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Michael Avenatti Found Guilty Of Defrauding Stormy Daniels
Topline Federal jurors found former attorney Michael Avenatti guilty of defrauding a former client, adult film star Stormy Daniels, out of $300,000 from her book advance, the Associated Press reported...
Cathie Wood Focuses On Top Holdings In 4th Quarter
Summary Wood boosted Zoom and Roku during the quarter. She reduced her positions in Tesla, Zillow and Unity Software. Catherine Wood (Trades, Portfolio) disclosed her firm’s fourth-quarter 2021 portfo...
PayPal stock still offers ‘four silver linings’ after ‘epic’ selloff, says analyst
Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc. have been pummeled in recent days after the e-commerce company gave a disappointing forecast and announced a change in its business strategy, but one analyst still sees ...
CFTC chair to testify at latest Senate hearing on digital assets
advertisement The Senate Agriculture Committee is holding a hearing on digital assets a week from today, and it’s calling the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in to testif...
Super Bowl attendees to get free NFTs
TL; DR Breakdown Attendees to get free NFTs at Super Bowl NFL plans to make the day memorable for fans Crypto companies ads to feature at the event NFTs are generally becoming a thing of value, going ...
Harmony Will Host Onomy’s Hybrid Dex And Forex Market
Harmony’s users will be able to access Onomy’s planned hybrid DEX, codenamed ONEX, once the integration is complete, according to the protocol’s announcement on Twitter Onomy’s hybrid DEX, multi-curre...
How the Biden administration misread the inflation threat
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (R) testify during a hearing before Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill Novemb...
Sales Of ‘Maus’ Soar 753% In Last Week Of January Following Ban By Tennessee School District
Topline Print sales of the Maus series by Art Spigelman skyrocketed 753% in January, according to NPD Bookscan, following a controversial ban of the graphic novel in a Tennessee school district. This ...
Snap stock soars 42% after smashing quarterly earnings
Snap’s (SNAP) stock opened more than 40% higher on Friday after the parent company of Snapchat reported its first net profit for the quarter. Snap also surpassed analyst estimates on revenue, ea...
IMX token tumbles as GameStop dumps $42 million from Immutable X grant
advertisement GameStop has sold almost 15 million IMX tokens currently worth $42 million shortly after receiving a $100 million grant from Immutable X. This action has coincided with a significant dip...
Long-term unemployment tumbles in January
A job seeker receives information from a recruiter during a job fair in Miami on Dec. 16, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Long-term unemployment fell significantly in January, con...
Hundreds Worldwide Protest China’s Human Rights Abuses As Beijing Winter Olympics Kick Off
Topline Hundreds of people in several countries on Friday protested against China’s repression of its Muslim Uyghur minority and Tibetans as the Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off amid diplomatic boyc...
Investors Eye Alphabet Among The Latest Stock Splits
AFP via Getty Images Google parent company, Alphabet (GOOGL), recently made its stock much more affordable for the retail investor with a serious stock split of 20-for-1. The third largest public comp...
Amazon Prime Fee Rising to $180, Not $139, for Many Members
(Bloomberg) — When Amazon.com Inc. announced it was raising the price of its Prime program, the company said an annual subscription would climb $20 to $139. But slightly more than half of Prime ...
Senator sounds the alarm on international rollout of digital yuan during Beijing Olympics
advertisement One senator is calling on US President Joe Biden’s cabinet to watch out for China’s digital yuan, which is seeing its first international usage during the Winter Olympics in ...
/RESPAWN: Future of Web3 Gaming, an Open-Access Virtual Summit on February 8 – Presented by the Tezos Ecosystem
New York City, NY, 4th February, 2022, /RESPAWN is an open-access one-day virtual gathering of some of the most prominent figures in the gaming and sports industries to explore the future of gaming on...
Inflation means price jumps for dinner and roses this Valentine’s Day
Adriana Gamez restocks rose bouquets at California Flowers in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 12, 2021. Dania Maxwell | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images They say love doesn’t cost a thing, but Vale...
Sustainability Is What’s Keeping Retailers Awake At Night
ESG Executive Graphic Shutterstock.com The National Retail Federation, or NRF, held its annual Big Show live and in-person at New York City’s Javits Center a little more than a week ago. As you can im...
Ex-Div Reminder For Schlumberger
On 2/8/22, Schlumberger will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.125, payable on 4/7/22. As a percentage of SLB’s recent stock price of $39.49, this dividend works out to approxi...
Regeneron beats fourth-quarter estimates | Invezz
Regeneron (NASDAQ: REGN) recorded $23.72 EPS in the fourth quarter, which topped the $18.37 analyst estimates by $5.35. In addition, the company reported $4.95 billion in revenue in the same quarter, ...
Oil Stocks At Or Near Buy Range As Oil Surges Above $90 On Winter Blast| Investor’s Business Daily
U.S. oil prices surged briefly above $92 per barrel early Friday, holding above the key benchmark as a massive winter storm swept through Texas headed toward the Northeast. X Thousands of flights were...
Former Radkl employees leave to launch new quant hedge fund
advertisement A group of traders from the crypto market-maker Radkl have left the firm to launch their own digital asset-focused quant investment fund. Dubbed F9 Research, the new fund — led by Jim Gr...
Singer and songwriter John Legend launches new NFT platform for musicians and artists
According to the CEO of the new NFT platform, users will not be required to have a crypto wallet, and the site would promote simplicity of access for a broad audience. OurSong is a platform that allow...
Polemos Gives MonkeyLeague’s Player Ecosystem a Huge Boost
Partnerships with gaming guilds of all kinds are a strategic need for blockchain gaming enterprises. With incredibly active Monkeys out on the field, having a variety of active guilds as partners not ...
Thiel Capital, Mesa Air invest in electric seaglider startup Regent
(Illustration) REGENT is developing a flying, electric sea glider with a top speed of 180 miles per hour. Courtesy: REGENT Thiel Capital and regional aviation providers Mesa Air Group are investing in...