The US has carried out a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan against an Isis-K “planner” behind the deadly attack on Kabul airport on Thursday, as countries wrap up desperate efforts to evacuate thousands of Afghans trying to flee. According to US Central Command on Friday night, American forces conducted an “over-the-horizon counter-terrorism operation” in Nangarhar
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Municipals were little changed in light trading on the last Friday of August as U.S. Treasuries made gains as did equities following Federal reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. The total potential volume for next week is estimated at $4.938 billion, an expected drop as the unofficial final week of summer comes ahead
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In this article ASTR [The livestream is slated to begin at 4 p.m. EDT. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Rocket builder Astra Space is going for its first launch since the company went public, with the company also aiming to reach orbit for the first time. Astra is launching
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, August 3, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters With Jackson Hole in the rear-view mirror, August’s employment report could be the next driver for markets. Stocks gained in the past week, surging again to new highs Friday after a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome
The Ethereum (ETH) network is currently the dominant layer-one protocol in terms of smart contract deployment and active users, but the race to become the ‘world’s computer’ is far from settled because competing protocols are gaining traction by offering solutions to high transaction costs and slow confirmation times, the biggest problems facing the network. One
With the melting of snow off the Rocky Mountains and the returning warmth, summer in Montana brings rise to the waters of rivers like the Swan River and Flathead River, both of which flow to the shores of Flathead Lake, where the small town of Bigfork sits. The summer air also brings rise to something
People protest for a moratorium on evictions on Aug. 4, 2021 in New York. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Millions of Americans who remain behind on their rent could now be at risk of being pushed out of their homes after the Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s most recent eviction ban. The Centers for
Asset managers and companies currently hold over 6% of Bitcoin’s (BTC) circulating supply, according to Buy Bitcoin Worldwide. A breakdown of the data shows Bitcoin fund issuers and asset managers hold about 4% of Bitcoin’s supply, public companies account for nearly 1% and private companies own roughly 0.83% of the cryptocurrency’s supply. It’s clear that
Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard spoke with the Biden-Harris Federal Reserve transition team in January and with the president’s Council of Economic Advisers in May, her calendar shows. The meeting with the Fed transition team occurred Jan. 8 and included Gary Gensler, who is now Securities and Exchange Commission chairman. Brainard’s diaries were provided to
Jay Powell has sent his strongest signal yet that the Federal Reserve could start dialling back its massive pandemic-era stimulus programme this year, declaring “clear progress” in the recovery of the US labour market. In a closely watched virtual speech at the Jackson Hole gathering of central bankers on Friday, Powell said the US central
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Leasing to private operators would leave the large majority of the 31 airports owned by city, county, and state governments with significant net proceeds after paying off outstanding airport bonds, allowing their governmental owners to pay down other debt or, in some cases, even eliminate unfunded pension liabilities. That was the conclusion of a study
Investors watch an electric screen displaying stock price figures at a stock exchange hall on February 18, 2021 in Shanghai, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Beijing is eyeing new rules that would restrict domestic internet companies to go public in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Chinese regulators
In this article HPQ GPS PTON HIBB BIG AAPL Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Big Lots (BIG) – The discount retailer’s shares tumbled 9.5% in premarket trading after it missed top and bottom-line estimates for its latest quarter. Big Lots earned $1.09 per share, 3 cents shy of analyst forecasts, and
Cardano (ADA) appears to be heading towards a new record high as its downside move takes the shape of a bull flag. In detail, the ADA/USD exchange rate plunged 16.91% to $2.47. But the pair’s decline came after a strong move higher, wherein it surged over 120% month-to-date to reach an all-time high of $2.97 on
CEO and Co-Founder of Green Generation, which engineers and implements comprehensive integrated energy efficiency solutions. After a year’s postponement, anticipation over the outcomes of the 26th annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November is palpable among businesses and investors across all industries — and for good reason. Just as evidence continues to mount of the
Investor Peter Boockvar is sounding the alarm on a housing price bubble brought on by the Federal Reserve’s Covid pandemic policies. He warns first-time homebuyers are most vulnerable to dramatic losses. “I feel bad for the people who bought homes over the past year because they’re the ones that paid the very elevated prices,” the chief
Bears pressed harder on the market on Aug. 26 after Bitcoin (BTC) continued its pullback to an intra-day low at $46,250 and altcoins nursed near double-digit losses. While most of the market is seeing red, a few altcoins managed to notch notable gains due to exchange listings and new staking opportunities. Top seven coins with
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. After enforcing global KYC requirements for all users, Binance’s dominance in CeFi has slipped from about two-thirds to just over one half, according
Weakness moved out the yield curve Thursday as secondary bid-wanteds were still elevated while U.S. Treasuries pared earlier losses and equities sold off in the afternoon as news out of Afghanistan grew worse. For the 25th straight week, Refinitiv Lipper reported inflows into municipal bond funds. Investors put $1.9 billion of cash into the mutual
The US has warned American citizens to avoid Kabul airport because of security threats, just hours after secretary of state Antony Blinken urged the Taliban to ensure “safe passage” for people seeking to flee Afghanistan. The deteriorating security situation at the airport has been a mounting concern for US and western officials trying to evacuate
As California lawmakers head into the fall to wrangle over budget trailer bills and begin to contemplate next year’s budget, they will do so with a robust piggy bank. California revenues continued to beat expectations, coming in $1.5 billion above the 2021-22 Budget Act forecast of $8.4 billion for July, according to the California Department
Investors are pouring money into beaten down China ETFs despite high regulatory risk.
The 16th Electron launch in November 2020, when the company recovered the rocket after splashdown for the first time. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab begin trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, becoming the latest space company to close a SPAC merger and go public — and adding substantially to its cash pile in the process. “We’re
Salesforce signage outside office building in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Salesforce — Salesforce shares rose 3% in extended trading on Wednesday after the enterprise software maker reported fiscal second-quarter earnings and forward guidance that exceeded analysts’ estimates. Revenue increased 23% year over year in the
Eugene is the Founder of The Litvak Team @ Compass — one of the top producing and largest teams at Compass. Financial planning is crucial to every real estate entrepreneur’s success. It sets your finances on firm footing, which empowers you to make bold moves to grow your business and investments. While everyone’s circumstances are different,
The setting sun reflects off One World Trade Center and the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City as the moon rises on March 7, 2020 as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Getty Images New York City now holds the top slot as the most expensive apartment rental market in
Altcoins and DeFi tokens have been on a tear for the last two weeks and as the end of August approaches many projects are seeing their tokens reach for new all-time highs. Data shows that a majority of the top-10 DeFi tokens gained more than 20% in the past 30-days, with projects like Bancor (BNT)
Municipals faced some pressure and benchmark yield curves were cut by one to two basis points Wednesday. Municipals largely have shrugged off a weaker U.S. Treasury market and outperformed while mutual funds saw another $2 billion-plus week of inflows. The 10- and 30-year UST have risen nine basis points since Monday, while munis have only