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Crypto: Why did Visa just buy a 'CryptoPunk' NFT for $150,000? The payments giant wants 'a seat at the table as the crypto economy evolves'
Market Watch - 25 Aug 2021 03:52
Visa said it purchased a "CryptoPunk" nonfungible token, or NFT, for nearly $150,000, jumping into the growing frenzy in digital assets that some argue could be a game-changer in the realm of art, music and ownership of ...
Persona 5's Morgana joins Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2021 20:45
Sega revealed that Morgana from Persona 5 will be a playable character in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania.
Walmart DSP Is Coming This Fall
AdWeek - 25 Aug 2021 15:00
There's a new demand-side platform (DSP) in town. This time, it's from Walmart. The retail giant announced Walmart DSP will debut in the second half of October, making it available just in time for the holiday shopping s...
Swiss Re, Climeworks Strike 10-Year Carbon-Removal Deal
Wall Street Journal - 25 Aug 2021 19:46The Taliban tried to get its hands on the Afghanistan central bank's nearly $10 billion in reserves, but most of the money is in New York
Business Insider - 25 Aug 2021 18:56
Most of Afghanistan's roughly $9.5 billion in assets were frozen by the US last week after the Taliban swiftly took control of the country.
Economic Report: New home sales rebound as median home price hits record high of $390,500
Market Watch - 25 Aug 2021 17:51
Builders are working through supply-chain challenges, and buyers don't seem fazed yet by the price tags on newly-built homes these days.
Pandemic Woes and a 'YOLO Mentality' Has Ignited a Boom Time for Tattoo Artists
Time - 25 Aug 2021 16:00
It stands in marked contrast to the pandemic rebound struggles of other consumer-based industries
A majority of investors believe inflation is transitory - but many are still positioning their portfolios for rising prices, an E*Trade survey reveals
Business Insider - 25 Aug 2021 15:50
78% of investors surveyed in a recent E*Trade study are aligned with the Fed's outlook that inflation is transitory.
These are the 10 most popular stocks Reddit's Wall Street Bets is talking about
Business Insider - 25 Aug 2021 15:05IKEA tests new store formats that free shoppers from the maze of aisles
livemint.com - 25 Aug 2021 14:51
A renovation in China and new opening in Austria are designed to make customers want to linger, rather than pace toward the checkout
Europe Markets: Sell H&M and Zara owner Inditex, Deutsche Bank says
Market Watch - 25 Aug 2021 14:50
It's time to sell leading European retailers H&M and Inditex, Deutsche Bank advised as it initiated coverage on the European apparel sector.
Chinese factories are having labor pains--'we can hardly find any workers'
livemint.com - 25 Aug 2021 14:46An Uber driver in Miami was brutally attacked by her passenger after picking them up outside a hospital as ride-hailing carjacks surge
Business Insider - 25 Aug 2021 14:45
11 Uber and Lyft drivers have died this year during 124 carjacking incidents, according to a report by The Markup.
Mirabai Chanu to promote Adidas's TechFit period proof tights
livemint.com - 25 Aug 2021 14:31
Adidas said its research has indicated that teenage girls drop out of sports at an alarming rate, with one of the key reasons being fear of leaks during periods
Knoetic, a social network for CPOs, raises $18M
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2021 14:30
Knoetic, a startup that combines a social network for CPOs with people analytics tools, has emerged from stealth with $18 million in funding.
Google said employees don't have a right protest its choice of customers in the first day of the 'Thanksgiving Four' trial
Business Insider - 25 Aug 2021 14:24
'Even if Google had terminated the employees for their protest activities, for protesting their choice of customers, this would not violate the Act.'
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TPM - 25 Aug 2021 14:23
Here’s where to find it every weekday.
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Altcoins Approach Key Supports
Crypto News - 25 Aug 2021 14:17
Bitcoin price failed to recover above USD 49,000 and started another decline. BTC traded below the USD 48,000 support level, broke USD 47,500 and is currently (04:00 UTC) struggling to recover losses. Similarly, most maj...
How to Speed Up Your Digital Transformation
Harvard Business Review - 25 Aug 2021 14:15
Insights from a two-year study at one of Europe’s leading banks.
Gas shortage boosts Russia's sway over Europe's energy markets
livemint.com - 25 Aug 2021 14:08
Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany nears completion as natural gas trades at all-time highs