Western Alliance stock soars nearly 40%, as Citadel boosts stake to over 5%

Shares of Western Alliance Bancorp. WAL shot up 38.8% in morning trading Tuesday, to stage a big bounce following the drubbing they suffered the past three sessions, after hedge fund Citadel Advisors ...

Western Alliance Bancorp stock set to suffer record selloff of over 60% to 10-year low in wake of SVB collapse

Shares of Western Alliance Bancorp WAL, -74.87% took a 62.4% plunge toward a 10-year low in premarket trading Monday, adding to last week’s tumble in the wake of the collapse of SVB Financial Group’s ...

‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Leads Ceremony

Topline The 95th Academy Awards aired Sunday, marking the conclusion of award season as some of the best actors, film industry professionals and movies of the year—like Everything Everywhere All At On...

Western Kentucky’s Rick Stansbury Resigns After 7 Seasons

LOUISVILLE, KY – DECEMBER 14: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers head coach Rick Stansbury talks to guard … [+] Jordan Rawls (2) during a college basketball game against the Louisville Cardinals...

Ripple Partner Tapped by Western Union for Cross-border Payments in Africa

The partnership would enable customers to receive money from over 200 countries.  MFS Africa, a Ripple partner, has partnered with global American financial services giant Western Union. Benjamindada....

Chinese Communist Party Demands Employees At Western Firm Show Their Support

Beijing, China cityscape at the CBD. getty When China began to require Western corporations to establish Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cells, businesses brushed off the move as benign. For example, wh...

Russian Ransomware Projects Rebranded to Avoid Western Sanctions: Report

Blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs revealed that some major Russian-linked ransomware syndicates rebranded their activities in 2022 to avoid sanctions from Western countries. According to a new ...

China’s Newest Weapon to Nab Western Technology—Its Courts

The growing conflict between China and the U.S. extends from computer-chip factories to a suspected spy balloon over American skies. Running through it all is a struggle for technological superiority....

Ukraine Wanted Whole Brigades Of Western Tanks. It’s Getting Fractions Of Them, Instead.

A Canadian Leopard 2A4 arrives in Poland ‘en route’ to Ukraine on Feb. 5. Anita Anand The Ukrainian government’s ambition, months ago, was to get whole brigades of new tanks from its Weste...

‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Leads British Film Awards—Teeing Up Oscars Success

Topline All Quiet On The Western Front was the winningest film at Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards, possibly pointing to success ahead of next month’s Academy Awards ceremony, where the German-lan...

WDC Stock: Western Digital Earnings Miss Estimates

Western Digital (WDC) reported quarterly results late Tuesday that beat revenue estimates but fell short on earnings. WDC stock dropped. The maker of disk drives and memory chips reported an adjusted ...

Chinese travelers ready to flock overseas for Western mRNA vaccines

Passengers prepare to enter Shenzhen through the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point on the first day of the resumption of normal travel between Hong Kong and mainland China on Jan. 8, 2023, in Hong K...

Amazon, Western Digital, Tesla, Walgreens, and More Stock Market Movers Thursday

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Western Digital, Kioxia Revive Merger Talks With Flash Memory Demand Sinking

(Bloomberg) — Western Digital Corp. has restarted talks with Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp. in a deal that could unite two technology storage providers, according to people familiar with the matt...

Luka Doncic Named NBA Western Conference Player Of The Month For December 2022

DALLAS, TEXAS – DECEMBER 29: Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks reacts after a basket in the … [+] second half against the Houston Rockets at American Airlines Center on December 29, ...

Trevor Brazile Collaborates On Ariat’s Tech-Focused Cushioned Western Boots

Trevor Brazile and Ariat collaborate on a tech-focused new boot collection. Ariat Trevor Brazile, record-holding 26-time World Champion cowboy, had an idea. His seven-year partnership with Ariat allow...

Family Western ‘Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman’ Turns 30

FILMING OF THE SERIES ‘DR QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN’ (Photo by Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images At a time when the once prominent western programming category was ...

CNY Ignores Western Headlines, Tencent Rises

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Similar to yesterday, North Asia was off, while South Asia managed small gains on light volumes following the US equity market sell-off yesterday. US tech weaknes...

A Boost For Kazakhstan’s Investment Climate

Members of a local electoral commission count ballots at a polling station after Kazakhstan’s … [+] presidential elections in Astana on November 20, 2022. – Kazakhs voted in presiden...

Canada’s western province, BC, will block new cryptocurrency miners

British Columbia, Canada, will deny electricity to new crypto mining firms, according to a press release published by the provincial government on Dec. 21. BC Hydro, a government-owned company, and th...

WDC Stock: Western Digital, Micron, Nvidia Fall On Chip Glut Amid Recession Fears

Shares in flash memory chipmaker Western Digital (WDC) tumbled on Thursday after Goldman Sachs downgraded the company to sell, dragging down Micron Technology (MU) as well. And while shares in MU and ...

PBR Tries To Buck Media Trend With New Print Magazine

Begun in 1992, PBR today features more than 500 bull riders competing in 200+ annual events in the … [+] U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images As media out...

Western Digital Could See Material Cash Drawdown In 2023, Analyst Says

Benchmark analyst Mark Miller reiterated Sell on Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ: WDC) with a $28 price target. At recent conferences, Western Digital provided updates for investors. The firm continues t...

Western Governments Seem To Prefer High Costs And Shortages Of Energy

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY – JUNE 26: (L-R) Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi, European … [+] Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, US President Joe Biden, Germany’...

20,000 Died Amid Punishing Heatwaves And Record Temperatures Across Western Europe This Summer, Data Indicates

Topline Extreme heat was responsible for more than 20,000 deaths across western Europe this summer, official figures suggest, as the continent was battered by a series of punishing heatwaves and recor...

Let’s Stop Regulating Crypto Exchanges Like Western Union

The unfortunate failure of one of these money transmitters, West Realm Shires Services Inc., may be the final straw for this rickety arrangement. West Realm Shires Services is the official name for FT...

In His First TV Role, Sylvester Stallone Plays Complicated Character As ‘Tulsa King’ Combines Gangster And Western Genres

Sylvester Stallone as Dwight “The General” Manfredi of the Paramount+ original series TULSA KING. Photo Cr: Frank Ockenfels/Paramount+. © 2022 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sylvester ...

Visa, PayPal, Western Union Submit Crypto Trademark Filings with USPTO

Amid the crypto market fall, Visa, PayPal, and Western Union filed new trademark applications involving crypto and Web3 products and services this month. Top financial services providers Visa (NYSE: V...

Century-Old Bridge Collapse Kills 68 In Western India, Officials Say

Topline At least 68 people died in western India Sunday after a historic pedestrian suspension bridge—which just reopened last week after a six month closure for renovations—suddenly collapsed, the BB...

Western Union is seemingly preparing to delve deeper into crypto

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The crypto industry has been suffering losses for nearly a full year now, and while the value of coins has gone down quite a bit ...

PayPal and Western Union File Trademarks For Several Crypto Services – crypto.news

Paypal Inc., an online financial service company, has filed three new trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Paypal’s applications also included the company...

Western Union may be planning to expand its digital offerings far beyond remittances

Western Union may be preparing to offer crypto-related services, judging from trademark applications filed by the company last week. This is the latest of several attempts the company has made to ente...