Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline As governments around the world release an onslaught of measures to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, a growing number of experts warn that Russia will almost certainly turn to cryptocurrency to help evade sanctions, though it could prove only minimally successful. Russian President Vladimir Putin in…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinEntrepreneur Danish Lakhani has spent much of the last 15 years building one of Pakistan’s largest fibre broadband providers – but in a role that took him on frequent visits to China, he increasingly felt there was a bigger business opportunity to explore. Now NayaPay, the fintech platform that…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline As the growing conflict between Russia and Ukraine hoists the S&P 500 into a correction and the tech-heavy Nasdaq index into bear-market territory, analysts are warning clients a brutal stock market selloff could intensify if the conflict escalates, but many are convinced the market pressure will be short-lived,…
An electric vehicle is fine for the morning commute, but to power the huge trains, trucks and ships that move the global economy, hydrogen, heavy-duty batteries and cleaner fuels are the ticket. Cummins, a century-old maker of dirty diesels, is leading the charge. Cummins Inc.’s stylish, cantilevered steel-and-glass office tower in Indianapolis looks more like…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a double thumbs-up to the crowd during the … [+] evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Getty Images Even amid registration glitches and a lengthy waiting…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott—whose ex-husband Jeff Bezos founded Amazon—has pledged to donate a record $50 million to the National 4-H Council, an agriculturally focused youth organization that serves six million children nationwide. MacKenzie Scott has pledged $50 million to the National 4-H Council, the organization announced … [+]…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Russia’s stocks and currency were the worst performers on global markets Monday, as President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing two partially separatist-controlled regions in Ukraine as independent states, a move that provoked renewed threats of severe economic sanctions against Russia should it invade Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Family Dollar has issued a voluntary recall of various products sold at 404 different stores in … [+] Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) Getty Images If you had a dollar for every time you’ve asked someone to add rat feces and…
Many of the country’s richest people, including Elon Musk and Larry Ellison, borrow against their stock while avoiding capital gains taxes. On Saturday, Elon Musk promised to sell 10% of his Tesla stake after 58% of people voted in a Twitter poll shared by the Tesla CEO. Yesterday, Musk began to follow through, exercising about…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk accused the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday of engaging in a “calculated effort to chill” his right to free speech in its oversight of communications with shareholders, as a part of a settlement stemming from a 2018 tweet in which Musk…





