How far-right blogger boosted Joel Greenberg’s smear campaign against rival candidate
Published by Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. — Jay Miller had recently co-founded Save Rural Seminole, a citizen advocacy group opposed to a developer’s plan to build hundreds of homes on protected land, when a local blogger began attacking him online…
Investing in Sri Lanka in ‘The New Normal’ | Daily FT
Published by Daily Financial Times Inspired by questions posed at a recently-held webinar on the topic ‘Investing in Asia in The New Normal’ organised by International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka, together with Boston Consulting Group, Daily FT and CIMA,…
Fears Arise As Investors Likely Taking Too Many Risks On Cryptoassets
Published by ValueWalk The City regulator in the U.K. suggests that investors are gradually less worried about the risks of investing progressively in cryptoassets. The research triggered the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) into a warning over “crypto investors risking losing…
Republican congressional committee will start accepting cryptocurrency donations
Published by Reuters By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – The National Republican Congressional Committee will begin to accept donations in cryptocurrency, it said on Thursday. The organization said it was the first national party committee to take contributions via cryptocurrencies like…
FOMC Surprise Takeaways
Published by ValueWalk The Fed didn‘t play ostrich on inflation, but didn‘t take action either. While acknowledging that 2021 inflation would come at 3.4%, the Fed hinted at 2 rate hikes before 2023 is over – and didn‘t mention taper…
World Bank rejects El Salvador request for help on bitcoin implementation
Published by Reuters By Nelson Renteria and Rodrigo Campos SAN SALVADOR/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The World Bank said on Wednesday it could not assist El Salvador’s bitcoin implementation given environmental and transparency drawbacks. “We are committed to helping El Salvador in…
What if Congress dropped its “my way, or no way†mantra? | Letters
Published by NJ.com Both the Democrat and Republican parties seem to have the same motto: “Be Reasonable: Do It Our Way.†Both parties also seem to have the same model of governing: Own all the branches of government so any…
Inflation Tipping Point
Published by ValueWalk S&P 500 hasn‘t extended Monday‘s gains, continuing to trade in a cautious, tight range. Not that it would be driven by Treasury yields that much on a daily basis – the tech breather was one day delayed,…
Buoyant stocks hold near record highs ahead of Fed
Published by Reuters By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – World stock markets treaded water near record highs on Wednesday as investors braced for any hawkish signals from the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting, and oil prices hit…
Cryptocurrency Gets Its First Film With Mogul Productions
With the popularity and reach of cryptocurrency growing by the day, it’s not too surprising that a new company would come along and apply it to the struggling film industry. But there’s still an undeniable milestone in the announcement that…