Month: February 2021

A passenger using a face mask shows her passport and boarding pass to an employee in a security checkpoint at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota on September 1, 2020. DANIEL MUNOZ | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Public health officials and civil liberty organizations are urging policymakers to resist calls for coronavirus vaccine
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Digital avatars listed on the non-fungible token platform CryptoPunks. Ryan Browne | CNBC The cryptocurrency world is abuzz with talk of digital collectibles, unique virtual tokens that can represent anything from art to sports memorabilia. People have been paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for these NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. One investor, Sheldon Corey from
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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Shares of GameStop climbed 52.7% in premarket trade on Thursday as heavily-shorted stocks favored by Reddit traders look set for a resurgence. Investors piled into the bricks-and-mortar video game retailer on Wednesday following the reported ousting of Chief Financial Officer Jim Bell, sending the stock soaring 103.9% before trading was
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Loosing the city’s private equity rules may be good for Stringer’s immediate political ambitions but … [+] will cost the city’s underfunded pensions for decades to come, given that these deals have lock-ups as long as 50 years. getty What a remarkable coincidence that New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is looking to loosen strict
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The English country-style manor in California’s Santa Ynez Valley evokes the style favored by … [+] English architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens. Village Properties This quintessential English country manor has all the trappings one would expect: Leaded windows, half-timbering, formal gardens arranged in geometrical patterns, a stacked-stone stable. But there’s also something unexpected. The property
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U.S. stock index futures moved higher in overnight trading on Wednesday after the Dow closed at a record level during normal trading hours. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 60 points. S&P 500 futures were up 0.10%, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.08%. The move comes after the Dow jumped 425
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Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images The firm that provides clearing and settlement services for brokers proposed shortening the time it takes to settle a trade, amid the GameStop controversy that caused brokerages like Robinhood to restrict trading. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, or DTCC, outlined what a T+1, or one-day settlement period,
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Getty getty Inevitably retirement planning discussions with my clients include listening to stories about their parents and grandparents. Frequently, clients like to reminisce about how their family members from previous generations handled their money. For some investors, these personal experiences serve as the benchmark for how they will plan their own financial future. Unfortunately, the
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Property managers need to ensure that their websites are accessible to people with disabilities. getty As the internet has become indispensable to everyday life, particularly during the pandemic, business owners have had to make sure their websites are accessible. Multifamily landlords are likely familiar with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires that
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