The next time Bitcoin (BTC) comes under fire for energy consumption, remember this statistic. The banking industry uses at least 56 times more energy. That’s according to cryptographer and founder of Valuechain, Michel Khazzaka: “I’m not saying it uses less or the same, just know it uses 56 times more than Bitcoin.” The statistic, first
St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia will borrow $200 million in the municipal market as it implements a new operational and strategic vision sped up by this year’s merger with the nearby University of the Sciences. The tax-exempt bonds will price through conduit issuer Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development next week, according to an online slide
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Failure of the U.S. Congress to raise the rum cover rate has a Virgin Islands senator concerned about its finances and its retirement fund. The Virgin Islands government refinanced matching fund bonds in March, planning to use some of the savings to prop up the faltering retirement system, which would have otherwise run out of
US oil producers have raked in more than $200bn in profits since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as they cash in on a period of geopolitical turmoil that has shaken up the global energy market and sent prices soaring. Aggregate net income for publicly listed oil and gas companies operating in the US came to $200.24bn
In this article SBUX HSY CNK DKNG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DraftKings (DKNG) – DraftKings fell 12.5% in premarket trading despite reporting a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that topped Wall Street forecasts. The sports betting company also raised its revenue guidance and warned
In this article CCK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Fotog | Tetra Images | Getty Images Company: Crown Holdings (CCK) Business: Crown Holdings is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of packaging products for consumer goods and industrial products. They operate in three segments: Beverage, which accounts for roughly 70% of
Institutions’ investment in crypto has increased in 2022 despite the bear market, according to a recent survey by Fidelity Digital Assets. In particular, the amount of large investors betting on Ethereum have doubled in the last two years, as revelead by Chris Kuiper, the Head of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets in a recent interview with Cointelegraph.
What’s old is new again at Faircourt, a Tuscan-inspired villa built for a wealthy industrialist in the late 1800s in the borough of Bernardsville, New Jersey. Set on about 13 acres, the mansion in the Somerset Hills was reconfigured in 1916 to include such details as ornate woodwork, gilded ceilings and marble floors. In more
Collin Madden, founding partner of GEM Real Estate Partners, walks through empty office space in a building they own that is up for sale in the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, May 14, 2021. Karen Ducey | Reuters A few things we know about corporate real estate: it’s a focus of cost-cutting for
On Friday, as the global cryptocurrency market cap jumped 5.4% higher against the greenback, U.S. stocks rallied toward the end of the day with the top four major stock indexes gathering gains. Precious metals also soared as the New York spot price of gold per troy ounce increased by 3.20%, and silver’s price value skyrocketed
Municipals were little changed Friday as the market shifts its focus to next week’s midterm elections and a larger new-issue calendar. U.S. Treasuries were weaker out long and equities ended up as markets digested a better-than-expected October jobs report that may validate the Fed’s more hawkish tone on rate hikes this week. Muni to UST
A Rhode Island charter school plans to upgrade and expand with proceeds from a $12.7 million Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation bond sale that closed Oct. 26. Proceeds from the sale are destined for Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy, a private charter school based in Cumberland seeking capital to purchase and renovate a
Elon Musk has begun to slash Twitter’s 7,500-strong workforce as the social media platform’s new billionaire owner warned of a “massive drop in revenue” following his contentious $44bn buyout of the group. As Musk embarks on the cost-cutting cull, he claimed on Friday that Twitter “has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist
Dogecoin (DOGE) has surged nearly 100% quarter-to-date (QTD) on hopes that Elon Musk would integrate the token onto the Twitter platform. However, DOGE’s potential to continue its uptrend in the coming weeks is low, one popular market analyst argues. Short Dogecoin hard? Independent, pseudonymous market analyst GCR said he is moderately short on DOGE based
In this article SBUX FNKO PYPL BABA 9626-HK BILI 9618-HK JD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer holds a drink inside a Starbucks coffee shop in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks —
Cradled by two wildlife corridors edged with creeks, this distinctive Carpinteria estate sports a zinc roof patterned after canoes built by native Chumash that once inhabited the Carpinteria Valley, 85 miles north of Los Angeles. Set in the foothills two miles from the ocean, the four-bedroom home sits on 11-plus acres designated as an agricultural
A For Sale sign is posted in front of a property in Monterey Park, California on August 16, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images After more than two years of a historically lean housing market, listings are starting to rise − and swiftly. Active inventory nationally jumped 33.5% in October from the
A report co-produced by the National League of Cities and The Public Finance Initiative expected to be issued Nov. 17 will address if and how bond issuers can help correct racial injustice. The report, work on which was announced in January, was funded by a $4 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The
Municipals were weaker in secondary trading Thursday as a $1 billion-plus deal from the City and County of Denver took focus in the primary and mutual fund outflows grew by another $2.4 billion. U.S. Treasury yields rose, with the two-year seeing the greatest losses, and equities ended in the red as markets continue to digest