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Swift and CapGemini Work on CBDC Gateway to Existing Payment Networks
In a recent experiment in the previous year, in a world first, Swift has successfully completed a cross-border transaction between one entity on a DLT-based CBDC network and another on a well-established real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system. This is a significant achievement for both Swift and the wider adoption of CBDCs.
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Apple to Keep iPhone Production Flat as Market Grows Tougher
Additionally, Apple will strive to impress consumers with a more advanced model than last year's one. New screen sizes, including satellite-based text messaging, are expected to be offered in the upcoming iPhone 14 handsets. The iPhone 13 was viewed by consumers as a minor upgrade.
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Shanghai Rolls Out New Stimulus. It Sounds Better Than It Is, Analysts Say
China Beige Book International CEO Leland R. Miller agreed. "There appears to be a good degree of investor optimism surrounding the new Shanghai initiatives," he told Barron's. "If for no other reason than the government is finally addressing the serious falloff in growth with genuine action rather than just pledges."
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Days After a Crypto Stablecoin Crashed, a Clone Is Growing Rapidly
However, as Terra backers strive to cobble together their own blockchain, crypto investors should be cautious. A procedure might claim that an interest rate is risk-free, but when it is based on an unproven model, danger lurks around every corner.
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GM’s Newest Weapon in the EV Wars Is a Factory
The facility is located in both Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. The term Zero represents GM's goal for an automotive future with zero emissions, zero accidents, and zero traffic congestion. Accidents and congestion reductions are the results of GM's autonomous-driving initiatives. EVs contribute to emissions.
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Walmart Flashes a Warning Sign to the Entire Consumer Economy
There are other retailers as well who suffer from high prices. Even though Home Depot reported better-than-anticipated sales for its first quarter and saw the average amount consumers spent increase by 11%, the number of customer transactions declined by 8%.
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Inflation and Unemployment Haven’t Behaved Like This in 70 Years. Why It Matters
Inflation continues rampant, averaging at 8% year on year, according to the consumer price index. Meanwhile, the employment market is quite competitive. In April, 3.6 percent of the workforce was unemployed, the lowest figure since February 2020.
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Twitter Is Stuck Between Musk and Snap. It Will Be an Anxious Annual Meeting
The hard place: Macroeconomic conditions for technology businesses have been less than ideal, and Twitter (TWTR) has felt the pinch. Snap's (SNAP) news on Monday that it was lowering its revenue estimate raised fears that the industry may be in for a lengthier period of suffering than anticipated.
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Nomura Creates Digital Asset Company
As for Nomura, it already has a foothold in the digital asset sector with Komainu, a cryptocurrency storage joint venture with CoinShares, and Ledger, which is expected to begin in June 2020. Komainu concluded a $25 million Series A financing round in March, when assets under control surpassed $3 billion.
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Here’s How CEOs from PayPal and Nasdaq, Plus a Senator, View the Risk of Recession
"I think the market will play an important role: the boost in yields, the strength of the dollar… we're already witnessing some demand destruction, and the margins of big retailers are already starting to compress," Toomey noted.
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Expert Opinion: The Bear Market Is Already in Its Third Inning. Stay Calm and Defensive
If that were the case, the S&P 500 would have peaked closer to 3,600 than 4,800 at the start of this year. That is the P/E multiple's power: At recent high valuation levels, the P/E multiple is five times more potent than earnings momentum, basis point for basis point.
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Netflix Layoffs Just The Start as Streamer Stages Rebound: ‘It’s Time to Be a Real Company,’ Says Media Exec
"In our quarterly report, we indicated that slowing revenue growth forces the company to slow its cost growth. As a result, approximately 150 employees will be laid off today, mostly in the United States," the company stated in an announcement.
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Bitcoin Is Steady Above $29,000. Cryptos Are Holding Up as Stocks Sell-Off
Bitcoin's price has risen in the last 24 hours and is now well above $29,500. The largest cryptocurrency's relative strength comes amid a rough day for US markets on Wednesday, with a selloff that continued into Thursday.
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Bitcoin Flexes Dominance Again as Altcoins Suffer Bigger Losses
Babel Finance reports that the market-cap dominance of the currency has increased significantly during the last selloff, soaring to 45%, the highest level from the beginning of the year. As analysts at the firm said in a note, "altcoins are at their worst."
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