The chief executives behind Microsoft’s planned $75bn acquisition of Activision made a last-ditch attempt to save the deal in a courtroom on Wednesday in the face of US government objections that could result in its annulment as early as next week. The acquisition of the gaming company would almost certainly collapse if the judge sided
The upcoming Bitcoin (BTC) halving is set to blow fresh wind in the sails of Bitcoin-focused stocks such as Michael Saylor founded tech firm MicroStrategy. In a research note shared with Cointelegraph, New York-based investment firm Berenberg Capital Markets explained its reasons for a bullish outlook on MicroStrategy (MSTR), which Berenberg has given a $430
Environmentally friendly infrastructure got a big boost just before California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the budget on July 1 and then again last week through a grant-funding program. With the budget shortfall this year, lawmakers scrambled to tap the state’s cap-and-trade program and other non-general fund sources to sustain ongoing programs. California lawmakers added money
In this article NVAX DKNG LCID CVNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Carvana used car “vending machine” displays vehicles on December 09, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Carvana — Shares soared 10% in midday trading. The company said on Monday
A for sale sign is posted in front of a home for sale on February 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Home prices hit a record high in May, rising 0.7% nationally compared with April at a seasonally adjusted rate, according to the Black Knight Home Price Index. Prices, which
Nonfarm payrolls rose by 209,000 in June, below economists’ expectations of an addition of 240,000 jobs. Although the figures show a cooling labor market, market observers remained concerned as the average hourly earnings growth held steady at 0.4% from May and 4.4% from a year ago. The report did not alter expectations of a 25 basis
Joe Biden on Monday described the UK-US relationship as “rock solid” at talks in Downing Street with Rishi Sunak, in spite of differences emerging between the two sides ahead of this week’s Nato summit. The US president’s decision to send cluster munitions to Kyiv is at odds with Britain’s opposition to their use, and Number
Bitcoin (BTC) is selling for a nearly $3,000 discount on Binance.US, providing a significantly better rate than global spot prices — but there’s just one catch. On July 9, a swathe of crypto users began noticing a widening price discrepancy between cryptocurrencies listed on the United States crypto exchange and their global spot prices, with
The exterior of Sweetgreen’s Naperville location Source: Sweetgreen Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: JetBlue Airways — JetBlue Airways declined 1.3% in premarket trading after the company said it would end its partnership in the northeastern U.S. with American Airlines and focus on Spirit Airlines. Shares of American Airlines declined about 0.9%,
Blockchain network Avail has launched a testnet data availability bridge to Ethereum, according to a July 7 announcement. Once testing is completed, the bridge will allow developers to easily create “validiums” or low-cost layer 2s that do not store full transaction data on Ethereum, the announcement stated. Avail was originally created by Polygon Labs, but
Moscow has accused Kyiv and Ankara of violating the terms of a high-profile prisoner exchange after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned home from a visit to Turkey with a group of Ukrainian commanders. The commanders had led the defence of the bombed-out city of Mariupol before they were forced to surrender last spring at the end
In this article BE BABA BIIB LEVI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Levi Strauss & Co. label is seen on jeans in a store at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, U.S., February 15, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Check out the companies making the biggest moves before the
Lawyers representing Elon Musk and Tesla asked a United States district court judge to toss out a motion to have them sanctioned over alleged conflicts of interest in a $258 billion lawsuit alleging Musk participated in an illegal racketeering scheme related to the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. In a filing dated July 6, Musk and Tesla’s team
Elon Musk has sued the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to recover a portion of the $90mn fee paid by Twitter, the bulk of which was wired in the hours before the billionaire took over the social media company. Wachtell Lipton, an elite Wall Street firm, had helped Twitter’s then-board to close the
Despite wide expectations for declining revenues, big-ticket tax cuts were on the agenda in state legislatures across the Northeast during the most recent budget negotiation periods. With a slowdown in economic activity expected going into fiscal 2024 after a strong post-COVID rebound, almost every state in the region passed or is still negotiating tax cuts
In this article META DKNG FSLR BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Rivian logo on an Amazon.com delivery electric van photographed in Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 2022. Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alibaba — U.S. shares of the Chinese company
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A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates last week hit their highest level since the end of May, which in turn weighed on mortgage demand. Total mortgage application volume dropped 4.4% last week compared with the previous
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said more interest-rate increases will likely be needed to spur meaningful disinflation and bring price-growth rates back to the central bank’s target. “I remain very concerned about whether inflation will return to target in a sustainable and timely way,” Logan said Thursday in remarks delivered at the
Bitcoin mining companies outperformed BTC price by a huge margin amid the recent bullish price action in the top cryptocurrency. The average year-to-date gains in 2023 across the stocks of top nine public Bitcoin mining firms by market capitalization stood at 257.14%. The figure is almost three times higher than BTC’s gain in the same
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