dimid_86 | Getty Images Where some see a mark of regret, Soliton sees a market opportunity. As more and more tattoo-bearing millennials age into their 30s, dermatologists are experiencing an uptick in tattoo regret syndrome. However, tattoo removal treatment has remained largely the same for decades, an expensive and painful procedure that can lead to
Month: December 2019
A button for launching the Netflix application is seen on a remote control in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on April 25, 2019. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix — The streaming giant’s stock rose more than 3% after the company disclosed figures
New house open interior construction with 2 x 4s showing Getty Excerpts of this article appeared in the December 2019 edition of the Forbes Real Estate Investor. We recently initiated coverage on a new commercial mortgage REIT that pays monthly dividends. What’s interesting about this “new kid on the black” is that this company invests
Shoppers walk through the food court at the Easton Town Center Mall in Columbus, Ohio. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images These days, in the country’s most upscale malls, it seems like shoppers are doing everything but perusing apparel. Consumers can play glow-in-the-dark mini golf at Simon Property Group’s Roosevelt Field in Garden City,
Gary, Indiana’s city council has approved $20.6 million in short-term borrowing against its future tax collections to help manage cash flow. The borrowing, approved Tuesday, comes on top of a $40 million sales-leaseback bond transaction the city closed in November that brought the city’s coffers back into the black and repaid $28 million in short-term
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(OTC:LLNKF)(FRA:C0B), a key player in digital freight and logistics platforms as well as payment solutions, is pleased to announce that it has commenced trials with Easterday Farms Produce Company (“Easterday Farms”) of LiteLink’s 1SHIFT Logistics platform for rail freight transports. Easterday Farms
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Elizabeth M. Renieris is the Founder of hackylawyER, a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard and an expert on cross-border data protection and
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Richard Chen is a partner at 1confirmation, a seed-stage venture fund supporting crypto-native founders fueling the decentralization of the web and society. Bitcoin dominance. The rise of DeFi. Libra.
Democratic presidential candidates do not seem particularly concerned about Americans’ retirement savings accounts, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “I listened to the Democratic debate last night. None of those candidates, I find, is really interested in your 401(k),” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” Seven candidates qualified for Thursday’s primary debate in Los Angeles,
Nike sneakers on display Mike Pont | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. U.S. Steel — U.S. Steel shares dropped 8.1% after the company cut its dividend and issued fourth-quarter earnings guidance that was well below analyst expectations. The company expects it will lose $1.15 per share in the
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Forbes Some of the largest companies in the world were on the first-ever Forbes Blockchain 50 list, inaugurated in early 2019, to recognize the most mature blockchain projects. As we look ahead into 2020, we’re now taking nominations for the next Blockchain 50 list, and expect
Busakorn Pongparnit | Moment | Getty Images The Democratic-controlled House passed a bill on Thursday that would do away with the $10,000 limit on the itemized deduction for state and local taxes for two years. Legislators narrowly voted in favor and did so largely along party lines: 218 to 206. The measure, dubbed the “Restoring
With issuance for 2019 pretty much done, investors and money managers look forward to a new year — and there is optimism that drivers of muni performance will carry over, making 2020 a fruitful year as well. The market has seen its share of slow starts to years, especially recently, but Dan Heckman, senior fixed-income
Ever since Facebook announced earlier this year that it was going to launch its own cryptocurrency, Libra, the token has been met with a lot of skepticism. Leading regulators at some of the world’s central banks, as well as United States President Donald Trump, have criticized different aspects of Libra. Major Details In a new
Alleged BTC-e exchange operator and money launderer Alexander Vinnik is finally being extradited to France. The news was made public by the Russian embassy in Greece, the country in which he has been held since his arrest in July 2017 over allegations that he had laundered at least $4 billion through the BTC-e bitcoin exchange.
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Jalak Jobanputra is founder of FuturePerfect Ventures. A year ago, I predicted 2019 would be the year of regulation in the crypto sector, building upon the increased scrutiny we saw
A man uses a credit card to pay for gas in Miami, Florida. Getty Images America is a nation of contrasts, and credit card debt is no exception. With unemployment at a 50-year low and the stock market hitting record highs, confident consumers are spending with abandon, adding a projected $80 billion in U.S. credit
We sat down with Art Cashin, managing director of UBS Financial Services who’s patrolled the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for more than fifty years, at Bobby Van’s Steakhouse to chat about what’s ahead in 2020. Here are three predictions the veteran Wall Street trader offered for 2020: Prediction one: Despite a still
A worker pushes Amazon.com Inc. packages in front of a FedEx Corp. delivery truck in New York. Christopher Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. FedEx — FedEx sank 10% in midday trading after the global shipper reported a 40% year-over-year decline in profit in its second
Aerial view of the urban skyline of Los Angeles, California, October 28, 2019. (Photo by Smith … [+] Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Getty Images If expert predictions for the 2020 housing market come true, homeowners shouldn’t expect to enjoy the crazy price run-ups of a market boom, but they likely won’t face a devastating recession or crash,
A realtor, right, walks with potential home buyers as they tour the property of a home for sale in Sparland, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images The number of homes for sale at the end of November was the lowest on record for the month, according to the National Association of Realtors, which
The House voted Thursday 218 to 206 to suspend the $10,000 federal limit on deducting state and local taxes for two years while permanently raising the top individual tax rate to 39.6%. The legislation, which would make tax-exempt municipal bonds more attractive for high income income retail customers, has no chance of becoming law. A
Tezos (XTZ) has been performing well in recent weeks as other coins continue to fall. The coin gained, taking its market cap to $1.4 billion, which placed it within the top ten cryptos by market cap. Tezos Grows in Values as Addresses with Small XTZ Balances Increase Since the first week of November, XTZ has
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has been granted a U.S. patent for an invention that makes sending bitcoin as easy as email, literally. The patent, granted on Tuesday and filed in March 2015, details a system for users to make cryptocurrency payments with email addresses linked to corresponding wallet addresses. The sender makes a request to
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Dr. Alex Cahana is head of healthcare and blockchain consulting at Genesis Block. At the end of 2018, while awakening from the Crypto Winter, a group of noted healthcare professionals led
A FedEx employee loads up deliveries in San Francisco. Getty Images “Face plant” and “awful” aren’t descriptors CEOs want to hear after reporting quarterly profit numbers. But FedEx’s second-quarter results were so bad — the profit decline so steep — that such severe language is not only justified, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see
A booth of Micron Technology at an industrial fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Micron jumped 4% during extended trading after the chipmaker posted a first-quarter beat on the top and bottom line. Micron earned 48 cents per share excluding certain items
Man in a blue shirt does window installation. Getty As you look at listings online, you may come across a few that are listed in “as-is” condition. Those few words can have a big impact on your transaction, so it’s important to understand what they mean going in. With that in mind, I’ve written a
The Chinese consumers’ expensive taste is driving growth of the luxury market and fueling a boom in luxury five-star hotels in cities across China. The number of wealthy Chinese recently surpassed the number of wealthy Americans, according to Credit Suisse. The survey found 100 million Chinese in the world’s top 10% of richest people, while
The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York priced its $3.39 billion of bonds, most likely the last big sale of 2019. Although the deal got done and was repriced with lower yields, some buyers had a hard time justifying value in the marketplace with so few options to choose from in the primary.
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