US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman nominee Paul Atkins will appear before the Senate Banking Committee for his long-awaited confirmation hearing in the coming week. The committee will decide whether Atkins is a suitable replacement for Gary Gensler and will also consider other pro-crypto nominations. Paul Atkins US SEC Chair Hearing According to the released schedule, the US Senate ...
Sudan’s army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, state TV reported on Thursday, in a significant milestone in a two-year-old conflict that threatens to fracture the country. The RSF quickly took the palace and most of the capital at the outbreak of war in April 2023, but the Sudanese ...
A French researcher was denied entry to the United States after US authorities found messages about President Donald Trump on his phone, a French government official said on Thursday. France’s minister of higher education and research Philippe Baptiste said that the researcher was traveling to a conference near Houston earlier this month when US authorities found that his phone “contained ...
The government of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voted to dismiss Ronen Bar, the chief of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service. The vote in the early hours of Friday local time could still be subject to appeals by Israel’s Supreme Court. “The government has now unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to terminate the term of Shin ...
You already know about diversification. You’ve set your investment goals, picked a benchmark, and decided on the weighting of your allocations. Now, it’s come down to selecting the assets—stocks or ETFs—to build your portfolio. As a long-term investor with moderate risk tolerance, how might you build a portfolio to withstand market drawdowns and weather the business cycle? There are many ...
A federal appeals court ruled that art created autonomously by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted, saying that at least initial human authorship is required for a copyright. The ruling Tuesday upheld a decision by the U.S. Copyright Office denying computer scientist Stephen Thaler a copyright for the painting “A Recent Entrance to Paradise.” The picture was created by Thaler’s AI platform, the “Creativity Machine.” The “Copyright Office’s longstanding rule requiring ...
As women’s sports surge in popularity, professional leagues are increasingly touting the value of female athletes. New professional leagues like SailGP are launching with the advantage of building from the ground up, with gender diversity as part of their DNA. Noncontact and noncollision sports are leading the way. Formula 1′s F1 Academy has created a pipeline for women into motorsports, with ...
Klarna, the buy now, pay later lender that’s headed for an initial public offering, said on Thursday that it’s signed on DoorDash as a partner, another sign of momentum for public market investors. It’s DoorDash’s first BNPL alliance and gives users of the restaurant delivery service a new way to pay for meals. Klarna said in a press release that DoorDash customers will ...
McNeese State coach Will Wade has reached an agreement to be hired as the next coach at North Carolina State, according to multiple reports on Wednesday, returning to the power conference level three years after his tenure at LSU ended with NCAA violations and a show-cause penalty. Wade is expected to accept his new ACC job after McNeese State’s postseason ...
They’re the very reason we call it March Madness. They happen every year, those early upsets that shred the most well-conceived brackets. And, they always leave us asking the big question: “Why didn’t we see that coming?” Well, sometimes we did, but picking the right upsets in the round of 64 can be the difference between winning a piece of ...
Hurry! There’s still time to get your NCAA Tournament brackets submitted. Even better, there’s still time to start a pool in your office or among your friends. While March Madness is one of the greatest times to be a sports fan, it can be made even better by adding that element of competition among your compatriots. Of course, the best ...
Dana Samuelson, president of American Gold Exchange, sheds light on key questions in the gold and silver market, including why the metals are flowing into the US in such large amounts. He also shares his outlook on gold and silver prices, as well as the US economy. Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company ...