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Nasdaq Admits Over $1 Billion In Exchange-Traded Funds Stolen (#GotBitcoin?)
Adena Friedman appeared in court as exchange pursues claims against former business partner. Nasdaq Admits Over $1 Billion In Exchange-Traded Funds Stolen (#GotBitcoin?) Nasdaq Inc. Chief Executive Adena Friedman testified Thursday morning in the exchange’s lawsuit against a former business partner that Nasdaq contends stole more than $1 billion in…
U.S. Companies Seek Penalties Over Currency Manipulation
American firms would be allowed to accuse foreign competitors of benefiting from artificially weak currencies. U.S. To Let Companies Seek New Penalties Over Currency Manipulation (#GotBitcoin?) U.S. companies would be able to seek penalties against foreign competitors they say benefit from artificially weak currencies, under a new rule proposed by…
First American Financial Leaks Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records (#GotBitcoin?)
The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security…
Bolton Says North Korea Missile Tests Broke U.N. Ban (#GotBitcoin?)
The U.S. national security adviser says the president’s visit to Japan will include discussions on how ensure integrity of U.N. resolutions. Bolton Says North Korea Missile Tests Broke U.N. Ban (#GotBitcoin?) North Korea violated United Nations’ restrictions by testing ballistic missiles recently, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said, breaking…
The Workers Who Are Most Likely To Lose Their Jobs To Robots
Factory workers and truck drivers have been the faces of the nation's automation fears to date. And with good reason: Each occupation is a mainstay of middle-aged male work and genuinely threatened by robots or artificial intelligence (AI). The Workers Who Are Most Likely To Lose Their Jobs To Robots…
Why Loans Are Better When They’re Decentralized (#GotBitcoin)
In the feverish quest to decentralize anything even remotely open to decentralization, one of the most promising areas is finance and the financial industry. This shouldn't be too surprising, given bitcoin and the origins of blockchain technology, but at a time when even babies are being put “on the blockchain,”…
The New Rules of Conduct In A World Without Cash (#GotBitcoin?)
As more people and places say ‘No’ to cash, apps like Venmo and Zelle are emerging as the new dominant payment methods. Here, how to navigate the social landscape of a paperless world. The New Rules of Conduct In A World Without Cash (#GotBitcoin?) MONEY MAY not go as…
A Whiff Of U.S. Recession Is In The Air Again. Credit Trumponomics
Trade dispute between world’s largest economies felt far and wide. A Whiff Of U.S. Recession Is In The Air Again. Credit Trumponomics (#GotBitcoin?) The U.S. economy has taken a turn for the worse — and it doesn’t look like things will get much better anytime soon. A mountain of evidence…
Dow Logs Longest Weekly Losing Streak Since 2011 (#GotBitcoin?)
U.S. stocks closed higher Friday ahead of the long weekend as trade-war fears receded somewhat following reports President Donald Trump may ease restrictions against Huawei Technologies Inc. as part of a bigger trade deal with China. Dow Logs Longest Weekly Losing Streak Since 2011 (#GotBitcoin?) The Dow Jones Industrial Average,…
That’s Not Sand, It’s The Next Superfood (#GotBitcoin?)
Entrepreneurs face hurdles trying to turn obscure African plants into the next breakthrough product. That’s Not Sand, It’s The Next Superfood (#GotBitcoin?) The hunt for America’s next superfood is on, and New Yorker Philip Teverow thinks he has found it in West Africa. That’s why he was standing in the…
Our Brains Are Quantum Computers. Well, Maybe Not Yours
The idea that consciousness arises from quantum mechanical phenomena in the brain is intriguing, yet lacks evidence, scientists say. Our Brains Are Quantum Computers. Well, Maybe Not Yours Physicist Roger Penrose, of the University of Oxford, and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff, of the University of Arizona, propose that the brain…
Banker Indicted For Giving Loans To Paul Manafort For Trump Job
Stephen Calk, who ran Federal Savings Bank in Chicago, is charged with one count of financial-institution bribery. Banker Indicted For Allegedly Giving Loans To Paul Manafort For Help Getting Trump Job (#GotBitcoin?) A Chicago bank executive was indicted Thursday for allegedly giving $16 million in loans to former Trump campaign…