Author: Charlotte

NFTs in the Art World: Beyond the Hype Art Basel Source link

Australian and New Zealand dollars surge as traders position for global interest rate rises Financial Times Source link

Generates $46.4 Million Realized Gain from Exit of Equity Investment in Centre Technologies Holdings, LLCHOUSTON, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) (“Main Street”) is pleased to announce that it recently exited its debt investments and equity investment in Centre Technologies Holdings, LLC (“Centre” or the “Company”) upon the completion of a majority recapitalization with a new financial sponsor. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Centre is a provider of information technology (IT) services, including managed services, cloud solutions, cyber security, IT consulting and business intelligence (BI) services to lower and middle market businesses, often…

Ralph Dean Christy, professor of emerging markets at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, was honored with the 2022 George Washington Carver Public Service Hall of Fame Award by the Professional Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC) at Tuskegee University in Alabama. The award recognizes individuals whose work mirrors the philosophy of George Washington Carver as reflected when he said, in 1890, “…it has always been the one great ideal … to be the greatest good to the greatest number of people.” Award recipients are honored for their “significant accomplishments in the areas of teaching and outreach designed…

With »The Story That Has Just Begun«, the ZKM | Karlsruhe is presenting a selection of NFTs from its collection at the EnBW headquarters. NFT stands for non-fungible token – a uniquely identifiable digital certificate of authenticity recorded on a blockchain, a tamper-resistant public distributed ledger on the Internet. For artists, NFTs are a way to certify digital works – which can otherwise be copied infinitely – as unique items. Although the first NFTs were created as early as 2014, the broader public did not take note until 2021, when several digitally certified artworks were sold at auction for millions of dollars.…

After years of consulting with dental practices, I realized that at the root of every scheduling gap, collection dispute, and late cancellation was a broken patient conversation. In fact, the way dentists and teams were responding to patient questions, hesitation, and pushback was accidentally persuading patients out of the office! If you’ve ever ended a conversation with, “Well, call us when you’re ready” to a fleeing patient, knowing the likelihood that they’ll call is pretty much zero, then you’ve experienced this phenomenon. Why we say this We say, “Call us” because it sounds polite and respectful. It suggests that you’re…

Edelweiss Nifty REITs & Realty Index Fund is an open-ended scheme that replicates/tracks the Nifty REITs & Realty Total Return Index. The scheme is currently in its NFO period. We discuss what an interested investor should consider before investing.To keep things simple, REITs (and invITs) generate cash flows from real estate properties with some capital appreciation. They will pass through 90% of all cash received to the holder (either us or the MF that holds them). The payouts are taxed as follows.Interest Income: Taxed at Slab RateRental Income: Taxed at Slab RateDividends (Sec 115BAA SPVs): Taxed at Slab RateDividends (Old…

By Vivek Kumar M Aug 4 (Reuters) – Stock traders are on edge ahead of an Indian equity derivatives expiry on Tuesday, after the roll out of a new method ‌to calculate closing prices caused unexpected swings in the previous session, fearing a repeat could ‌leave them with losses. India’s blue-chip Nifty 50 settled 1.6% higher at a five-month high of 24,774.3 on Monday, surging about 200 ​points during the closing auction session. By contrast, the BSE Sensex closed 0.7% higher, with no comparable late-session jump. Under the closing auction mechanism, which debuted on Monday, a 20-minute auction is held…

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Release Date: August 06, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Positive Points Adjusted EBITDA grew 40% year-on-year in Q2 2026, reaching BRL 17.3 million, with a record LTM EBITDA of BRL 109.6 million. Strong cash generation of BRL 21.3 million in Q2 and over BRL 41 million in the last 12 months, demonstrating high EBITDA-to-cash conversion. Shopping revenue grew 30% year-on-year in Q2 and 44% in LTM, driven by a 114% surge in beyond e-commerce revenue. Successfully completed first buyback program, canceling 8.1%…

Japan’s SBI Digital Practice (SBI DP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea’s Nodeinfra to build a cross border payment network between Japan and Korea using the Canton Network. Called Project Musubi, the initiative aims to use yen, won and dollar denominated stablecoins alongside tokenized assets, with payment versus payment settlement and distributed netting among participants. Under the agreement, SBI DP, the SBI Holdings subsidiary dedicated to Canton Network projects, will develop the integration layer connecting traditional financial systems to the network and will support the participation of Japanese financial institutions. Nodeinfra will lead development of the core payment…