Virgin Galactic shares surged on Friday after the space tourism venture announced its next spaceflight test will carry founder Sir Richard Branson. The mission – with two pilots guiding spacecraft VSS Unity carrying Branson alongside three Virgin Galactic employees – plans to launch on July 11 from the company’s operations hub at Spaceport America in
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PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Starting Thursday, Thailand will welcome back international visitors – as long as they are vaccinated – to its famous southern resort island of Phuket without having to be cooped up on arrival in a hotel room for a 14-day quarantine. For a minimum of two weeks they will be free to
Jason York | Getty Images State lawmakers around the country are increasingly tackling the retirement-savings gap head on. Maine has become the latest jurisdiction to enact a law to require most employers that don’t offer a retirement plan to automatically enroll their workers in an individual retirement account through a state-administered program. The New York
Bitcoin’s reliance on large-scale mining infrastructure and geographic concentration has been thrown into sharp relief by China’s recent mining crackdown. In May, China announced that it would be getting tough on crypto mining and trading as a response to financial risks. The nation’s crackdown on crypto is not new, rather it’s a reiteration of previous
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will sign newly-passed legislation handing mayoral control of the Chicago Public Schools to a fully-elected school board by 2027 even as negotiations continue over some board rules and the impact on the city’s $500 million in annual financial obligations. The package laid out in an amendment to House Bill 2908 was
Anchiy | E+ | Getty Images The age when older Americans must start making withdrawals from retirement accounts could change yet again. Under a provision in proposed retirement legislation pending in Congress, required minimum distributions, or RMDs, would start at age 75 by 2032, up from age 72 — which only took effect last year
[embedded content] Aluminium is lightweight, durable, and 100% recyclable. It’s also a key input for numerous industries. But today, the aluminum sector contributes about one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now though, the London Metal Exchange is planning to launch a platform for low-carbon aluminium, hoping to encourage more sustainable production. But critics say
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard told CNBC on Friday that he sees an initial interest rate increase happening in late-2022 as inflation picks up faster than previous forecasts had anticipated. That estimate is even quicker than the outlook the broader Federal Open Market Committee released Wednesday that caused a hit to financial markets.
PRESS RELEASE JUN 17, 2021 05:00 EDT LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2021 (TheWealthyInvestor.com) – In today’s stock market, a lot of retail traders rush toward owning the hottest technology stocks and never examine their inner motivations or money beliefs. However, if you want to be successful in the stock market, you need to understand how
LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2021 (TheWealthyInvestor.net) – Over the last year, the U.S stock market has seen a lot of younger investors entering the market. Although these younger investors are excited, many of them lack the financial education necessary to be successful. Most don’t know that although the process of taking a company public is
Over the last five years, it seems as if Amazon.com has become the digital Walmart of the world. Amazon stocks and delivers hundreds of thousands of products in over 10,000 categories that range from camera equipment to candles to baby clothing. Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon. According to Forbes, Mr. Bezos
Puerto Rico’s economy would receive a boost of billions of dollars annually if residents become fully eligible for three federal safety net programs under President Biden’s proposed budget. Page 24 of the 2022 budget released by the White House Friday calls for “eliminating Medicaid funding caps for Puerto Rico and other territories while aligning their
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is asking the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to explicitly exempt sophisticated institutional investors from certain standards under the MSRB’s suitability rule following its recent revision attempting to harmonize the rule with Regulation Best Interest. Leslie Norwood, SIFMA’s head of municipal securities, filed a letter to that effect with
Some of the biggest Japanese sponsors of the Tokyo Olympics want organisers to postpone the Games for several months to allow more spectators to attend. The proposal was made privately over recent weeks, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The request follows growing frustration among some of the 47 Japanese companies that collectively
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) decentralized applications (dapps) have been hit with a number of flash loan attacks in recent weeks. According to collected data by Rekt, during the last 30 days BSC has lost a total of $167 million from these flash loan exploits. Flash Loan Hackers Prey on Binance Smart Chain Dapps – $167
A trade is profitable only if both the purchase and the sale are done at the right time. Many times, traders sell their positions too early and leave profits on the table or they keep holding on to the trade even after the trend changes. This leads to profits evaporating, and many times the trade
PRESS RELEASE JUN 3, 2021 05:00 EDT LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2021 (TheWealthyInvestor.net) – In today’s stock market, technology stocks are the star of the show. However, if your goal is to be a millionaire stock market investor you’ll need more than just access to an online trading account to make informed stock market decisions.
A US inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve posted its biggest year-on-year jump since the 1990s in April, rising more than expected and fuelling concerns about price increases. The commerce department’s core personal consumption expenditure index, which strips out volatile food and energy costs, rose 3.1 per cent last month compared to a
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: AMC Entertainment (AMC) – The movie theater operator’s shares jumped another 15.4% in premarket trading, following four straight days of gains and a nearly 36% surge in Thursday’s session alone. AMC – popular among the so-called “meme” stocks – has more than doubled