A North Carolina man will spend several years in prison after stealing from at least 64 investors when he was still in his teens and early twenties. A Maryland federal judge sentenced 25-year-old Hunter Haithcock to 3 1/2 years of incarceration after he pleaded guilty to counts of wire and investment advisor fraud last fall….
If you improve and amenitize it, tenants will come. That appears to at least be true for Rudin, which scored a two-floor lease for 55,000 square feet at 3 Times Square, the New York Post reported. JAMS, a provider of arbitration and mediation service, is relocating from 620 Eighth Avenue to the top of 3…
New data has shown that Melbourne’s preliminary clearance rate has surged to its highest in two months, while Sydney’s result fell despite recording a solid bounce-back the week before. According to Cotality’s Market Indicator Summary, 59.6 per cent of Melbourne auctions successfully cleared, recording its highest preliminary clearance rate since the week ending 24 May….
The Banca d’Italia has published a report on digital currency asking the question: Are Stablecoins Efficient for Remittances? The goal was to determine if stablecoins provided an improvement over more traditional payments and transfers regarding cost and speed. The paper reviews transfers of $200 in USDC across ten different countries using both global and local…
During Q2 of 2026, home prices increased in 80% of metropolitan markets, as reported by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in their most recent quarterly report. This marks an increase from an estimated 71% in Q1. Additionally, five percent of metro areas experienced double-digit price increases, remaining consistent with the previous quarter. Further, the…
RBC Clearing & Custody, which offers clearing, custody and execution services to independent broker/dealers and registered investment advisors, has hired Larry Agin as business development manager. Agin joins RBC after a two-year stint at Apex Fintech Solutions, a firm he joined after more than two decades at BNY Pershing. He has experience in wealth solutions,…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +1.13%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +1.55%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +2.21%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +1.20%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) are up +2.30%. Stock indices are climbing today, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones…
Oklo (OKLO +5.94%) isn’t in the tech sector, but its performance hasn’t been too different from that of many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. While it’s an energy company, its growth story centers heavily on its small, modular reactors that can be placed near data centers, providing them with clean energy. As tech companies invest in…
Walmart has completed its acquisition of self-service streaming TV advertising platform Vibe.co. The deal will help Walmart’s commerce media business Walmart Connect bring to market new and differentiated ways for advertisers to plan, purchase and measure streaming TV advertising, the retail giant said in a Tuesday (Aug. 4) news release. “By combining Vibe.co’s intuitive self-service…
The United Payment Interface (UPI) has been the archetype for real-time payments systems, but it could soon take a page out of the card payments playbook: merchant fees. UPI has become the preferred payment method in India by offering instant, phone-based payments for consumers and fee-free transactions for merchants. However, some industry observers argue that…