IISD | Catherine Benson Wahlén | Oct 1, 2019 Highlights The UN Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs is tasked with developing a concrete, actionable set of recommendations on how to harness the digital revolution to advance the SDGs. The report identifies three disruptive possibilities for fintech to shift “the center of
Top U.S. officials will welcome a high-ranking Chinese delegation starting Oct. 10 for the latest round of trade talks aimed at easing tensions between the world's two largest economies, the White House confirmed on Monday.
Betakit | Isabelle Kirkwood | Oct 4, 2019 This week, Hut 8 Mining Corp., a cryptocurrency mining and blockchain infrastructure company headquartered in Toronto, announced it would begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) on October 8. In addition to expediting new listings and transactions, the Sandbox could also become a channel for new
Eight major Wall Street firms initiated coverage of SmileDirectClub on Monday with buy ratings, despite the stock being down 36% since its initial public offering.
"At the end of the day, you've got to take away the hype," says Bob Greifeld about companies going public in the current investing climate.
Samsung Electronics flagged slightly better than expected third quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by strong sales of its new Galaxy Note 10 smartphone series even as a slump in its memory chip business continued to weigh on earnings.
U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Monday as investors braced for U.S.-China trade talks later in the week, after a rollercoaster start to the month on fears that the world's largest economy could be sliding into a recession.
TNW Hard Fork | Yessi Bello Perez | Oct 7, 2019 As Facebook deals with the loss of PayPal‘s backing for its ‘cryptocurrency‘ Libra, the tech giant must now get ready to answer EU regulators’ questions about the potential risks posed by the project. The European Commission has requested that Facebook and the Libra Association
BlackRock Inc , the world's largest asset manager has appointed Manish Mehta as global head of human resources effective immediately, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday.
General Electric Co said on Monday it was freezing pension plans for about 20,000 U.S. employees with salaried benefits, as the industrial conglomerate makes another drastic move to cut debt and reduce its pension deficit by up to $8 billion.
Although Roth IRAs grow tax-free and withdrawals generally are also untaxed, traditional IRAs come with some potential tax benefits.
Netflix stock has fallen nearly 30% in the past three months, erasing its 2019 gains.
Shares in sensors specialist AMS and lighting group Osram fell on Monday on concerns AMS might revisit its $4.9 billion takeover bid which collapsed on Friday.
Citi said in its upgrade of Uber that despite various overhangs from the company's IPO, it expects revenue growth to accelerate.
General Electric Co said on Monday it was freezing the pension plan for about 20,000 U.S. employees with salaried benefits, as the industrial conglomerate looks to cut its huge debt pile.