Month: October 2022

Although the metaverse as ultimately envisioned by its creators has not yet arrived, its development continues apace. Currently, there are several proprietary platforms that offer games, interactive business experiences, and interactive social experiences. For example, Barbados has been working with several metaverse platforms to declare digital real estate as sovereign land, the first sovereign in
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When it opened for business on September 15, 1902, the newly constructed West Baden Springs Hotel in southern Indiana was hailed as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Indeed, it is hard to overstate the drama of looking down into the atrium from one of the rooms encircling the vast space. The enormous 200-foot dome
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In this article PGJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT More and more Asian companies have announced share buybacks in recent weeks. Chinese internet giant Alibaba has said it will increase its share buyback program from $15 billion to $25 billion. Sheldon Cooper, SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of Chinese companies listed
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about taking retirement benefits after spousal benefits, taking survivor’s benefits before retirement benefits and whether continued income can affect a spouse’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry answers here. Have
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Sofia Pitt, CNBC The race to provide high-speed internet from satellites is well underway – but another, more ambitious competition, to connect directly from space to devices like smartphones, began in earnest earlier this year. The potential untapped market — which hinges on, but extends beyond, sending a text via space — is spurring a
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In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dwayne Johnson is Black Adam in Warner Bros.’ newest DC film “Black Adam.” Warner Bros. “Black Adam” stormed into theaters this weekend, snaring $67 million domestically. It is the first film since Disney and Marvel Studio’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” in July to tally more
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Medicare beneficiaries are accustomed to paying more for their prescription medications. According to Kaiser Family Foundation, just about half of all drugs covered under Medicare Part D, prescription drug coverage, and Medicare Part B, medical insurance, had price increases greater than inflation between July 2019 and July 2020. Diabetic beneficiaries have been hit even harder.
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In this article DHR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday advised investors to add Danaher to their shopping lists for next week after it reported third-quarter results. “You’re now getting a chance to buy one of the best-run companies in the world at a big discount. I think you’ve got
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The Great Recession, lasting from December 2007 to June 2009, was the most severe economic downturn in the U.S. since the Great Depression. Virtually all investors lost assets during the financial market crash, typically about a quarter of assets. The economic effects lasted for years, with jobs slow to recover and unemployment remaining stubbornly high.
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In the aftermath of increasingly common destructive weather nationwide, Upstate New York is emerging as one of the regional early adopters in embracing building design and construction methods specifically intended to help fend off climate change. In such New York State hamlets as Stone Ridge, Olivebridge, Callicoon, Cold Spring, Cooperstown and others, traditional design and
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