Month: August 2022
Shares making the major moves premarket: Deere, Foot Locker, Mattress Bathtub & Beyond and additional
Verify out the organizations building headlines in advance of the bell: Deere (DE) – Deere slid 5.2% in premarket investing right after the significant gear maker skipped quarterly earnings estimates inspite of higher-than-envisioned sales. Deere earned $6.16 per share, underneath the consensus estimate of $6.69, as it productively implemented selling price hikes but also confronted […]
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Sudden crypto market drop sends bitcoin below $22,000
Bitcoin and ether ended Thursday in the red, but ether has surged more than 100% since mid-June. Yu Chun Christopher Wong | S3studio | Getty Images Bitcoin on Friday fell to its lowest level in more than three weeks, dipping below $22,000 amid a sudden crypto sell-off in early European trading. Bitcoin briefly plunged from […]
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Xi and Putin to meet at G-20; Finland says Russian MiG jets may have violated its airspace
Finland says Russian MiG fighter jets may have violated its airspace Two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets are suspected to have violated Finnish airspace, Finland’s Defense Ministry said. “The depth of the suspected violation into Finnish airspace was one kilometer” over the city of Porvoo on Finland’s southern coast and lasted about two minutes, the ministry’s […]
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‘Window of opportunity’ to stop monkeypox spread could be closing as vaccine rollouts stall
There are growing concerns that a monkeypox vaccination drive could be stalled amid a shortage of supply. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Concerns are mounting that the window of opportunity for containing the escalating monkeypox outbreak may be closing, with vaccine shortages leaving some at-risk groups waiting weeks to get jabbed. Health professionals have […]
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Look beyond Barcelona. Here’s where locals travel in Spain
Spain is one of the world’s most-visited countries, drawing more than 83 million travelers in 2019, according to the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization. In terms of international arrivals, that makes it second only to France. But the Spanish are also avid travelers within their own country, with nearly 93% choosing to travel within Spain […]
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Ether is up 100% since its bottom in June, massively outperforming bitcoin
Ether has hugely outperformed bitcoin since both cryptocurrencies formed a bottom in June 2022. Ether’s superior gains have come as investors anticipate a major upgrade to the ethereum blockchain called “the merge.” Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Since finding a bottom in mid-June, ether has massively outperformed bitcoin as investors anticipate a major upgrade to […]
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How WhatsApp grew from near-failed app to Meta’s next monetization push
In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later. Following the launch of the iPhone in 2009, Former Yahoo! employees Brian Acton and Jan Koum had the idea to create an app that would allow users to update statuses on their contact list, which […]
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Soon you’ll be able to edit and unsend iMessages on iPhone. Here’s how it works
iMessage in iOS 16 Todd Haselton | CNBC Apple’s new iOS 16 iPhone software, expected in September, will let you edit and unsend text messages for the first time. That means you’ll be able to go back and correct a typo or delete a message if you sent it to the wrong person. And the […]
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Judge says some of DOJ’s affidavit used to obtain Mar-a-Lago search warrant can be unsealed
An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters A federal judge said that parts of the affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s resort home Mar-a-Lago must […]
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U.S. to provide 50,000 monkeypox vaccines for Pride and other events with high attendance by gay men
The U.S. will provide 50,000 monkeypox vaccine doses specifically for large events with high attendance by gay and bisexual men in an effort to better reach the community most at risk right now, health officials said Thursday. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said communities hosting Pride and other […]
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