US Housing Market: Economist Says Stellar Data Won't Stop Recession

The US housing market continues to mystify investors as they scrutinize economic data in search of a smoking gun that will vindicate - or vanquish - fears that the US…

Trump Buries Fed Chair Jerome Powell After ‘Gutless’ Policy Decision

The Federal Reserve’s quarter-point rate cut on Wednesday was met with hostility by President Trump, who blasted Chairman Jerome Powell for lacking vision and being totally ‘gutless’ about helping the…

Facebook readies its next mega campus in Bay Area with Sunnyvale offices

Facebook is moving into new offices that represent the first Sunnyvale presence for the social media behemoth.…

How Every Fed Member Voted on Today's Interest Rate Cut

As expected, the Federal Reserve voted to reduce its interest rate target to 1.75% to 2.00% at its September policy meeting. The US central bank has now cut interest rates…

Fed cuts benchmark interest rate a quarter-point

The economy appears durable in its 11th year of growth, with a still-solid job market and steady consumer spending. But the Fed is trying to combat threats including uncertainties caused…

The End of the Blockchain Scalability Problem? ILCoin Achieves 33,000+ Tx/s With 1.5 GB Blocks

Blockchain technology has the potential to change the world and disrupt numerous industries with its positive features like increased security, transparency, traceability, and decentralization. Cryptocurrencies are one great example of…

Recession-Blind Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates to 1.75%

The Federal Reserve’s recalibration of monetary policy continued Wednesday, as officials voted to lower the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points. Although the decision was widely expected, traders had…

Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid fears of global slowdown

The Federal Reserve eased interest rates on Wednesday amid mixed signals over the direction of the economy slowdown and growing pressure from President Trump. The quarter-percentage point cut, to a…

Gig worker bill signed into law in California

AB 5 could extend labor protections for employees of Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and others, but the companies have vowed to fight.…

Parsing the Fed: How the September Statement Changed From July

See exactly how the statement from Fed policy makers changed.…

Fed cuts rate on bank reserves amid repo turmoil

Divided Fed approves quarter-point rate cut

Investors largely expected the FOMC to cut rates by a quarter point.…

The Balance Sheet of Supply Side Economics

The major pluses of their [the supply-siders’] approach have been three. First, they came up with a way to dramatize the fact that an x percent increase in tax rates–even…

Business leaders wary of spending and hiring in current economy: survey

Chief executives and chief financial officers are increasingly worrying about the economy, two separate surveys found. The CEO Economic Outlook Index, released by the Business Roundtable, found that plans for…

BitMart Will Join The World Blockchain Forum New York 2019

On September 27th and 28th, 2019, WBF will come back to New York City to hold the World Blockchain Forum New York 2019 & World Blockchain Awards Global at Altman…

Billionaire Mark Cuban: 'There Is No Streaming War'

What streaming content wars? Billionaire sports mogul Mark Cuban says you're getting it all wrong. Considering that content streamers such as Netflix, NBC, AT&T, HBO, Disney, and Apple have reportedly…

Overstock says it will loosen restrictions on bizarre crypto-dividend

Overstock said Wednesday it will loosen a bizarre tangle of restrictions on a blockchain-based dividend that critics said was concocted by ex-chief Patrick Byrne to stymie short sellers. Shares of…

Altcoin Season Is About to Return - Here's Why

Alternative coins or altcoins have been slowly bleeding over the last two years. This is especially true for altcoins in their bitcoin (BTC) pairs. Many are down by over 90%…

Bay Area neighborhood is nation’s sixth ‘coolest’ on new list

The staff of Time Out has put together a list of the world's 50 coolest neighborhoods, based on their own local intel.…

Not My Safe Haven: Investors, Speculators Dismiss Bitcoin as Global Risks Loom

Earlier this year, the anecdote that bitcoin serves as a safe-haven asset in times of heightened macroeconomic risks received support from factual data. The benchmark cryptocurrency and its traditional rival…

66% of Europe Refuse to Use Calibra for Libra Transfers

The results of a cryptocurrency survey conducted by the Dutch banking group, ING, revealed a significant lack of appetite for Facebook's Libra, and its designated use case: Sending payments across…

Facebook launches Portal TV in new streaming television push

The tech giant's new set-top box for streaming TV programs will cost $149. Amazon Prime Video, Showtime and Starz are among the services offered.…

Weiss Crypto Ratings Downgrades Litecoin & Cardano, Ups Monero

In its most recent move, Weiss Ratings, the financial ratings agency, downgraded Litecoin and Cardano , while Monero was upgraded. The ratings of both Litecoin and Cardano went down from…

Apple Arcade Might Just Be The Best Deal In Gaming

In anticipation of Apple Arcade's launch tomorrow, Apple has been kind enough to grant access to the platform to a selection of media outlets. The reviews are in, and the…

Want to save on a home? Buy it with some strangers

Driven by demand for more affordable properties in desirable neighborhoods, a growing number of renters aspiring to be homeowners are teaming up with strangers to buy properties.…

The Great Successor: Inside North Korea

I highly recommend Anna Fifield’s The Great Successor.  It’s full of information about not only the life of Kim Jong Un, but what’s happened inside North Korea since his ascent to…

Aussie's Green-light for September 28th - TAGZ Exchange to Go Live

Australians are anxiously awaiting the first regulated crypto exchange platform services provider to release its Exchange Platform to the public. Since the initial Alpha release of the TAGZ Exchange platform…

Lyft hit by five more alleged sexual assault, rape cases in one day

Lyft was hit with five more lawsuits on Tuesday by women who allege they were sexually assaulted or raped by drivers on its platform.…