Lex (“Visa/Mastercard: fee plea”, June 20) notes that credit card processing costs, so-called swipe fees, in America average 1.8 per cent per transaction. Since my card company pays me 2 per cent for using their card (which I do for everything that I can), I suppose that I owe a debt of gratitude to all
Some news sources have been fond of making comparisons between Bitcoin’s (BTC) price action and that of other assets. In particular, the two most commonly compared asset classes are gold and tech stocks. While a correlation holds, it tends to be a big news story. Throughout much of 2022 and early 2023, for example, the
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After a late-night legislative session on Wednesday, members of the Nashville Metropolitan Council voted 38-0 to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget that matches the $3.2 billion size and most substance of Mayor John Cooper’s May budget plan, preserving his signature proposal for a pay increase for public employees, while shifting some funds to do
In this article BRK.B Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles as he plays bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 5, 2019. Nati Harnik | AP Warren Buffett has made another annual donation to five foundations, boosting his total charitable giving to
A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on June 09, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes were essentially flat in May compared with April, according to the National Association of Realtors. They rose 0.2% to a seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of 4.30
A second group of Texas-based public finance attorneys at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has jumped to a different firm in the state. Jackson Walker announced this week the launch of its first public finance practice group with four Orrick attorneys — Rick Witte, Todd Brewer, Tanya Fischer, and Hoang Vu — along with Russell Miller,
Shares in British online grocer Ocado surged as much 43 per cent on Thursday following rumours that it could be a bid target for Amazon. Ocado’s stock was last trading at 580p, or 35 per cent higher, after The Times newspaper reported that the UK company could be of interest to “technology heavyweights”, including Amazon.
Blockchain-based payments firm Ripple has obtained in-principle regulatory approval from Singapore’s financial regulator to offer digital asset payments and token products in the city-state. Ripple confirmed the approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in a June 22 statement. The approval will allow its subsidiary — Ripple Markets Asia Pacific — to further scale
Diamond rings and bracelets on display in a show window in Antwerp, Belgium. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images) Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images News | Getty Images “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” as the old song goes. But they’re not an investor’s favorite currently, with the precious gems losing some significant value over the
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Britain needs to overhaul its pension system to create “superfunds” that can take controlling stakes in large companies and drive business investment, a leading think-tank has argued. A long-term decline in capital spending by UK businesses is a key reason why living standards have not improved in line with those of other rich countries, according
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board said challenges to its Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority projections are “irrelevant.” The board filed its argument Tuesday evening in response to a PREPA bondholders filing a week earlier defending their right to have U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain consider their attacks on the assumptions of the fiscal
A team of researchers from the Bitcoin Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, have roundly rejected the conclusions reached in a 2022 paper claiming that Bitcoin has an intrinsic scaling problem that will lead to limited adoption in the future. According to the Bitcoin Policy Institute’s researchers, the original paper, dubbed “Bitcoin’s Limited Adoption Problem,”
Woodstock Ranch in Santa Ynez, California, is a private equestrian community offering peaceful country living within some 2,400 acres. Old-growth oak trees dot hillsides green from the winter rains. Spring brings bright patches of wildflowers. Cattle meander lazily in the summer sun. For some homeowners, whose parcels range from about 20 to 60 acres, fencing
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said policymakers expect interest rates will need to move higher to reduce U.S. growth to below its long-term trend and contain price pressures, with the timing of additional increases based on incoming data. “My colleagues and I understand the hardship that high inflation is causing, and we remain strongly committed
Among the more memorable displays at Bitcoin 2023 is a real-life toilet with the logos of various non-Bitcoin cryptocurrencies. It’s an ad for a booth selling “buttwipes” that are “moistened with the tears of no-coiners.” The marketing message is clear: Bitcoin is the real thing — everything else is a shitcoin that belongs in the
A real estate agent shows a prospective buyer a home as he shops for a house in Coral Gables, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The average rate on the most popular mortgage, the 30-year fixed, fell for the third straight week, but demand for mortgages didn’t move much. Total mortgage application volume increased 0.5%
Hello from London, where hundreds of officials, civil society representatives and business people are convening today and tomorrow to discuss Ukraine’s recovery from Putin’s war. As a top aide to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy made clear in our Monday edition, the country is looking to put green finance at the centre of its reconstruction strategy.