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NFT Boom Will Surely Lead to Questions Over Copyright, Control and Plagiarism

Guest Post | Oct 6, 2021 Could NFTs be used to solve copyright issues one day? It seems in some cases that they have already provided solutions. Take the case of Cath Simard, a Canadian digital artist and photographer. Simard had grown tired of seeing one of her popular Instagram photos – a glorious snap


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How much house can you afford? Here’s what first-time homebuyers need to know

More than a quarter of buyers this year blew past their initial home-buying budget.

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More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are still struggling to save

A recent poll from the National Endowment for Financial Education shows that the top concern of 37% of Americans surveyed is having enough in emergency savings.

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SunPower announces restructuring aimed at doubling down on residential market

The solar industry is booming, and SunPower is streamlining its operations to double down on the residential market.

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Unemployment recipients fell by more than half after Labor Day cliff

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits fell by about 55%, to 5 million, as of Sept. 11, according to most recent data.

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Social network Commonstock aims to harness retail investor energy and verify ‘YOLO’ trades

Commonstock caters to retail traders who want to chat about their investments – and provide proof of their trades.

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US Bank launches bitcoin custody service as institutions race to cater to crypto demand

The move is the latest sign that established financial players are beginning to accept cryptocurrencies as a legitimate asset class.

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Here’s how states like South Dakota have become global tax havens

States like South Dakota have become global tax havens for the wealthy, according to the ‘Pandora Papers’ leak. Experts explain how.

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OECD Report: AI in Business and Finance – 2021 Outlook

OECD Library | Oct 5, 2021 Deployment of AI applications across the full spectrum of finance and business sectors has progressed rapidly in recent years such that these applications have become or are on their way to becoming mainstream. AI, i.e. machine-based systems able to make predictions, recommendations or decisions based on machine or human


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[Event, Nov 2]: The Future of Canadian Competitiveness

Degroote School of Business | Oct 5, 2021 In a world that is seeing the economic centre of gravity moving to Asia, does Canada have what it needs to ensure that the prosperity the nation has enjoyed will be sustained in the decades ahead? How does Canada’s competitiveness stack up against its global peers and


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Podcast: CBDC implementation models and the role of the private sector including Payments Canada architect

OMFIF | Sep 30, 2021 See:  Latest from BIS and a group of 7 central banks including Canada on retail CBDCs Katie-Ann Wilson, head of policy analysis, OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute, is joined by David Mackeith, principal technology adviser, Amazon Web Services, and Craig Borysowich, principal architect, Payments Canada, to discuss central bank digital currency


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A single ticket hit Powerball's $699.8 million jackpot. Here's the winner's tax bill

No matter whether the winner chooses to take their windfall as a lump sum or an annuity, Uncle Sam gets a big chunk of it right off the bat.

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Big changes are coming to the public service loan forgiveness program

The government program that forgives the student loans of public servants has been plagued by issues. The Biden administration hopes to fix it.

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Activist investor Carl Icahn reveals stake in Southwest Gas, urging company to drop acquisition

Carl Icahn announced a sizeable stake in Southwest Gas, and he is pushing the utility company to drop its rumored acquisition of Questar Pipeline.

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UK Coadjute to issue mortgage stablecoins to streamline property sales

Finextra | Oct 5, 2021 Coadjute, the real-time network that connects the property market, has announced plans to enable retail banks in the UK to issue a mortgage stablecoin on their network, working in partnership with global technology firm R3.  Stablecoins issued on the Coadjute Network will be the first UK Retail Bank stablecoins and


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