Joel Greenberg to plead guilty to 6 counts, cooperate with federal investigators in plea agreement
Published by Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. – Joel Greenberg, Seminole County’s disgraced former tax collector, has agreed to plead guilty to six federal crimes — including sex trafficking of a child — in a deal that calls for him to…
Junior Miners Should be Rallying – What’s Holding Them Back?
Published by ValueWalk Junior miners may soon suffer a breakdown of the short-term support line. So, what’s responsible for their underperformance of gold and stocks? Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Today’s technical part of the analysis is…
Analysis: How murky legal rules allow Tesla’s Musk to keep moving markets
Published by Reuters By Katanga Johnson and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With his cult following, Telsa boss Elon Musk has amassed considerable power to move markets with his musings, but murky rules make it difficult for regulators to rein…
Musk tweets, dogecoin leaps and bitcoin retreats
Published by Reuters By Tom Wilson and Tom Westbrook LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Bitcoin was heading on Friday for its worst week since February, while dogecoin leapt by a quarter, as the latest tweets on cryptocurrencies from Tesla boss Elon Musk sent…
World stocks up, dollar dips as Fed officials calm inflation fears
Published by Reuters By Simon Jessop and Kevin Buckland LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Global stocks edged higher and the dollar dipped on Friday after U.S. Federal Reserve officials said there would be no imminent move to tighten monetary policy in the…
Why does bitcoin consume ‘insane’ energy?
Published by Relaxnews Cryptocurrency fans have counted Tesla boss Elon Musk as among their champions, but this week he rocked their world by questioning the future of the digital assets and singling out carbon emissions from bitcoin mining for particular…
Why does bitcoin consume ‘insane’ energy?
Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Cryptocurrency fans have counted Tesla boss Elon Musk as among their champions, but this week he rocked their world by questioning the future of the digital assets and singling out carbon emissions from…
Wall Street gains as investors ‘buy the dip’ on upbeat jobs data
Published by Reuters By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street advanced in a broad rally on Thursday, bouncing back from three straight days of selling as upbeat labor market data prompted investors to buy shares that stand to…
Everything Going Down the Inflation Drain?
Published by ValueWalk The inflation scare amplified by CPI data caught the mainstream off guard, and the S&P 500 made no attempt at the opening gap. Both the VIX and put/call ratio sharply rose to levels unseen in quite a…
Musk decries bitcoin’s ‘insane’ energy use after Tesla payment U-turn
Published by Reuters By Hyunjoo Jin and Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) – Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk denounced the “insane” amount of energy used to produce bitcoin on Thursday, doubling down on his sudden rejection of the cryptocurrency as a means…