Category: News

  • Alicia Graf Mack, Renowned Dancer, Educator, and Institutional Leader, Appointed Artistic Director of Ailey

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  • Hapoalim Q3 profit up 14%

    Bank Hapoalim, headed by Yadin Antebi, opened the reporting season for Israeli banks as financial statements showed a 14% growth in third-quarter net profits to NIS 1.9 billion. The increase compared to the third quarter of 2023 is mainly due to the higher interest rate environment, which led to growth…

  • Super Micro stock set to notch nearly 80% weekly gain as company hires new auditor

    Super Micro Computer (SMCI) stock continued its rebound on Friday, with shares on track to post a weekly gain of 78%. Shares of Super Micro — a maker of AI servers that uses Nvidia ( NVDA ) chips and has a major deal with Elon Musk’s xAI — rose more…

  • A newly identified chemical in drinking water may be toxic, say experts

    Do you know what’s in your drinking water? Scientists finally did, after solving a 40-year-old mystery about a chemical byproduct that kept showing up in tap water, leaving them scratching their heads. The new chemical compound – which scientists had observed in tap water for decades – remained unknown, due…

  • AI Tools Enhance Productivity Without Reducing Jobs, Say European Start-Ups

    A recent study by venture capital firm Index Ventures, which surveyed 600 European technology startups, revealed that the majority do not believe the adoption of AI tools will lead to job losses. Half of the companies surveyed view investing in AI as an opportunity to hire more employees, while an…

  • BTCC Launches Thanksgiving Bull Run Feast: Over $1 Million in Rewards for Crypto Traders as Bitcoin Nears $100K

    Article content Vilnius, Lithuania, November 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BTCC Stock Exchangethe global leader in cryptocurrency futures trading, is excited to unveil the Thanksgiving Bull Run Feast, a limited-time campaign to reward traders during the historic Bitcoin price rally. With BTC recently surpassing $98,000 and approaching $100,000, this campaign…

  • Strauss sells 50% Sabra dips stake to PepsiCo

    Strauss Group (TSE: STRS) announced that it will sell its 50% stake in Sabra Dipping Co. and PepsiCo-Strauss Fresh Dips & Spreads International GmbH (Obela) for $243.8 million. In 2005, Strauss acquired 51% of Sabra for $9 million, and in 2008 PepsiCo bought the remaining shares and formed a joint…

  • We’re 70 With $1.4M in an IRA and $99k in Retirement Income. Is a Roth Conversion Still an Option?

    Stephen Jarvis, CPA My wife and I are 70 years old. We paid for everything, including the house. Between my $29,000 pension and Social Security, we get a gross income of $99,000 a year, which is more than enough. Our current savings in our brokerage account is $700,000. Our individual…

  • We’re 70 With $1.4M in an IRA and $99k in Retirement Income. Is a Roth Conversion Still an Option?

    Stephen Jarvis, CPA My wife and I are 70 years old. We paid for everything, including the house. Between my $29,000 pension and Social Security, we get a gross income of $99,000 a year, which is more than enough. Our current savings in our brokerage account is $700,000. Our individual…

  • How CFOs can avoid the ‘innovator’s dilemma’

    Good morning. It can be difficult for companies to stay ahead in a highly competitive market. But prioritizing innovation can make a big difference. This was the theme luckWednesday’s Emerging CFO virtual event, presented in partnership with Workday (CFO Daily sponsor). says David Duncan, consultant, speaker, and author of The…

  • How CFOs can avoid the ‘innovator’s dilemma’

    Good morning. It can be difficult for companies to stay ahead in a highly competitive market. But prioritizing innovation can make a big difference. This was the theme luckWednesday’s Emerging CFO virtual event, presented in partnership with Workday (CFO Daily sponsor). says David Duncan, consultant, speaker, and author of The…

  • British pension savers set to benefit from Trump’s pro-business policies

    British pension savers are set to benefit from Donald Trump’s election victory, as the former US president’s pro-business stance boosts stock markets, especially in the US. Andrew Evans, CEO of Smart Pension Group, a leading UK pensions company, highlighted the positive impact of US emerging markets on UK pensions through…

  • Brand Empowerment Helps Guangxi’s Agricultural Products Enter Domestic and International Markets

    Article content Nanning, China, Nov. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On November 9th, a Liubao tea promotion event with the slogan “Liubao Tea Shines in China” was unveiled at the 2024 Guangxi International Agricultural Expo. Tea industry practitioners from all over the country gathered to exchange Their expertise and new…

  • Budgets chief: Politics overcame equality in austerity measures

    Yogev Grados, Head of the Budgets Department at the Ministry of Finance, commented at the Globes Investment Conference on the great challenges facing the Israeli economy due to the ongoing war. Speaking with Oren Dorey, Globes’ macroeconomics correspondent, Grados described how the fiscal deficit caused by ballooning defense spending was…

  • Budgets chief: Politics overcame equality in austerity measures

    Yogev Grados, Head of the Budgets Department at the Ministry of Finance, commented at the Globes Investment Conference on the great challenges facing the Israeli economy due to the ongoing war. Speaking with Oren Dorey, Globes’ macroeconomics correspondent, Grados described how the fiscal deficit caused by ballooning defense spending was…

  • Budgets chief: Politics overcame equality in austerity measures

    Yogev Grados, Head of the Budgets Department at the Ministry of Finance, commented at the Globes Investment Conference on the great challenges facing the Israeli economy due to the ongoing war. Speaking with Oren Dorey, Globes’ macroeconomics correspondent, Grados described how the fiscal deficit caused by ballooning defense spending was…

  • Budgets chief: Politics overcame equality in austerity measures

    Yogev Grados, Head of the Budgets Department at the Ministry of Finance, commented at the Globes Investment Conference on the great challenges facing the Israeli economy due to the ongoing war. Speaking with Oren Dorey, Globes’ macroeconomics correspondent, Grados described how the fiscal deficit caused by ballooning defense spending was…

  • Why IonQ Stock Skyrocketed Today

    Ion Q (NYSE: IONIC) Stocks posted another day of huge gains in Thursday trading. The quantum computing company’s share price ended the daily session up 13.5% and had risen as much as 17% earlier in the day. IonQ’s big gains today are tied to Nvidia‘s (Nasdaq: NVDA) The most recent…

  • South Korea-made weapons in high demand after Ukraine invasion

    On the outskirts of an industrial city in South Korea, workers at a sprawling weapons factory were conducting the final phase of testing a newly built surface-to-air defense system that could eventually head to Ukraine. Longstanding domestic policy bars Seoul from sending weapons to active conflict zones, but since the…

  • South Korea-made weapons in high demand after Ukraine invasion

    On the outskirts of an industrial city in South Korea, workers at a sprawling weapons factory were conducting the final phase of testing a newly built surface-to-air defense system that could eventually head to Ukraine. Longstanding domestic policy bars Seoul from sending weapons to active conflict zones, but since the…