Supreme Court put Trump back on Colorado primary ballot

Supreme Court put Trump back on Colorado primary ballot

Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at a “Get Out the Vote” Rally in Conway, South Carolina, on February 10, 2024.  Julia Nikhinson | Afp | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed the Colorado court ruling that barred Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican presidential primary … Read more

Rihanna, Gates and Zuckerberg at lavish bash

Rihanna, Gates and Zuckerberg at lavish bash

Anant Ambani, left, son of Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited Mukesh Ambani and his fiancee Radhika Merchant greet media persons during their engagement ceremony in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.  Rajanish Kakade | AP  Tech executives including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates attended a lavish, three day, pre-wedding celebration for the son of Indian … Read more

Bitcoin tops $66,000 as it nears 2021 all-time high

Bitcoin tops ,000 as it nears 2021 all-time high

Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images The price of bitcoin rose to start the week, edging even closer to its all-time high after the rally took a breather over the weekend. The flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5% at $66,096.00, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose to as much as $66,176.00, its … Read more

Google-backed Anthropic debuts Claude 3, its most powerful chatbot yet

Google-backed Anthropic debuts Claude 3, its most powerful chatbot yet

Anthropic on Monday debuted Claude 3, a suite of artificial intelligence models that it says are its fastest and most powerful yet. The new tools are called Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet and Haiku. The company said the most capable of the new models, Claude 3 Opus, outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Google’s Gemini Ultra on industry … Read more

JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger called off

JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger called off

JetBlue Airways aircraft are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on June 15, 2013. Fred Prouser | Reuters JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines on Monday said they are ending their agreement to merge, weeks after losing a federal antitrust lawsuit that challenged the deal. A federal judge in January … Read more

Haiti declares state of emergency amid double jailbreak, gang violence

Haiti declares state of emergency amid double jailbreak, gang violence

This screen grab taken from AFPTV shows tires on fire near the main prison of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 3, 2024, after a breakout by several thousand inmates. Luckenson Jean | Afp | Getty Images A 72-hour state of emergency has been declared in Haiti after armed gangs stormed two of the country’s largest prisons, … Read more

What the SEC climate disclosure rule may mean for investors

What the SEC climate disclosure rule may mean for investors

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testifies before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on July 19, 2023 in Washington.  Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to issue a final rule on Wednesday that would require companies to beef up disclosures around climate … Read more

Apple hit with more than $1.95 billion EU antitrust fine over music streaming

Apple hit with more than .95 billion EU antitrust fine over music streaming

The Apple logo. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, on Monday hit Apple with a 1.8 billion euro ($1.95 billion) antitrust fine for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps. The Commission said it found that Apple had applied restrictions … Read more

3 possible steps to create value

3 possible steps to create value

Skyline of Tokyo, Japan. Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty Images Company: Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd (8801.T) Business: Mitsui Fudosan is a Japan-based company engaged in the real estate business. It has five business segments. First, there’s the leasing unit, which is engaged in the leasing of office buildings and commercial facilities. Second, the allotment sale … Read more

Israel boycotts Cairo ceasefire talks over hostage list

Israel boycotts Cairo ceasefire talks over hostage list

CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip – Israel boycotted Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo on Sunday after Hamas rejected its demand for a complete list naming hostages that are still alive, an Israeli newspaper reported. A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo for the talks, billed as a possible final hurdle before an agreement that would halt the fighting for six weeks. But by … Read more