Municipals were steady to firmer in spots Monday, while U.S. Treasuries strengthened inside five years but key parts of the curve remained inverted while equities ended in the black. Triple-A municipal yield curves were relatively stable, while the two-, three-, five- and seven-year UST were still sitting above the 10- and 30-year. More activity surfaced
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Non-profile picture (PFP) NFTs had been cooling down over the past few months but now that Bitcoin and Ethereum have turned bullish again, altcoins and NFT-focused tokens are beginning to follow. Music NFTs are one sector of the ecosystem that is showing bullish signs this week, and Opulous (OPUL) protocol was the breakout star of
In this article TSLA TWTR Elon Musk speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Outspoken Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased a giant stake in Twitter that makes him the largest outside shareholder in the social media stock, not long
In this article TSLA WFC HTZ LOG.N-CH CTRN Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Twitter — The social media company soared 26.6% after a filing revealed that Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% passive stake in the firm, worth about $2.9 billion. The
Air fryers have been a top wellness design trend for more than a year, and are likely to inspire new countertop appliance sales for Mother’s Day soon. Air frying capability has also been built into ranges, ovens and microwaves. One manufacturer even sent the capability as an upgrade to existing owners. Other companies followed suit,
Real estate accounts for an estimated 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with 12% of that in the United States alone, according to the EPA. Buildings mostly operate on fossil fuels, and their surfaces leak a lot of air, releasing cooling and heating out into the atmosphere. Add the construction industry to that and the
Bitcoin (BTC) has been stuck between $45,400 and $47,500 for the past two days, indicating a tough tussle between the buyers and sellers as both attempt to establish control over the trend. Data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode showed that 100,000 Bitcoin left exchanges in March. These large quantities of withdrawals have only happened twice
COVID-19 has changed the economic as well the physical landscape of living and working in New York City, according to panelists at an symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the city will survive and thrive. “The Future of New York City: Charting an Equitable Recovery for All,” was a day-long
Puerto Rico bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor Swain designated the mediators and named the participants in the debt resolution process for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority but excluded the legislature from the list of participants. On Friday morning she named U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York Shelley Chapman to lead the
We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Chen Li, the co-founder and CEO of Youbi Capital, a venture capital firm investing in blockchain technologies and disruptive
In this article 9866-HK TWLO FB MU AMZN Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio Inc’s first employee Tianshu LI, and company’s leadership team celebrate at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Opening Bell to commemorate the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the NYSE in New York, September 12, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks ended
In this article 9866-HK 2015-HK WYNN BB AAPL GME Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: GameStop (GME) – GameStop plans to seek shareholder approval to boost the number of shares outstanding in order to enable a stock split. The videogame retailer is proposing an increase to 1 billion shares from 300 million.
Inventory is up. Mortgage rates are up (and climbing.) Do these indicators presage a slowdown in the white-hot New York City real estate market? Will the uncertainty around the ongoing Ukraine war freeze homebuyers in their tracks? How have buyers and sellers fared during the first quarter of 2022? Sales have remained brisk throughout the
In this article CTRN Real estate and related sectors account for at least 25% of China’s economy, according to Moody’s. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s economy faces so much new pressure from Covid that Beijing may increase stimulus — boosting overall growth, Citi said Thursday. “Given the strong start of
While Ethereum network fees to transfer data dropped significantly in recent times, tapping a low of $5.98 per transaction in mid-March, gas fees are rising once again on the second-largest cryptocurrency network in terms of market valuation. On Sunday, April 3, the average transaction network fee is around 0.0056 ether or $19.58 per transfer. Ethereum
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday threw cold water on measures to suspend the federal gas tax, warning the move would deplete the Highway Trust Fund and not necessarily translate into savings at the pump. Pelosi called the idea of a federal gas tax holiday “very showbiz” and said it would mainly benefit the oil companies,
Improved state revenue collections and federal COVID-related relief funds enabled Washington lawmakers to add $5 billion in spending to the supplemental budget signed by Gov. Jay Inslee Thursday. The $64.1 billion supplemental budget builds off of the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year. It includes $2 billion toward a 16-year,
Solana (SOL) jumped past a critical resistance level that had limited its recovery attempts during the November 2021-March 2022 price correction multiple times, thus raising hopes of more upside in April. Solana flips key resistance to support To recap, SOL’s price underwent extreme pullbacks upon testing its multi-month downward sloping trendline in recent history. 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 Crypto industry fires back after EU vote to block ‘unhosted’
A customer exits a Big Lots store in Clifton, New Jersey. Emile Wamsteker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Big Lots (BIG) Business: Big Lots operates as a retailer in the United States. The company offers products under various merchandising categories, such as furniture, seasonal, soft home, consumables and food. As of March 15, 2021,