On July 8, users of Nasdaq’s Smarts software received an email. It said – not in these words – that the software had not been doing its job. That’s a problem, because Smarts has a big job. The software promises to help market participants spot suspicious trading behaviour – spoofing, frontrunning, insider trading and more…
BlackRock flexed its muscle as one of the artificial intelligence data center boom’s most powerful players this week. The investment giant executed roughly $57B in data center transactions by financing Meta’s massive Texas campus and closing its acquisition of Aligned Data Centers. BlackRock is leading a $12B debt sale to fund its data center project for…
Hasbro’s strongest growth in the second quarter came from an audience most toy companies chase last: adult collectors, hobby gamers and longtime fans. For example, revenue in the Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment increased 27%, led by the Magic: The Gathering trading card franchise. “Magic fans play and collect for years because…
A Philadelphia-based startup that uses a combination of foreign labor and artificial intelligence to help construction contractors submit more bids has closed its inaugural investment round. Courtesy of Guthrie AI Ted Baumgardner, center, surrounded by members of the Guthrie AI team at a trade show Guthrie AI raised $4M to help expand beyond its roster of 52…
Congress is seeking changes at the Federal Home Loan Bank System, with some members arguing the network isn’t taking a proactive role in the nation’s housing affordability crisis. At a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, leaders of the bank system said they’ve been active the past few years supporting the housing…
According to Equifax’s Consumer Market Pulse June 2026, overall mortgage demand has declined by 14 per cent when compared to 12 months ago, as buyers adjust to the new economic conditions. The data found that the ACT experienced the largest decline, falling by 18.6 per cent. You’re out of free articles for this month …
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CHICAGO – MARCH 28: Traders in the Ten-Year Treasury Note options pit at the Chicago Board of Trade signal offers in a flurry of activity following the announcement by the Federal Open Market Committee that it was raising short term interest rates another .25 percent March 28, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty…
The looming threat of quantum computing to Bitcoin’s security has long worried developers and investors. A sufficiently advanced quantum machine could use algorithms like Shor’s to derive private keys from exposed public keys, potentially allowing attackers to seize funds from vulnerable addresses. This risk is particularly acute for older outputs where public keys appear directly…
In the face of today’s unsettling world events, increased corporate restructuring and AI disruption, many employees are feeling shaky about their job security, according to a newly released report. Among 2,799 global employees surveyed by talent services firm Morgan McKinley, fewer than half (43%) said they characterized themselves as “secure” or “very secure” in their…