Year: 2024
This millennial made $130,000 in 2024 — and shares two strategies that helped her do it
Kennie Bukky, co-founder at The Pivot Place. Courtesy: Kennie Bukky Kennie Bukky, a millennial professional, made a six-figure salary in 2024 and attributed her high earnings to two key strategies: building an audience on social media and learning high-paying skills. Despite being under 30 years old, Bukky balances multiple jobs and earned just over £100,000 […]
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The boldest bitcoin predictions for 2025 are in — and most see prices doubling to $200,000
Key Points After a blistering 150% rally in bitcoin this year, crypto investors and industry executives told CNBC, they’re expecting the flagship cryptocurrency to hit new all-time highs in 2025. Several industry watchers who spoke to CNBC forecast bitcoin will hit $200,000 in 2025. The highest call is for bitcoin to surge to $250,000. Source
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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon faces arrest as court issues warrant, deepening political turmoil
South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks to the nation at the Presidential Office on December 14, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean Presidential Office | Getty Images News | Getty Images South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeon could become the first sitting president of the country to face an arrest after a court […]
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China’s December factory activity growth misses expectations as experts decry insufficient stimulus
A worker welds at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone in Qingzhou, China, on August 31, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity growth in December missed analysts’ expectations Tuesday, signaling that Beijing’s stimulus measures were not sufficient to meaningfully boost the country’s ailing economy. The country’s official […]
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Stock futures tick lower as S&P 500 closes out second year in a row with 20% gain: Live updates
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Stock futures were slightly lower ahead of the final trading session of 2024, following another booming year for Wall Street that hoisted the S&P 500 to its second consecutive annual gain exceeding 20%, spurred by enthusiasm for rate cuts, economic […]
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Australia market opens lower as investors in Asia await China manufacturing data
A worker assembling a loader transmission mechanism at a manufacturer in Qingzhou, China. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Australia market opened lower on the last trading day of the year, while investors in Asia awaited manufacturing data from China. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 traded 0.56% lower on a shortened trading day. Japan and South Korea’s […]
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Want to invest in weight loss drugs? Here’s where UBS thinks they’re headed in 2025
The biopharma sector has been hotly watched among investors over the past two years amid a boost to the industry by the growing popularity of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs used in weight loss treatments. Looking ahead into 2025, however, UBS foresees that the sector “will find it difficult to outperform against a more uncertain […]
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Jeju Air plane crash raises questions about concrete wall at the end of the runway
The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters Aviation experts are questioning the role of an airport design that positioned a mound of dirt and a concrete wall past the end of a […]
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U.S. files complaint against fintech app Dave and its CEO
Jason Wilk, chief executive officer of Dave, during TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint and announced a civil enforcement action on Monday against financial technology company Dave Inc and its CEO Jason Wilk for […]
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The stock that won 2024
If it were a competition, there’s one company that would easily take the trophy for 2024’s stock market champion. Excitement around artificial intelligence and its use cases pushed shares of the once little-known software stock Palantir Technologies to its best year on record since debuting on the stock exchange in 2020. PLTR YTD mountain Shares […]
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