Digital payment platform Square to buy Afterpay for $29 bn
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US digital payment platform Square, founded by Twitter boss Jack Dorsey, announced Sunday it will acquire Australia’s Afterpay Limited for $29 billion. Afterpay specializes in the “buy now, pay later” model that offers users…
Is Paper Money Making Way For Cryptocurrency?
Published by Newstrail Money is not the problem, it’s what you do with it.– Bright Enabulele The global economy is experiencing non-stop digital revolution and transformation. The fear of uncertainty is becoming eminent. For some, cash is still something they…
US Military Impostor Bags One-Year Imprisonment in Kwara
Published by TDPel Media Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday, July 30, 2021 sentenced an undergraduate, one Abdulsalam Oyeyemi, to one-year imprisonment for falsely posing as American Military Officer to defraud unsuspecting…
Robinhood turns higher on day after weak debut; Cathie Wood’s Ark buys 1.3 million shares
Published by Reuters (Reuters) -Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc shuffled between gains and losses on Friday, a day after star stock picker Cathie Wood picked up 1.3 million shares of the company for the ARK Invest fund during the online…
Take Five: Jobs, crackdowns and a fork
Published by Reuters (Reuters) – 1/ OUT OF SURPRISES? Is this year’s sharp U.S. growth rebound losing momentum? A raft of economic data due in the world’s biggest economy will provide clues. U.S. non-farm payrolls on Aug. 6 will offer…
How Gold and Crypto Can Help Against Today’s Rising Inflation
Published by ValueWalk Paper currencies are losing trust during this world health crisis and climate change. Today, investors both new and seasoned are moving into real assets to safeguard against rising inflation. Cryptocurrencies, for one, are easy to get into…
Bawumia Promotes Bitcoin
Published by Daily Guide Network Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says it is time African governments embrace digital currency (bitcoin) to facilitate trade and enhance other productive sectors of their economies. He, therefore, lauded the Bank of Ghana’s decision to…
Asia shares sit at 2021 lows ahead of Fed verdict, China steadies
Published by Reuters By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares stayed stuck at seven-month lows on Wednesday, as markets continued to digest a storm in Chinese equity markets, while currency markets were quiet with traders wary of placing…
FORD BRONCO PRICE GOUGING: SELLERS ASKING SIX FIGURES FOR NEW SUV
Published by Muscle Cars and Trucks As of the day of the Lord July 27, 2021, there are people on eBay who are reselling the revamped 2021 Ford Bronco for over $150,000 USD, pushing them outside of the pockets of…
Tesla’s Q2 Net Income Soars Tenfold to $1 Billion
Published by ValueWalk Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) reported a second-quarter net income of $1.14 billion, nearly ten times the $104 million reported in Q2 last year. It is the first time the firm has reached the billion-dollar mark in any quarter….