Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index unchanged

Dark floors look absolutely marvelous on camera … with heavy retouching!  Don’t be fooled by what you see online. In real life, dark floors can be a maintenance nightmare, highlighting lint, scratches, and other imperfections. In every home I’ve ever renovated with dark floors — no matter how much we clean them — we could…

The U.S. midterm elections are about two months away, and right now, Democrats are favored. They have an 89% chance of winning a House majority, according to Polymarket. Their odds of winning the Senate are essentially a coin flip at 51%. The conventional wisdom is that Republican control of Washington, D.C. benefits Bitcoin (BTC +4.19%),…

One of the main disconnects with stablecoins is that consumers largely can’t spend them at checkout—an issue stablecoin-linked cards could potentially address. But putting those cards into consumers’ hands creates another challenge: settlement. Stablecoins operate around the clock, leaving card issuers to manage daily settlement in a way that many startups aren’t equipped to manage….

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Michael Dempsey, managing partner at the New York-based investment firm Compound, said in a long post on X that Situational Awareness’s “prescience was incredibly impressive and likely should still be funded and respected.” “That said, anyone who has experience in public markets could somewhat easily see this was One Big Trade and so probably there…

The government has retained the Public Provident Fund (PPF) interest rate at 7.1 per cent for the October-December 2026 quarter, extending the existing rate for another three months. The Department of Economic Affairs notified the decision on September 30 as part of its quarterly review of small savings rates.   For savers, the decision means…