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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 ...
NHS software supplier Realworld Health plots £100m London listing
Sky News - 25 Aug 2021 10:43
An artificial intelligence-based firm which works with leading NHS hospitals including London’s Royal Free is plotting a listing on London’s junior stock market.
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.
8 Crypto Mining Apps Exposed as Fakes - And 120 More are Still in Business
Crypto News - 25 Aug 2021 03:00
Source: AdobeStock / fran_kie Eight cryptocurrency cloud mining apps that pretended to offer crypto such as bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) to users in return for investments into cloud-mining operations were recently f...
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.
Data observability startup Cribl brings in $200M
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2021 15:00
Data observability startup Cribl has raised $200 million in a funding round that values the company at over $1 billion.
IKEA 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 14:46The Pfizer vaccine's full name is Comirnaty - a hectic mashup of COVID-19, community, immunity, and mRNA
Business Insider - 25 Aug 2021 14:34
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine got full FDA approval on Monday, including of its official name, Comirnaty - a combination of several different words.
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
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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