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About Emily Jarvie Emily began her career as a political journalist for Australian Community Media in Hobart, Tasmania. After she relocated to Toronto, Canada, she reported on business, legal, and scientific developments in the emerging psychedelics sector before joining Proactive in 2022. She brings a strong journalism background with her work featured in newspapers, magazines, and digital publications across Australia, Europe, and North America, including The Examiner, The Advocate, The Canberra Times, and… Read more About the publisher Proactive financial news and online broadcast teams provide fast, accessible, informative and actionable business and finance news content to a global investment…

Ripple and XRP predicted to be key in future financial systems, unlike Bitcoin, says ex-US official.Catherine Austin Fitts, former US Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, predicts Ripple and its token XRP will play a crucial role in the emerging financial infrastructure, particularly for cross-border payments. She argues that Bitco… Source link

David Dollar CLM Issue 73 September 2022.pdfDownload PDF • 339KBThe economic scorecard for Xi Jinping’s ten years in office is mixed. He opened the economy further to foreign trade and investment. He set a target date for China’s carbon emissions to peak and another date to reach net-zero. While GDP growth slowed down by more than four percentage points under Xi, it still averaged over 6%. On the negative side, the target to reach net-zero is not ambitious enough to prevent the worst effects of climate change. Also, Xi has doubled down on industrial policy, increasing subsidies to try to…

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (WSBT) — Things changed in a hurry at Silver Beach in St. Joseph.Wild weather swept across southwest Michigan just before 4 p.m.WSBT22’s Skycam in St. Joseph by 505 Properties caught sight of the storm coming to the beach.Things changed in a hurry at Silver Beach in St. Joseph. (WSBT22)The storms produced heavy rain, gusty winds and lightning. As the storm front moved ashore at about 3:45 p.m., it was chaos at Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Michigan.Comment with BubblesBE THE FIRST TO COMMENTBeachgoers ran tents and blankets went flying as the wind picked up. Source link

SEOUL, July 1 (Reuters) – South Korea’s antitrust regulator alleged on Wednesday that Alphabet’s Google abused its dominant position in the Android app marketplace ‌to hinder competition and will recommend corrective measures and a financial penalty. The ‌Korea Fair Trade Commission’s (KFTC) Market Surveillance Bureau found Google’s alleged abuse of market dominance in the Android ​app marketplace affected 14.16 trillion won ($9.1 billion) in revenue, the bureau said in a media briefing where it released its examiner’s report on the matter. From July 2019 to March 2026, Google’s Games/Google Velocity Program, which it internally called “Project Hug”, offered domestic and…

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – July 3, 2026) – Corton Capital Inc. (“Corton Capital”) today announced the filing of a preliminary simplified prospectus dated June 26, 2026 in respect of the Corton Theta™ Alpha Fund (“Theta Fund”). The Theta Fund is a pooled fund currently available only by private placement under the name Theta™ Alpha Fund; the fund intends to change its name to Corton Theta™ Alpha Fund on or before the filing of the proposed final simplified prospectus with respect to the fund. A receipt for the Theta Fund’s preliminary prospectus has been issued by the securities regulators in…

Bitcoin’s second-quarter slide unfolded alongside a rare contraction in the stablecoin market, adding another sign that crypto liquidity weakened beyond spot prices alone. Bitcoin traded below $60,000 during the quarter, reaching its lowest level since 2024, and fell 14% across Q2. At the same time, total stablecoin supply slipped to $312 billion, down more than $3 billion from the previous quarter, CEX.IO said in a report shared with CryptoSlate. Stablecoin Supply Quarterly Growth (Source: Cex.io) The decline marked the first quarterly drop in stablecoin supply since the third quarter of 2023. The pullback was small in percentage terms, but it…

BlackRock Inc. is widely recognized as one of the world’s largest asset management groups, serving institutional and retail investors across multiple regions. The company, identified in markets under ISIN US09247X1019, oversees client assets through mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, and advisory mandates that span equities, fixed income, multi-asset, and alternative strategies.As a major asset manager, BlackRock Inc. plays a central role in how many investors gain exposure to global markets. Over recent years, assets under management have grown in line with market performance and flows into index-based strategies, reflecting the structural trend toward low-cost diversified portfolios. The firm’s scale…

The Muhammadu Buhari administration did create a Presidential Economic Advisory Council which was funded through the Office of the Accountant General between 2021 and 2022. FIJ can confirm that the council received at least N1.18 billion for its activities between May 2021 and 2022. The existence and legitimacy of this council has been called into question after Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to the President, disowned Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who has been presenting himself as Director General of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) and the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). Presidency’s Full Statement on Adeniyi and…

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) has launched its “Legacies of the Land” campaign to honor farming families across the United States. The initiative is tied to America’s 250th anniversary and focuses on collecting and sharing farmers’ stories. The campaign is part of AGCO’s Farmer-First strategy and is aimed at deepening its connection with the agricultural community. AGCO, a global agricultural equipment and solutions company, is using the “Legacies of the Land” campaign to spotlight the role of farming families in U.S. history. The move fits with the company’s Farmer-First approach, which centers on closer alignment with producers and their day to day realities…