Actor Ben McKenzie, known for his roles in The O.C. and Gotham, is an outspoken critic of crypto and of celebrities who use their fame to promote it. At the WSJ’s recent Tech Live event, he spoke with WSJ reporter Erich Schwartzel about his own research into crypto and why he thinks ordinary investors can be hurt by it. Photo: Nikki Ritcher for the Wall Street Journal
At hospitals and clinics across Port-au-Prince, life-saving medication and equipment is dwindling or altogether absent as brutal gangs tighten their grip on the capital and beyond. (AP Video/Pierre Luxama)
After Starbucks fired seven workers who were trying to unionize their Tennessee store, a U.S. government agency obtained a court order forcing the company to rehire them. Now, Starbucks wants the Supreme Court to curb the government’s power in such cases. On Tuesday, justices are scheduled to hear Starbucks’ case against the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that protects the right of employees to organize. If the court sides with Starbucks, it could make it tougher for the NLRB
LONG AN, Vietnam (AP) — There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded. That and the giant drone, its wingspan similar to that of an eagle, chuffing high above as it rains organic fertilizer onto the knee-high rice seedlings billowing below. Using less water and using a drone to fertilize are new techniques that Van is trying and Vie
MIAMI (AP) — The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term. Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, filed an application in June 2022 for an H-1B visa for a worker at a $65,000 annual salary, the lowest wage category allowed under the program. Federal immigration data shows the company was
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EDMONTON — Alberta Investment Management Corp. says its balanced fund earned a net return of 8.0 per cent for 2023, short of its benchmark return of 9.3 per cent. The investment manager says its public equity investments earned 15.8 per cent, while its fixed income holdings earned 7.7 per cent. The firm's private equity portfolio generated a return of 6.7 per cent, while infrastructure investments earned 3.8 per cent and its renewable resources portfolio returned 1.6 per cent. AIMCo's real estat
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eQ Plc interim report23 April 2024 at 8:00 AM January to March 2024 in brief During the financial period, the Group's net revenue totalled EUR 16.5 million (EUR 17.7 million from 1 Jan. to 31 Mar. 2023). The Group’s net fee and commission income was EUR 16.0 million (EUR 17.5 million). The Group’s operating profit fell by 12% to EUR 8.8 million (EUR 10.0 million).The Group’s profit was EUR 7.0 million (EUR 7.9 million). The consolidated earnings per share were EUR 0.17 (EUR 0.20).The net revenue
Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR A bondholder meeting will take place on May 6, 2024, to vote on proposals to amend the terms of the outstanding convertible bonds maturing on July 17, 2024, including an extension of the maturity by six months. Allschwil, Switzerland – April 23, 2024Idorsia Ltd (SIX: IDIA) today announced that it has published an invitation to a bondholder meeting for holders of its outstanding convertible bonds maturing on July 17, 2024 (ISIN: CH0426820350) (the Bonds)
If you want to get a sense of the true value of the state pension, you can look at how much you would need to save into your own pension to match it.
Far from the trenches, at orderly new centres across Ukraine, civilian recruiters armed with laptops and info packs offer patriotic volunteers opportunities to join the war. As Ukraine's efforts to conscript enough men to fight Russia are stymied by public scepticism, defence officials and military units are embarking on a multi-pronged charm offensive to recruit a citizens' army to resist the invasion. This softer call-up is being conducted on job-search sites and outreach centres, as well as billboards and social media, and offers a wartime novelty: an element of choice.
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Ryan Reynolds wrote a tribute to Michael J. Fox that will bring a tear to your eye.
Olivia Rodrigo has shared snaps of herself sunbathing, wearing a two-piece, string bikini in a gingham pattern. Could this be the next swimwear trend?
Victor J. Blue-Pool/Getty ImagesDonald Trump just can’t help himself.New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan handed down a gag order last month—which he expanded last week—barring the former president from badmouthing or threatening jurors, potential witnesses, attorneys, court staff, or their family members, due to Trump’s penchant for making “threatening, inflammatory, [or] denigrating” statements about those who dare cross him.Still, the 45th commander-in-chief—now facing 34 felony ch
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Andrew Weissmann also predicted a huge "tug of war" over one particular witness in the former president's hush money trial.
Meghan Markle's best friend Abigail Spencer took to Instagram on Sunday to share a rare photo from the Sussex family's lush garden with their rescue beagle Mamma Mia.
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