Barclays upgraded the cruise line stocks. Cruise lines may get permission to start operating next week. Long-term cruise trends suggest the pain isn’t over for the industry. Barclays, the major bank involved in the LIBOR scandal, and often-fined by the SEC for money laundering and other financial crimes, has a new suggestion for retail investors:…
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A precious metals dealer who sold overpriced gold and silver to older conservatives was sued by the US federal government and 30 states this week for alleged large-scale fraud.The lawsuit alleges Metals.com and its parent company TMTE defrauded $185 million from at least 1,600 investors and most are elderly—$140 million of the allegedly defrauded money…
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Dogecoin has risen by 108% in just over two days, after a viral TikTok challenge urged people to buy the cryptocurrency.Its volume has also gone through the roof, led by FOMO and speculative mania.But the pump will inevitably end in a dump, with Dogecoin being an inflationary cryptocurrency.The price of “joke” cryptocurrency Dogecoin has spiked…
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Meghan Markle dropped her BFF Jessica Mulroney like a bad habit after her run-in with blogger Sasha Exeter.Appearing “woke” is part of Meghan’s new persona as she positions herself as a social justice icon.Jessica Mulroney is fast becoming a woman with little left to lose. That could prove costly for the Duchess of Difficult.I wonder…
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Konami has lost the licenses to Seria A clubs AC Milan and Inter Milan.It’s likely EA has signed contracts with both sides for an appearance in the upcoming FIFA 21.FIFA remains the boring juggernaut despite ePES being the better game.Developer Konami has announced that the licensing agreements with Serie A soccer teams AC Milan and…
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rallied on Wednesday after recovering from a dismal futures session.Coronavirus data continues to make headlines, with U.S. cases surpassing 3 million.Wall Street is looking at a different data-set: the mortality rate, which remains in a sustained downtrend.Investors who braced themselves for a second day of selling on the U.S.…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said virus-related deaths in the U.S. might continue to increase.WHO also confirmed emerging data that shows the airborne nature of the virus.The U.S. stock market remains unfazed, indicating investors are pricing in a worse outcome from the pandemic.The World Health Organization (WHO) warned virus-related deaths could increase in the near-term,…
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Hackers who broke into celebrity Twitter accounts probably read the private messages of 36 accounts, the social media platform has said.The announcement comes as the company continues its investigation into the effects of probably the site’s most high-profile cyberattack ever.The hack saw criminals post messages about a bitcoin scam to the accounts of a variety…
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Keeper of secrets. Image: bob al-greene / mashable By Jack Morse2020-07-23 01:04:07 UTC Whoever hacked Twitter walked away with a lot more than just bitcoin. The San Francisco-based social media giant has continued to release additional details of the July 15 hack that saw verified accounts compromised and used to push a classic cryptocurrency scam.…
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On the back of a major security breach last week that saw a bitcoin scam ripple through some of the highest profile accounts on Twitter, the company today reported Q2 earnings that point to the ongoing struggle for ad-based social platforms to weather the pandemic storm while (ironically) handling record levels of traffic and the…
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