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Verizon partners with Amazon to use tech giant's satellite internet system for rural broadband

Verizon partners with Amazon to use tech giant's satellite internet system for rural broadband

Verizon is partnering with Amazon to use the satellite internet system the tech giant is developing to expand rural broadband access in the United States.

4 years ago
OFAC publishes U.S. virtual currency industry guidance for sanctions compliance

OFAC publishes U.S. virtual currency industry guidance for sanctions compliance

Linklaters | Oct 22, 2021 OFAC recommendations for virtual currency industry participants A U.S. regulator has again reminded the virtual currency industry that it is subject to the same compliance obligations as more traditional industries. Last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued specific guidance regarding the application


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4 years ago
Congress has a new plan to fix Social Security. How it would change benefits

Congress has a new plan to fix Social Security. How it would change benefits

A new version of the Social Security 2100 Act includes updates that keep President Joe Biden and Republicans in mind. Here's how it would change the program.

4 years ago
FTX lures blue-chip investors in $421m funding round

FTX lures blue-chip investors in $421m funding round

Financial Times | Harriet Agnew, Eva Szalay, Joshua Oliver and Arash Massoudi  | Oct 21, 2021 BlackRock, Sequoia and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan took part in $421m deal FTX has agreed a $421m funding round with backing from groups including BlackRock, Sequoia and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, marking the latest sign that blue-chip investors


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4 years ago
Paid family leave even at 4 weeks would 'still be transformational,' expert says

Paid family leave even at 4 weeks would 'still be transformational,' expert says

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill work to finalize a social spending plan, a national paid family leave proposal is getting whittled down to four weeks from 12.

4 years ago
Dread going back to the office? Therapists share tips on how to readjust

Dread going back to the office? Therapists share tips on how to readjust

Many people haven't been to their office in 18 months. Anxious about going back? Therapists share their best advice.

4 years ago
Families not signing up for child tax credit now will have to wait until next year to get money

Families not signing up for child tax credit now will have to wait until next year to get money

Families have just a few months to sign up for child tax credit payments and get any money this year.

4 years ago
First US Bitcoin ETF Already in Danger of Breaching Futures Contracts Limit

First US Bitcoin ETF Already in Danger of Breaching Futures Contracts Limit

Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance | Katie Greifeld | Oct 22, 2021 The Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ticker BITO) is already on track to breach a limit on the number of futures contracts it is permitted to hold by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. After two days trading BITO owns nearly


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4 years ago
Wealthsimple adds crypto portfolios to group-retirement plans

Wealthsimple adds crypto portfolios to group-retirement plans

BNN Bloomberg | Kevin Orland | Oct 21, 2021 Power Corp. of Canada’s online financial-services company Wealthsimple is adding retirement portfolios that include Bitcoin and Ethereum for its group-retirement clients, another sign of the possible mainstreaming of cryptocurrencies. Employees of companies with retirement plans run by Wealthsimple Work will be able to allocate 1 per


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4 years ago
Canada’s Competition Problem:  7 Reasons

Canada’s Competition Problem: 7 Reasons

Regs to Riches | Vass Bednar | Oct 24, 2021 Canada’s real competition problem is capacity. Competition policy is an important instrument that can be used to regulate behaviour between businesses and create beneficial outcomes for the economy and society,  including: greater economic efficiency and innovation, more product variety for consumers and better prices, the


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4 years ago
Wells Fargo has a new virtual assistant in the works named Fargo

Wells Fargo has a new virtual assistant in the works named Fargo

The move by Wells Fargo is part of a broader technology overhaul under CEO Charles Scharf.

4 years ago
Elon Musk reposted this meme > 2 days later ‘Love in The Time of Web3’ sold as an NFT for nearly $20,000

Elon Musk reposted this meme > 2 days later ‘Love in The Time of Web3’ sold as an NFT for nearly $20,000

CNBC Make It| Taylor Locke | Oct 22, 2021 Love in The Time of Web3 It's no secret that billionaire Elon Musk loves memes. He frequently reposts them on Twitter, where he has 61 million followers. Though some dislike his reposting, as he often neglects to give the original meme creators credit, others have profited


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4 years ago
Wells Fargo has a new virtual assistant in the works and it’s named Fargo

Wells Fargo has a new virtual assistant in the works and it’s named Fargo

The move by Wells Fargo is part of a broader technology overhaul under CEO Charles Scharf.

4 years ago
Senate Democrats push for tax on billionaires to help fund spending plan

Senate Democrats push for tax on billionaires to help fund spending plan

Senate Democrats are eyeing a tax on billionaires to help fund their social spending package amid pushback on income and corporate tax hikes.

4 years ago
[CIX Digital Summit Oct 27-28]:  10 AWESOME REASONS TO BE AT CIX THIS WEEK!

[CIX Digital Summit Oct 27-28]: 10 AWESOME REASONS TO BE AT CIX THIS WEEK!

CIX | Oct 25, 2021   1) Presentations by the 30 award winning companies, as selected out of 492 CEOs & Founders of CIX Top 20 Early and CIX Top 10 Growth 2021 Inductees: 2) AND your chance to meet the presenting companies face to face after their presentation in the 6 ‘Meet the Presenting


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4 years ago