BP chief executive Bernard Looney’s pay more than doubled to £10mn last year after the UK-listed energy major delivered a record $28bn in profits. The payout follows a tumultuous year in energy markets driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that led to historic earnings for the oil and gas industry as fossil fuel prices soared.
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Hedera, the team behind distributed ledger Hedera Hashgraph, has confirmed a smart contract exploit on the Hedera Mainnet that has led to the theft of several liquidity pool tokens. Hedera said the attacker targeted liquidity pool tokens on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) that derived its code from Uniswap v2 on Ethereum, which was ported over for
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has provided an update on the Fed’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) work in a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee. While stating that the Fed is “making progress on technological issues,” Powell stressed that “policy issues are equally important.” Fed Chair Powell on CBDC Progress During a hearing
Apple and its manufacturing partner Foxconn were among the companies behind a landmark liberalisation of labour laws in the Indian state of Karnataka last month, according to three people familiar with the matter. Their successful lobbying for new legislation means two-shift production can take place in India, akin to the two companies’ practices in China,
Municipals were firmer on the front end of the curve as more billion-dollar deals priced, while Treasuries rallied hard inside 10 years and equities sold off. The potential for a strong employment report, which would amp up belief of a 50-basis-point move by the Federal Open Market Committee later this month, and higher for longer
Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images Women don’t invest in the market at the same rate as men, and the reasons for this are more nuanced than lower earnings power. Experts point to factors such as how women are perceived and treated by the investment community, among other hurdles for this gender investment gap.
XRP’s (XRP) price extended its gains on March 9, rising around 1.5% to $0.40, despite a general downturn in the cryptocurrency market. XRP price four-day winning streak The rally in the XRP/USD pair started on March 5 with the XRP market capitalization gaining over 10% in the past four days. In contrast, the entire crypto market
Kansas legislation targeting environmental, social, and governance criteria in public investments and contracts was held in House and Senate committees Wednesday as lawmakers work on changes after concerns were raised about projected big pension fund losses due to divestment. Anti-ESG efforts have popped up in several state legislatures with bills seeking to protect certain industries,
June 1, 2012: Wandisco, “a leading provider of global collaboration software to the software development industry,” floats on London’s junior market with a market capitalisation of £37mn. Panmure Gordon is appointed Nomad, having raised £15mn gross for the company. November 19, 2012: Wandisco buys AltoStor, a California startup, for $1.5mn in cash and $3.6mn in
Given modern architecture’s penchant for a minimalist approach, it’s hard to imagine a time when design elements like clean lines, open floor plans and floor-to-ceiling windows were revolutionary. But at the end of the 19th century, when architecture gradually moved away from traditions of ornamentation and decadence, the result was nothing short of a sensation.
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UK equity fund managers are calling for an overhaul of pension accounting rules to revive investor interest in London-listed shares, as a swath of companies prepares to depart or shun the City for US stock exchanges. Richard Buxton, UK equity fund manager at Jupiter, and David Cumming, head of UK equities at Newton Investment Management,
Bitcoin mining firm Marathon Digital has paid off its term loan and terminated its credit facilities with crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank, just as the bank announced it will be winding down operations. Marathon announced on Mar. 8 that it had prepaid its outstanding loan balance earlier that day, and would be terminating the revolving line of
Municipals were little changed in secondary trading Wednesday amid an active primary market with two billion-dollar deals priced, although details on one were not immediately available. U.S. Treasury yields were weaker in spots and equities ended mixed. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 59%, the five-year at 61%, the 10-year at 66% and the 30-year
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 3, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The latest spike in bond yields was enough to spook the stock market into a sell-off Tuesday, but there’s a silver lining for fixed income investors: Short-term Treasurys are now touting
The Stitch Fix logo on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earning on June 7. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/ | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. United Natural Foods — The organic food company tumbled 27%