Next to Netflix, home renovation may have been the biggest stay-at-home play of the pandemic. From new home offices to expanded decks to basement gyms, homeowners have been upgrading and expanding their spaces at record rates for the past two years. That trend appears to be slowing down. After big projected jumps in the first
Bitcoin’s (BTC) relief rally rose above $38,500 on Jan. 29, but the bulls are struggling to sustain the higher levels. For the past few days, Bitcoin’s sentiment has closely followed the U.S. equity markets. Hence, analysts warned traders to be careful and not to read much into any possible weekend rallies when traditional markets are
President Joe Biden Friday visited the site of a major Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed just hours before he was scheduled to visit the city to highlight his infrastructure spending plan. Looking at the 450-foot collapsed span, Biden pledged the White House would “fix them all,” referring to thousands of bridges needing investment nationally. “We’re sending
Michigan’s multi-billion dollar revenue windfall puts tax relief front and center for Democrats and Republicans alike as the legislative session and budget season heats up. While both sides of the aisle are pushing for tax cuts, the form they would take remains the subject of debate. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who is up for
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Analysts say Bitcoin’s bounce at $36K means ‘it’s time to
The stock market needs to get worse before it can get better, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “I’m looking for a day where people to say ‘I give up,'” Cramer said on “Squawk Box,” heading into another wild trading day, with both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 now in correction territory. “We have to
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, December 8, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The stock market’s wild gyrations this past week have been an emotional roller coaster for investors, and the ride has not come to a full stop. It feels bad right now, and
PayPal confirmed on Jan. 8 it is “exploring a stablecoin” that could be called PayPal Coin after a developer found evidence of such a stablecoin within the source code of the company’s iPhone app. PayPal senior vice president of crypto and digital currencies Jose Fernandez da Ponte said at the time that if the company
Anna Mascall pictured in front of the Easton, Pa., home she recently purchased. “To be able to say I own a home, I kind of did the American dream,” she said. Courtesy: Anna Lee Mascall After years of renting, Anna Mascall, 30, decided she wanted to buy her own home. Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit,
In mid-May 2021, the American multinational technology company Nvidia Corporation revealed that it added a hashrate limiter to curb the use of cryptocurrency mining with its graphics processing units (GPUs). However, crypto miners now say the move was pointless, and the mining organization Nicehash details that the hashrate limiter scheme introduced by Nvidia “did not
Credit unions and teachers’ associations separately filed notices of appeal of the court-approved Puerto Rico Plan of Adjustment Friday afternoon. The teachers’ associations will ask the appeals court to stay implementation of the plan, said Bufete Emmanuelli Partner Jessica Méndez Colberg. In the last week the Oversight Board said it was hoping the plan could
Municipal yields rose double digits Friday bringing levels to highs not seen since early April 2020. The short end of triple-A scales has risen more than 30 basis points over the past five sessions on elevated selling pressure and overall market volatility. Triple-A yields rose by six to 10 basis points and ratios increased again
A Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III SV05 satellite on a mission for the U.S. Space Force on June 17, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX broke its own annual orbital launch record last year, and it’s looking to pick up the blistering pace further in 2022 to an average rate of one per week.
In this article AAPL CVX CAT VFC V MDLZ Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Caterpillar (CAT) – Caterpillar earned an adjusted $2.69 per share for the fourth quarter, beating the $2.26 consensus estimate, with revenue also coming in above analyst forecasts. The heavy equipment maker’s sales were up 23% from a
As home buyers continue to show an appetite for new construction in markets all across California, large plots of land capable of developing luxury estates in cities like Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and La Jolla have perhaps never been more valuable. Although rare, such sites occasionally hit the market, giving moguls and other deep-pocketed buyers
Citigroup is offering its vision for the future of flexible work with the release of new plans to transform its London headquarters. The Wall Street bank is to overhaul its iconic Canary Wharf Citi Tower — home to its U.K., Europe and Middle East operations — in a major bet on the continued relevance of
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board passed a fiscal plan Thursday with 18% more spending through fiscal 2026 compared to the fiscal plan it approved in April. The fiscal plan projects $107.5 billion in Puerto Rico government spending and federal spending for Puerto Rico, from the current fiscal year to fiscal 2026. The April fiscal plan
According to both Cardano Blockchain Insight and pool.pm, the Cardano (ADA) network has maintained record capacity for nearly two weeks due to the launch of decentralized exchange, or DEX, SundaeSwap, the first of its kind to go live on Cardano. At the same time, the total value locked for the ADA blockchain reached a record
A state-approved pension enhancement for some Chicago firefighters adds $180 million to the fund’s existing $5.29 billion of unfunded liabilities and $16 million to $17 million in additional annual costs that add up to $700 million by 2055. The legislative change approved last year and signed by Gov. J.B Pritzker made permanent a cost-of-living adjustment
An artist’s rendition of an ION spacecraft deploying satellites in orbit. D-Orbit Italian space transportation and services company D-Orbit announced Thursday plans to go public via a SPAC, in a deal that values the venture at $1.4 billion. The merger with special purpose acquisition company Breeze Holdings is expected to close in the second or
In this article NFLX BX TSLA CMCSA MCD TSCO Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Comcast (CMCSA) – The NBCUniversal and CNBC parent earned an adjusted 77 cents per share for the fourth quarter, 4 cents above estimates, with revenue also above analyst forecasts. Comcast also announced an 8% dividend hike and
A new report from Cathy Woods’ ARK Invest forecasts Ethereum (ETH) will meet or even exceed a $20 trillion market cap within the next 10 years, which would equate to a price around $170,000 to $180,000 per ETH. The report also predicted big things for Bitcoin (BTC), saying it is “likely to scale as nation-states
One doesn’t often hear of a six-bedroom estate that sits under seven roofs. Villa Sul Mare off Nassau, the Bahamas, makes the most of its acre location along the waterfront by spreading out the living spaces within a lush green setting. Located on the aptly named Paradise Island, the property plays to its tropical locale
The Federal Reserve laid the groundwork for interest rate hikes Wednesday. At the conclusion of its two-day meeting, the central bank said it will aggressively unwind last year’s bond buying after a variety of inflation reports reached their highest levels in decades. Although interest rates will stay near zero for now, Fed officials set the stage
El Salvador adopted Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender over four months ago on Sept. 7, 2021. Bitcoiners around the world have been watching with intent as the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, attempts to “orange-pill” an entire nation. The president regularly buys the dip, has promised a low-tax Bitcoin “Citadel” in the form of
Municipals continued their ascent to higher yields Wednesday, even before the Federal Open Market Committee said it would “soon” raise interest rates. U.S. Treasury yields spiked following the FOMC statement and Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments. “Powell’s seeming unwillingness to dismiss some of the more-hawkish scenarios for the path of policy this year, leaving all options
Buyers should cool off on cryptocurrency concerns and make some long-term investments instead, SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci told CNBC on Tuesday. Some people think bitcoin is “rat poison,” as billionaire investor Warren Buffett once described it; others think it’s the worst thing to ever happen to civilization, Scaramucci said in a “Squawk Box” interview. “Everyone
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Jan. 21, 2022. Source: NYSE Two factors that determine the direction of stock prices are 1) expectations of earnings increasing or decreasing, and 2) the market multiple (price/earnings ratio), which is an estimate on what investors are willing to pay for a future stream of earnings. Both are
In this article T MAT BA GLW KMB DKNG Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing (BA) – Boeing reported a loss of $7.69 per share for the fourth quarter, as it took $4.4 billion in charges relating to a variety of issues, including delivery delays for the 787 widebody jet. Analysts
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruling Ak Party officials met earlier this week to discuss the metaverse, with the president calling for comprehensive research on the subject. Erdoğan has reportedly urged the Ak Party to study the metaverse, cryptocurrencies, and how transactions are made using them, according to a Daily Sabah report. At a