commodities

[ follow ]
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
1 week ago
Cryptocurrency

Luxor and Bitnomial Launch First Ever Bitcoin Hashrate Futures

The first US exchange-traded Hashrate Futures launched by Luxor Technology Corporation and Bitnomial, Inc.
Hashrate Futures provide a tool for miners to hedge revenue streams and investors to track Bitcoin mining hashrate.
Coindesk
2 months ago
Cryptocurrency

Indonesian Crypto Exchanges Blame Dramatic Drop in Trading Volumes Partly on High Taxes

Indonesia's crypto exchanges saw a 60% drop in transaction volume in 2023 compared to the previous year.
Local exchanges blame the drop on high taxes, including income and VAT taxes that apply to crypto as commodities.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

BTC, ETH, ADA, BNB Ranked the Most Watched Crypto Assets in 2022 Featured Bitcoin News

Today's top ten crypto assets make up a large portion of the crypto economy's current $797.95 billion value on Dec. 29, 2022, and many of them are some of the most popular digital currencies today.While coin market capitalization aggregation sites allow patrons to add their favorite coins to a watchlist, between coingecko.com
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

US Senator: Bitcoin Is a Commodity 'There Is No Dispute About This' Regulation Bitcoin News

U.S. Senator John Boozman says bitcoin, although a cryptocurrency, is a commodity in the eyes of the federal courts and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman.He stressed that exchanges where commodities are traded, including bitcoin, must be regulated and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is the right regulator for the crypto spot market.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

JPMorgan Expects Major Changes Coming to Crypto Industry and Regulation Post FTX Collapse Regulation Bitcoin News

JPMorgan has outlined key changes it expects in the crypto industry and its regulation following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.The global investment bank envisages several new regulatory initiatives, including those focusing on custody, customer asset protection, and transparency.JPMorgan Expects Major Changes in Crypto Industry Post FTX Meltdown Global investment bank JPMorgan published a report Thursday outlining major changes it expects to happen in the crypto industry following the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Price Outlook for October Strong Dollar and Fed Rate Hike Gives Bears the Advantage Market Updates Bitcoin News

Market Updates by Eliman Dambell Ten days into October, and ahead of this Wednesday's U.S. inflation report, bitcoin prices fell to a one-week low.
moreCryptocurrency
Createsend
1 week ago
World news

Logistics Report: Expanding Parcel Delivery Competition; Massive Freighter Seeks Lift

The U.K. economy expanded by 0.2% in January after previous contraction.
Dollar Tree to close hundreds of Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores; Alcoa acquires Alumina for $2.2 billion.
Yahoo Sports
9 months ago
Chicago White Sox

Ken Rosenthal: White Sox 'might be willing' to deal rental players. Here are the names he listed

The White Sox have decisions to make.And soon, for that matter.Do they want to forge ahead with the current core, hoping to win the AL Central and thus earning a playoff berth?Or would they rather sell high on their expiring commodities and bring back long term assets?Here's how MLB insider Ken Rosenthal reported the Sox' situation as the trade deadline nears.
Pinstripe Alley
9 months ago
New York Yankees

Jake Bauers closed the hole in his swing

The Yankees have shown a real affinity for lightning-in-a-bottle left-handed-hitting minor league depth signings, last year successfully with Matt Carpenter and this year less successfully with others like Franchy Cordero.It makes sense - sign guys who are known commodities and hope they figure something out or catch fire for a short stretch while the starters return from injury.
UK news
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Huge price increase means dummy' coffee jars are appearing in supermarkets

Empty coffee jars have been put on the shelves of a supermarket in London in an apparent bid to deter customers from shoplifting amid the cost of living crisis.A Co-op shop in Walthamstow used the dummy' products on jars of instant coffee, the price of which has been rising due to inflation.This product is a dummy, not for sale, please ask a member of staff for help, read a sign on one of the jars.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Food inflation slows to 15.4% in May after April record, survey suggests

There were signs that the rapidly rising increase in the price of food may have reached its peak as a survey of prices in shops suggested they fell between April and May.Food inflation fell to 15.4 per cent in the year to May, according to a survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Food inflation slows in May after April record, survey suggests

There were signs on Tuesday that the rapidly rising increase in the price of food may have reached its peak as a survey of prices in shops suggested they fell between April and May.Food inflation fell to 15.4% in the year to May, according to a survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Cab driver who acted as courier' for cross-Channel people smugglers avoids jail

A taxi driver who acted as courier for a criminal cross-Channel operation smuggling Vietnamese people into the UK using a conveyor belt of lorries has avoided jail.Trusted Habib Behsodi was part of a network of people bringing people into the country illegally in the backs of lorries in the Europe-spanning enterprise with the human cargo it helped transport referred to as pork and chicken, intercepted phone messages showed.
moreUK news
UK politics
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

China aims to subordinate the west, claims US politician on UK visit

Beijing wants to subordinate and humiliate the west, according to the Republican chair of a newly created China committee in Congress, who is leading a delegation of hawkish US politicians on a two-day trip to the UK.Mike Gallagher argued that China, under President Xi Jinping, believed in the inevitable demise of capitalism, and said he hoped to better understand how far British politicians of all parties shared his committee's concerns.
BBC News
1 year ago
UK politics

UK inflation: Price rises slow but remain close to 40-year high

Prices for olive oil, sugar and low-fat milk have surged with food costs continuing to fuel inflation in the UK.Food inflation is at a 45-year high, with a supermarket boss warning that grocery prices will remain elevated this year.Overall UK price inflation fell for the third month in a row to 10.1% in the year to January from 10.5% in December.
moreUK politics
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Cyclone Aid Stalled in Myanmar: I Just Hope We Get Help Before We Die.'

Four days after Cyclone Mocha made landfall in Myanmar, killing hundreds and devastating communities in its path, aid groups seeking to deliver humanitarian assistance remained stymied by the junta on Thursday as survivors faced growing threats of hunger and illness.Pierre Peron, a spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said relief agencies were ready to deliver food, medicine and other much-needed supplies, but were awaiting the military regime's approval.
www.scientificamerican.com
10 months ago
Science

Cedar the Goat's Story Revealed Our Beliefs about Pets and Livestock

The story of Cedar the goat, seized by Shasta County, California, sheriff's deputies from the sobbing nine-year-old girl who raised him, sharply focuses competing views of animals.Cedar's passage from a county fair to a community barbeque garnered reactions that depended on whether you regard the goat as a stolen family pet or as livestock destined for slaughter.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Russia's rupee problem risks harming trade ties with India DW 05/15/2023

India has emerged as a major buyer of Russian oil over the past year, after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine triggered Western sanctions, forcing Russia to offer its crude at discounted rates.The South Asian nation imported more oil from Russia than ever before in April, according to data from Vortexa, a ship tracking company.
Independent
11 months ago
Europe news

Russia aiming to trade food for weapons from North Korea, says White House

The White House on Thursday said it has new evidence that Russia is looking again to North Korea for weapons to fuel the war in Ukraine.S authorities believe Moscow aims to provide Pyongyang with needed food and other commodities in return.It is the latest accusation that Russia, desperate for weaponry and restricted by sanctions and export controls, is turning to "rogue" nations to help it continue to prosecute the 13-month-old war.
www.mercurynews.com
11 months ago
Europe news

US: Russia seeks arms-for-food deal with North Korea

By Aamer Madhani | Associated Press WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday said it has new evidence that Russia is looking again to North Korea for weapons to fuel the war in Ukraine, this time in a deal that would provide Pyongyang with needed food and other commodities in return.It's the latest accusation that Russia, desperate for weaponry and restricted by sanctions and export controls, is turning to rogue nations to help it continue to prosecute the 13-month-old war.
www.aljazeera.com
11 months ago
Europe news

US sanctions man accused of arms deal with North Korea and Russia

US says Russia has turned to countries like North Korea to replenish arms supplies depleted in its war with Ukraine.The United States has announced sanctions against a Slovakian man who was reportedly working to arrange a weapons sale between North Korea and Russia, as the war in Ukraine puts strain on Moscow's access to military goods.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine live briefing: China's Xi wraps up Russia trip with no clear plan to end war

Chinese leader Xi Jinping wraps up his three-day visit to Russia on Wednesday, in a trip that has underscored Beijing and Moscow's desire to reshape the global order against the West but offered little concrete progress on China's earlier pledge to act as a peace broker over the conflict in Ukraine.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Live updates: Xi and Putin to hold formal talks in Moscow

Leaders of China and Russia in symbolic joint stand
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, accompanied by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, during a welcoming ceremony at an airport in Moscow, on Monday.(Kommersant Photo/via REUTERS)Article Share
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to hold formal talks on Tuesday, as he continues his three-day visit to Moscow, his first since the invasion of Ukraine last year.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Appeals Court Overturns Fraud and Conspiracy Convictions in Varsity Blues Scandal

In a stunning reversal, a federal appeals court overturned the fraud and conspiracy convictions on Wednesday of two parents found guilty of participating in a far-reaching bribery scheme, known as Operation Varsity Blues, which ensnared dozens of wealthy parents who falsified their children's credentials to gain admission to prestigious universities across the country.
BBC Sport
10 months ago
London

WSL talking points as pressure mounts in title race

Coverage: Watch live coverage from 12:15 BST on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app; live text commentary on BBC Sport website & app

In less than a month the Women's Super League season will be done and dusted, but the title race and relegation battle remain impossible to predict as we enter another weekend of action.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Thousands of City jobs at risk in Credit Suisse crisis as UBS takes over embattled bank

Mark Yallop, former chief executive of UBS in the UK, also raised the prospect that there is more to emerge of the risks surrounding Credit Suisse than currently publicly known.However, he believes the sale of the bank to its rival and the intervention by financial institutions should stabilise the banking sector.
Coindesk
10 months ago
Cryptocurrency

New York Attorney General Seeks New Crypto Powers for State Regulators: Report

The New York Department of Financial Services would have stronger authority to regulate digital assets, with exchanges having to reimburse customers if they're the victims of fraud, under a bill proposed by the state's Attorney General Letitia James on Friday, according to media reports.In recent months James has taken actions involving crypto companies Celsius, KuCoin and Nexo, claiming a number of crypto tokens are commodities or securities despite a considerable gray area over the scope of existing law, and the bill would also give her extra enforcement powers, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
Coindesk
11 months ago
Cryptocurrency

XRP Trading Volumes Surges to Billions of Dollars on South Korean Crypto Exchanges

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team, focusing on decentralized finance, markets, on-chain data, and governance across all major and minor blockchains.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.
Coindesk
11 months ago
Cryptocurrency

Coinbase Chief Legal Officer: There's 'A Lot to Unpack' in CFTC's Filing Against Binance

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is going to great lengths to better gauge what is happening at the Binance exchange, said Paul Grewal, chief legal officer at rival exchange Coinbase (COIN)."There's a lot to unpack," Grewal told CoinDesk TV's "All About Bitcoin" on Tuesday about the CFTC's complaint against Binance, the largest crypto exchange by trading volume.
Coindesk
11 months ago
Cryptocurrency

Open Interest in XRP Surges to $800M as Crypto Traders Hope Ripple-SEC Verdict Will Bring 'Alt Season'

Investors are having a relook at the futures market tied to payments-focused cryptocurrency XRP amid hopes that Ripple Labs, the company that issued the token, will win its legal battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and spur more risk-taking in the broader market.XRP has rallied 57% since March 22, reaching a ten-month high of $0.584, according to CoinDesk data.
Coindesk
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

U.S. CFTC Chief Behnam Reinforces View of Ether as Commodity

With the ink still drying on its Binance action, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam reiterated Tuesday that he believes ether is a commodity - a potentially controversial assertion that seems to counter what his counterpart at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has contended.
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Supercycle May Be Happening, Says Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

Markets and Prices by Kevin Helms Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone has explained that a supercycle may be happening in bitcoin, noting that the cryptocurrency is beating gold by almost 10 times so far this year.The strategist added that if past trends hold, bitcoin's volatility is more likely to recover compared to commodities when the crypto heads toward new highs.
Dezeen
11 months ago
Design

Neri&Hu clads Piaget's Hong Kong boutique in ceramic tiles and bronze

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has designed a storefront for Swiss watchmaker and jeweller Piaget in Hong Kong, using handmade ceramic tiles that reference the heritage of both the brand and the site.The bespoke ceramic tiles, glazed in nuanced shades of deep blue and framed in bronze, have been neatly arranged on the storefront of the new boutique where they form a calm addition to the existing facade.
Adweek
1 year ago
Marketing

theSkimm Launches an In-House Creative Agency, SKM Labs

After more than a decade of serving its audience of millennial women, newsletter publisher theSkimm now wants to offer its expertise to other brands looking to do the same as part of its efforts to diversify revenue.The media company, which operated for years as a newsletter before branching into additional channels, announced the launch of its new in-house creative agency, SKM Lab, an evolution of the branded content work the publisher has long provided for its advertising clients.
Brandingmag
1 year ago
Marketing

The Brand Revolution Will Be Experienced

I've lost count of the number of times I've read about the imminent death of the thing we call 'brand'.Every time (with apologies to Mark Twain), those reports have been greatly exaggerated.From the very beginning of the information age, when the digital prophets proclaimed that a Minority Report world of minutely targeted advertising was just around the corner, to the much-heralded advent of the metaverse today, the power of the brand has stayed strong.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Japan's Prime Minister Becomes Last G7 Leader to Visit Ukraine

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan was making an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Tuesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, becoming the last leader of the Group of 7 nations to go to the country as he seeks a more active role for Japan in international affairs.Russia's invasion of Ukraine has galvanized Japan's foreign and defense policy, stoking concerns about the costs of geopolitical instability.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

Inflation in U.S. slows for 5th straight month | CBC News

Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are gradually cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households.Consumer prices rose 7.1 per cent in November from a year ago, the government said Tuesday.That was down from 7.7 per cent in October and a recent peak of 9.1 per cent in June.
Independent
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine: Russian shelling damaged nuclear plant power lines

Ukraine's nuclear state operator said Russia has shelled and damaged power lines connecting Europe's largest nuclear power plant to the Ukrainian grid, leaving the plant reliant on diesel generators again.he generators have enough fuel to maintain the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in south-east Ukraine for 15 days, Energoatom said in a post on its Telegram channel on Thursday.
Theregister
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin more costly to climate than beef, say economists

Far from being the "digital gold" some claim, Bitcoin's relative climate change impact is greater than the beef industry, and over seven times more than actual gold mining.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | The UK's Cryptic 40 Billion Bailout for Energy Traders

The new scheme is "a backstop source of additional liquidity to energy firms in otherwise sound financial health to meet extraordinary variation margin calls," the UK Treasury said.Who are those energy companies?key word in the new statement is "liquidity."The £40 billion ($43 billion) plan announced in the first days of Liz Truss's government to bolster energy traders remains a black box.The Energy Markets Financing Scheme isn't getting much attention because it's been overshadowed by the energy bailouts for households and businesses, which may end costing as much as £160 billion over the next two years.
Dabearsblog
1 year ago
Chicago Bears

Bought & Sold: Free Agency, American Sport and the Question of Language

Jeff Hughes | March 20th, 2023
[Note: These ideas are not entirely fleshed out.But since I have this space, I thought I would start fleshing them out in public.]Writing a unique NFL column at this time of the year is often a difficult proposition.Look around the internet and you'll understand what I mean.
Yahoo Sports
1 year ago
San Jose Sharks

James Reimer, Nick Bonino open to Sharks 2023-24 return despite trade rumors

Nick Bonino and James Reimer know their time with the Sharks could be up soon.But neither pending unrestricted free agent is rushing out the door, even though the Trade Deadline is just around the corner."I've made it clear with Mike and Quinny, I really enjoy it here," Bonino told San Jose Hockey Now.
NESN.com
1 year ago
Boston Red Sox

AL East Betting Preview: Buying Both Red Sox, Yankees In 2023?

With Opening Day nearly upon us, let's examine three bets to make for the toughest division in Major League Baseball, the American League East.Let's start with the Red Sox.
( All betting lines from DraftKings Sportsbook)
Red Sox over 77.5 wins (-115) From a national media perspective, there is seemingly a dark cloud of skepticism surrounding this season's Red Sox team.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

How Russia's war in Ukraine is changing the world's oil markets

Russia's war in Ukraine is causing a shift in oil markets, creating new geopolitical alliances.Analysts say it's comparable to the 1970s Arab oil embargo.(Story aired on ATC on Feb. 28, 2023.)LEILA FADEL, HOST: Russia's war in Ukraine has upended the flow of oil, natural gas and refined products like diesel.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Europe's Spring Weather Is Putin's Winter of Discontent

You don't usually wear a T-shirt to welcome the New Year in Europe.But if the weather forecast proves correct, Berliners will enter 2023 in spring-like temperatures of about 15 degrees Celsius, the average for the day is usually closer to freezing.Paris and Zurich may reach 18 degrees in the first or second day of the New Year.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | You Say Price Cap, I Say Speed Bump. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off.

European leaders are wrangling about the level of two energy price caps: one on European wholesale natural gas prices and another on Russian oil exports.Despite the focus on the price level disagreement, the real fight is about policy: What the price caps are intended to do, and whether there are any acceptable tradeoffs for them.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Let's Talk About Russia's Other Gas Export Bonanza

Looking southeast from the Acropolis of Athens, the silhouette of the tanker Pskov barely stood up last week against the azure waters of the Aegean Sea.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Commodity Speculators Reap Record-Shattering Profits Amid Global Hunger Crisis

The industry not only benefits from extreme market volatility - it's contributing to major price swings, experts say.A Yemeni baby, suffering from malnutrition, receives treatment with limited resources in the Department of Combating Malnutrition at Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 1, 2023.
Futurism
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

These Are the Jobs Most Vulnerable to AI, Researchers Say

Wondering if artificial intelligence will be taking your job anytime soon?We're sure we speak for a lot of folks when we say: same.Considering that AI is literally designed to model human capabilities and thus automate human tasks, it's a fair question - and one that a group of professors from New York University (NYU), Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) may have just helped to shed a little bit of light on in a new paper, aptly titled "How Will Language Modelers like ChatGPT Affect Occupations and Industries?"
Though the paper has yet to be peer-reviewed, the results are fascinating, not to mention ominous - especially, of course, for the folks most at risk.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Tesla's Skid Leaves Old Auto With a New Quandary

A weird thing happened to the global auto industry during the pandemic: Its valuation roughly tripled to about $3 trillion.I wrote about that here.Roughly a year on, a lot of other weird stuff has happened, most notably the head of the world's most valuable automaker trying his hand at running a certain social media platform.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
World news

Australian foreign minister in China after breakdown in ties DW 12/21/2022

12/21/2022December 21, 2022 Penny Wong became the first Australian minister to visit China in four years.The leaders of both countries also exchanged messages to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong landed in China on Wednesday after years of strained relations between the two countries.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | If We Want Lithium, Let China Finance It

A battery pack stands on a trolley as Tesla Model X sports utility vehicles (SUV) sit in cradles during assembly for the European market at the Tesla Motors Inc. factory in Tilburg, Netherlands, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016.A boom in electric vehicles made by the likes of Tesla could erode as much as 10 percent of global gasoline demand by 2035, according to the oil industry consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. (Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg)The surest way to test Canada's famed affability is to buy their miners and drillers.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia rejoins deal on wartime Ukrainian grain exports

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia agreed Wednesday to rejoin a wartime agreement that allows Ukrainian grain and other commodities to be shipped to world markets.Meanwhile, the U.N.'s refugee chief put the number of Ukrainians driven from their homes since the Russian invasion eight months ago at around 14 million.
www.eastbaytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia rejoins deal on wartime Ukrainian grain exports

By ANDREW MELDRUM and SUZAN FRASER (Associated Press) KYIV, Ukraine (AP)  Russia agreed Wednesday to rejoin a wartime agreement that allows Ukrainian grain and other commodities to be shipped to world markets.The U.N.'s refugee chief, meanwhile, put the number of Ukrainians driven from their homes since the Russian invasion eight months ago at around 14 million.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Residents of Kherson Told to Evacuate as Battle Appears Imminent

Zelensky accuses Russia of deliberately slowing grain shipments.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Musk's Big Tesla Growth Target Is a Problem

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 24: Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building on January 24, 2023 in San Francisco, California.Musk testified at a trial regarding a lawsuit that has investors suing Tesla and Musk over his August 2018 tweets saying he was taking Tesla private with funding that he had secured.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Why Can't Tesla Drive US Oil Demand Lower? Plastics

It's the battle that will define the US oil market this decade.On one side, the combination of rising sales of electric vehicles, more efficient conventional cars, and the impact of working-from-home is pushing down gasoline demand; on the other, the ever-growing popularity of plastics combined with a growing population is boosting consumption of petrochemicals.In short, one can call it "Tesla against the plastic industry."If
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Musk Poured Rocket Fuel on Tesla's Stock Crash

Tesla investors begin the new year trying to escape the shadow of 2022, when more than $670 billion of value was wiped out.At the center of that, in a very real sense, is Elon Musk: Tesla Inc.'s chief executive, technoking and biggest shareholder.Not as big as he was 14 months ago, though.Musk began heavy selling of Tesla in November 2021.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Why Croatia Sees Joining the Euro as Path to Security

A Euro symbol at a currency exchange bureau in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.Russian markets brushed off reports that the U.S. and its allies are considering sanctions targeting the country's banking sector should President Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine.Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)Croatia, the European Union's newest member, adopts the euro as its currency on Jan. 1.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | 2022 Has Not Been Kind to Musk's Tesla. Exxon Is Catching Up.

Just two months ago, Elon Musk speculated that Tesla Inc. would eventually be worth twice as much as Saudi Arabian Oil Co. - AKA Saudi Aramco, AKA the biggest listed company in the world with a market capitalization (then) of $2.1 trillion.As it turns out, the more relevant comparison is with a somewhat smaller oil major.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Elon Musk's Impossible Electric Truck Is Getting the Last Laugh

Bags of PepsiCo Inc. brand Lay's potato chips for sale at a grocery store in Bagdad, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, April 9, 2021.PepsiCo Inc. is scheduledto release earnings figures on April 15.(Bloomberg)When Elon Musk announced plans to upend the long-haul trucking industry five years ago, it was hard to suppress the urge to laugh.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 year ago
Intellectual property law

The Adidas v. Thom Browne Saga: Stripes May Be 'Earned' But They Cannot Be Owned

"Each of the parties in the Adidas suit have stepped into the supposed commercial field of the other company before.Adidas has partnered with Gucci to create a $3,000 duffel bag...[while] Thom Browne has partnered with Football Club Barcelona to make the club's regular game jerseys."Engagement in proactive IP litigation by global companies is the bedrock of trademark enforcement, and Adidas is no stranger to this strategy.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 319

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 319th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Sunday, January 8, 2023: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared the unilateral ceasefire ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Orthodox Christmas a failure.
Editor In Leaf
1 year ago
Toronto Maple Leafs

2 Potential Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Targets Injured Long-Term

The Toronto Maple Leafs were rumored to be interested in Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko, but both players were injured over the weekend.Ryan O'Reilly will miss a minimum of six weeks with a broken foot, while Vladimir Tarsenko will miss four weeks with a hand injury, so that may limit the chances that the Toronto Maple Leafs trade for one of these players.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
OMG science

Your next pour-over may be Liberica or excelsa

Coffee is uniquely vulnerable to climate change.It grows in tropical regions, where temperatures and rainfall are becoming increasingly erratic; it is grown by small farms, which do not have the resources available to weather the coming literal and figurative storms; and despite the fact that coffee is among the most highly traded commodities in the world, little agricultural research time or money has been devoted to it.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Tech industry

The charges against crypto's Bankman-Fried are piling up. Here's how they break down

A detailed view of the FTX sign prior to a game between the Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat at FTX Arena on November 14, 2022.Megan Briggs/Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO of the FTX crypto-exchange, was arrested at his home in the Bahamas on Monday night at the request of the U.S. government, which had filed a sealed indictment in the Southern District of New York.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Erdogan, Putin discuss Syria border corridor, gas hub by phone

Turkey's president reiterated the necessity of establishing a buffer zone in accordance with a 2019 agreement with Russia, his office says.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, in which he called for a 30-kilometre (19-mile) security corridor at the Turkish border with Syria, according to his office.
ComputerWeekly.com
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Cohesity doubles down on cyber-defence failings via backup | TechTarget

Most organisations fail miserably at defending themselves from cyber attack and ransomware intrusion.That's the view of James Blake, EMEA CSO at Cohesity, who spoke to Computer Weekly about key features in the backup company's recently launched Datahawk service and its Data Security Alliance initiative.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Service Wages Keep Bedeviling Powell and the Markets

The Federal Reserve just got some bad news on the service sector, one of the last redoubts of stubbornly high inflation in the US.That's fueling further speculation that interest rate increases may yet have a ways to go, and markets aren't loving it.Understandably so.A Labor Department report on Friday showed that average hourly earnings for private sector service-providing jobs rose 0.6% in November from the previous month, the fastest pace since October 2021.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Here is how the so-called price cap on Russian oil will work.

European Union diplomats have agreed on a $60-per-barrel limit on the price at which Russian oil can be traded outside the bloc, the latest effort by Western allies to try to deprive Moscow of revenue to finance its war in Ukraine.But there are serious questions over whether such a plan can be enforced, and whether Russia and its main buyers, including China and India, will go along with the price set by the Group of 7 industrialized nations.
Blueshirt Banter
1 year ago
New York Rangers

The Rangers Still Have Opportunities To Bolster Deadline Cap Space

The New York Rangers trade of Ryan Reaves to the Minnesota Wild freed up some much needed cap space.Even though the team is projected to have $6,682,222 in deadline cap space per Cap Friendly, there are still opportunities to trim more fat.The long story short is that this is a very talented team with flaws that need to be addressed if they hope to return to the Eastern Conference Final and avenge last year's loss.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Let Us Give Thanks to Cranberries for the End of a Food Crisis

As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving dinner this week, the story of celebrating a rich harvest in a time of straightened circumstances will be unusually resonant.The cost of a typical meal is up 20% from last year, agricultural lobbyist the Farm Bureau reported last week.That's by far the biggest jump in the 36 years it's been doing the survey, and well ahead of the 6.9% increase in US median incomes and the 8.3% gain in broader consumer prices.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | FTX Offers a Master Class in Crypto's Flaws

In one sense, investors and regulators should be grateful to Sam Bankman-Fried, the erstwhile head of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange.The spectacular flameout of his virtual empire has evolved from a cautionary tale into a master class on everything that's wrong with crypto markets.As customers and creditors sort through what remains of the failed exchange's holdings, and as the repercussions spread throughout the crypto realm, here are four lessons that stand out:
* Beware of assets denominated in crypto.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Food Prices Are Coming Down - Just Not in Time for Thanksgiving

The headlines are still screaming "food crisis," and policymakers remain worried.Sure enough, the prices of a few staples, notably corn and wheat, are still high.But dig a bit deeper, and the scare is all but over.From salmon and chickpeas to lamb and tomatoes, food prices are coming down.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Twitter Is Wrecking the Musk Aura That Fueled Tesla

Elon Musk's initial motivational address to the social experiment now referred to as "Twitter employees" didn't bury the lead:
Musk Warns Twitter Bankruptcy Possible as Senior Executives Exit
Bursts of hyperbole are, of course, Musk's oeuvre - "funding unsecured," as it were - which is why he took so effortlessly to Twitter in the first place.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | How 'Chip War' Puts Nations In Technology Arms Race

The incredibly complex, high-stakes business of making semiconductors has always been a battle between global giants.Now it's also a race among governments.These critical bits of technology -- also known as integrated circuits or, more commonly, just chips -- may be the tiniest yet most exacting products ever manufactured.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | FTX's Sudden Unraveling May Allow DeFi to Grow

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022.The top Democrats and Republicans on the committee last month sent a letter to the CFTC calling for the regulator to take a more active role in overseeing cryptocurrencies.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Sunak extends UK support for saving forests but will not give more funding

Rishi Sunak has pledged the UK's continued support for conserving threatened forests around the world, through a funding programme covering a third of the world's forests, at the Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt.Brazil is expected to join the initiative, under the incoming president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and new funding from the public and private sector will take the spending for forest conservation above $20bn over the next five years.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

G7 ministers meet with Ukraine war, China ties on agenda

Top diplomats from the world's major industrialized democracies are grappling with the implications of Russia's war in Ukraine, China's growing economic clout and aims on Taiwan, and Iran's crackdown on antigovernment protesters as they opened two days of talks on Thursday.Meeting in the western German city of Muenster, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations were taking stock of the situation in Ukraine more than eight months since Russia invaded the country, exacerbating food and energy shortages and creating ripple effects far from Europe.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

G7 foreign ministers set to grapple with Ukraine war, China

Top diplomats from the world's major industrialized democracies will grapple with the implications of Russia's war in Ukraine, China's growing economic clout and aims on Taiwan and Iran's treatment of anti-government protesters when they open two days of talks in Germany this week.Meeting in the western German city of Munster, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations  Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States  will take stock of the situation in Ukraine nearly a year after they first banded together to warn Russia of massive consequences if it went ahead with plans to invade the former Soviet republic that some believed were exaggerated at the time.
SFGATE
1 year ago
SF real estate

How's the Federal Reserve's Real Estate 'Reset' Going? Not So Great, Latest Statistics Say

Homebuyers and sellers have likely heard that America's real estate market is undergoing a "correction" or "reset."So how's that going?
So far, not so great.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | If Musk Owning Twitter Is a Security Risk, What About Tesla?

Might Elon Musk be saved from the madness of his deal for Twitter Inc. by paranoia?
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Zelensky accuses Russia of deliberately slowing grain shipments.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has accused Russia of deliberately slowing down grain exports to create a food crisis, undermining a deal the United Nations brokered earlier this year that freed millions of tons of food trapped in Ukraine's ports by the war.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | If Musk Owning Twitter Is a Security Risk, What About Tesla?

Might Elon Musk be saved from the madness of his deal for Twitter Inc. by paranoia?
Riggo's Rag
1 year ago
Washington Redskins

Commanders' Jahan Dotson seemingly reaggravates hamstring injury at practice

The Washington Commanders' passing attack has come crashing back down to earth after a scalding hot start.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Musk Could Use Some Extra Tesla Mojo Right Now

In between dabbling in geopolitics and buying-rejecting-no-really-buying Twitter, Elon Musk runs a car company.
Tesla Inc. reported results that were somehow simultaneously great and yet humdrum.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | $200 Diesel Puts Biden In an Ugly Corner

What do Joe Biden and Harry S. Truman have in common?
Both presidents ran the US when American stockpiles of distillate fuel were exceptionally low.
Cubbies Crib
1 year ago
Chicago Cubs

Cubs have far more questions than answers in the rotation

After a woeful first half, the Cubs seemed to turn it around following the All-Star Break, running off a 39-31 mark down the stretch, due largely in part to a sterling 2.89 starting rotation ERA that ranked third in all of baseball.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
Berlin

Germany hopes to get key raw material from Mongolia

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday that his country wants to strengthen ties to Mongolia, citing the country's wealth of key commodities such as copper and rare earth metals.
Dodgers Nation
1 year ago
LA Dodgers

Dave Roberts Explains Pinch Hitting Austin Barnes for Cody Bellinger

With two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Dodgers had runners on first and second with Padres closer Josh Hader on the mound.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | How 'Chip War' Puts Nations In Technology Arms Race

The incredibly complex, high-stakes business of making semiconductors has always been a battle between global giants.Now it's also a race among governments.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Inflation Hasn't Knocked Down Consumer Goods Groups Yet

It's not just food retailers benefiting from rising prices.Another member of the "whisper it, inflation isn't all bad" club is PepsiCo Inc.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Putin is fighting alone

Those whom the Russian president may perceive as allies do not seem to be eager to back his brutal war in Ukraine.
Bitcoin
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Back Above $20,000, USD Hits 2-Week Low

Bitcoin ( BTC) briefly rose above $20,000 on Tuesday, as the U.S. dollar continued to decline versus other major currencies.
[ Load more ]