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Have a Lot of Apps on Your Phone? Try These Ones to Become a More Interesting Person

Guest Post | May 18, 2022 If you spend an inordinate amount of time on your phone, you’re bound to know your way around an app or two. While many of us are familiar with the likes of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and others, many apps are a hindrance rather than helpful. For instance, social media


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World Bank Report: Fintech and the Future of Finance

The World Bank | Michael Geller and Arpita Sarkar | May 18, 2022 The ongoing digitization of financial services and money creates opportunities to build more inclusive and efficient financial services and promote economic development. This digital transformation presents a paradigm shift that has various policy implications, including: Foster beneficial innovation and competition, while managing


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Melvin Capital says it's winding down funds and returning money to investors during market turmoil

Melvin Capital, the hedge fund crushed last year after betting against GameStop, said it will unwind its funds and return cash to investors.

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Musk Reacts To Snoop Dogg’s Interest to Buy Twitter

Afrotech | Josh Rodgers | May 16, 2022 Elon Musk and the acquisition of social media giant, Twitter, have caught the attention of many high-profile individuals. Whether it’s celebrities denouncing their association with the app because they disagree with him or A-listers trying to gain a piece of the pie, there is no shortage of


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Mastercard launches biometric checkout program as contactless, secure payments grow

eMarketer | Adriana Nunez  | May 18, 2022 Mastercard’s new Biometric Checkout Program brings facial and fingerprint recognition technology to the point-of-sale (POS).  By linking consumers’ biometrics with their payment cards Mastercard can grow card volume even if a physical card isn’t present during the transaction. The program lets consumers link their facial and fingerprint


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Sounds like a DAO, Looks like a DAO: Introducing the Modern Digital Organization

Institute of Corporate Directors | Chami Akmeemana | Mar 14, 2022 Source: Convergence.Tech New era, new capabilities Modern, digital organizations are adopting new approaches to establish the capabilities needed to solve their most significant problems. They are using the power of these maturing emerging technologies coupled with advanced process engineering to design solutions with people


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Citigroup shares jump 5% after Warren Buffett reveals a near $3 billion stake in the struggling bank

A filing revealed that Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway added more than 55 million shares to build a stake worth $2.95 billion as of the end of March.

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Paramount shares jump 10% after Buffett's Berkshire reveals new stake

Berkshire bought 68.9 million shares of Paramount to build a stake worth $2.6 billion as of the end of March, according to a regulatory filing released Monday.

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Citigroup shares jump 6% after Warren Buffett reveals a near $3 billion stake in the struggling bank

A filing revealed that Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway added more than 55 million shares to build a stake worth $2.95 billion as of the end of March.

2 years ago

Paramount shares jump about 14% after Buffett's Berkshire reveals new stake

Berkshire bought 68.9 million shares of Paramount to build a stake worth $2.6 billion as of the end of March, according to a regulatory filing released Monday.

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Op-ed: Energy and health care are attractive sectors to watch the rest of the year

Expect mid-to-late cycle dynamics to play out once the inflation scare recedes, meaning financial, energy and materials companies will do best.

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Should you keep up payments during the federal student-loan freeze? Experts weigh in

The moratorium on student loan payments has offered some borrowers a rare opportunity to chip away at their debt balance. Should they keep it up?

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Terra’s crash shakes confidence leaving some other stablecoins on shaky ground

The Verge | Mitchell Clark  | May 16, 2022 In the wake of the sudden collapse of TerraUSD, several other stablecoins’ values (whose values are supposedly pegged to the dollar) have started facing issues. Deus Finance’s DEI coin is currently trading at around 66 cents and has been fluctuating since Sunday, reaching a low of


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Paramount shares jump about 10% after Buffett's Berkshire reveals new stake

Berkshire bought 68.9 million shares of Paramount to build a stake worth $2.6 billion as of the end of March, according to a regulatory filing released Monday.

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How to sidestep a tax bomb when selling your home

With soaring prices and record home equity, you may expect a profit when selling your property. Here's how to lessen the tax bite.

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