloomberg) — At a Twitter Inc. staff meeting Wednesday morning, the first slide of a presentation asked a question on the minds of many employees: “Why Bother?” Most Read from Bloomberg Why sho...
After A Series Of Outages, Solana Developers Unveil A Massive Plan To Improve The Network’s Resilience
The blog went on to say that the main cause of the excessive memory use was insufficient votes landing to finalize older blocks, prohibiting abandoned fork cleanup. The downtime led SOL’s stock to dro...
Stargate: A Cross-Chain Stableswap Protocol
May 3, 2022, 10:58AM EDT • 7 min read Quick Take Stargate, a cross-chain stablecoin swap protocol, was launched in March 2022 and has attracted $2.7 billion in Total Value Locked as of this writing St...
Yum Brands’ Digital Sales Mix Exceeds 40%, While Pizza Hut U.S. Takes A Hit From Delivery Driver Shortages
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 06: A ‘Now Hiring’ sign is posted at a Pizza Hut on August 06, 2021 … [+] in Los Angeles, California. The U.S. economy added over 900,000 jobs ...
Etsy stock slid 15% after-hours on disappointing guidance
Etsy Inc (NASDAQ: ETSY) on Wednesday reported market-beating results for its fiscal Q1. Shares still tanked nearly 15% in extended trading on disappointing guidance for the current quarter. Etsy Q1 ea...
Binance Gets Green Light from French Regulators
Binance, a major cryptocurrency exchange Cryptocurrency Exchange A cryptocurrency exchange is an online platform that supports the exchange of various currencies for a cryptocurrency or digital asse...
What the Fed’s Interest-Rate Increase Means for Your Mortgage, Loans, Savings
The Federal Reserve raised its short-term benchmark rate by a half-percentage point on Wednesday, the sharpest increase since 2000, to a range between 0.75% and 1%. Though widely expected, the move wi...
Rhode Island Offers Cryptocurrency Incentives To Home Builders Who Use Low Carbon Materials
As part of a program dubbed USDC.homes, new homeowners in Austin, Texas, are offered loans in USDC and MATIC cryptocurrencies. This allows potential homeowners to put down a deposit in cryptocurrency,...
Lessons Learned From The Game Of Monopoly
ASSOCIATED PRESS Think back to the last time you played Monopoly; what is the one thing the winner has? The most assets. They have a lot of the assets on the board from real estate with homes and hote...
Why the Fed Wants Home Buyers to Face Higher Mortgage Rates
The Federal Reserve yanked a short-term interest rate higher this week, making it more expensive to borrow money to buy a home or fix it up. All in the name of slowing inflation. The central bank rais...
Marvell Technology and Bausch Health are buys
Bausch Health: “We wanted to buy more today, but we ran out of time. This thing is being put on sale. There are shorts taking it all the way down. It is quite ridiculous. I wanted to be able to ...
Biden Labels ‘MAGA Crowd’ The ‘Most Extreme Political Organization’ In U.S. History
Topline President Joe Biden on Wednesday called former President Donald Trump’s supporters “the most extreme political organization that’s existed in American history,” suggesting a leaked Supreme Cou...
Fed raises interest rates by 0.50%, largest move since 2000
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised short-term interest rates by 0.50%, as part of an effort to tamp down the inflationary pressures weighing on Americans. The central bank suggested that it will ...
L2 transaction fees have to be under $0.05 to be ‘genuinely acceptable’: Vitalik
Despite the fact that layer-2 transactions are quite inexpensive, Vitalik Buterin believes that all transactions must be under $0.05 to be genuinely acceptable. To be “really acceptable” Buterin’s lat...
Clorox’s brands are inflation-proof and can thrive in recessions, CEO says
Clorox CEO Linda Rendle told CNBC on Wednesday the company’s products are “household essentials” that can withstand rising inflationary environments and tough economic times. The com...
Should Biden Cancel Your Student Loans If You Already Paid Them?
President Joe Biden (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images Should President Joe Biden cancel your student loans if you already paid them? Here’s what you need to know. Student Loans As Bide...
‘My aim is to have a net worth of at least $100,000’: I’m 29 and live with my mom in a rented mobile home. I have a $25K emergency fund and $26K in a Roth IRA. What do I save for next?
I am doing OK financially as a single 29-year-old who unfortunately is still roommates with my mom. We split everything down the middle and I mainly stay with her since it is very expensive to live on...
Cramer says stock relief rally won’t vanquish the bears
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he’s still “drawn to owning stocks,” even as the Federal Reserve aggressively raises interest rates in such a way that some skeptics believe wi...
5 Movies That Learned The Right Lessons From ‘The Avengers’
‘The Avengers’ Disney and Marvel Today marks the tenth anniversary of the domestic debut of Marvel’s The Avengers. I went long last week, on the ten-year-anniversary of its overseas debut,...
‘We do not like that’
Lyft co-founder John Zimmer told Yahoo Finance Live he and his team are actively looking for ways to regain Wall Street’s confidence after a disappointing outlook sent shares falling 33% on Wedn...
Stock futures fall slightly after Fed induced relief rally
Stock futures fell slightly after the Federal Reserve raised rates by half a point and the major averages rallied to end the day. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 46 points, or 0....
Amber Heard ‘Felt Nothing’ For Elon Musk, Psychologist Testifies During Defamation Trial
Topline A psychologist who evaluated Amber Heard testified in Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against the actress Wednesday that Heard said she “felt nothing” during her relationship with Elon Musk, ...
Valkyrie Sets Up Avalanche Trust for Accredited Investors
Valkyrie, an alternative asset management firm, on Wednesday launched the Valkyrie Avalanche Trust (VAVAX) to invest solely in Avalanche blockchain’s native token, AVAX. The fund is open to accredited...