[ad_1] Murphy, North Carolina CNN — When Judy Stines first heard about cryptocurrency, “I always thought it was smoke and mirrors,” she said. “But if that’s what you want to invest in, you do you.” But then she heard the sound of crypto, a noise that neighbor Mike Lugiewicz describes …
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[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of 25 books, including the New York Times best-seller, “Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Lies and Legends About Our Past” (Basic Books). …
Read More »Analysis: Every American could feel the pain of Washington’s debt ceiling showdown
[ad_1] CNN — Every American could get hurt if the new hardline Republican House’s dangerous game of roulette with a still vulnerable economy backfires. The nation reaches a first, critical threshold Thursday in the brewing Washington showdown over the national debt that could define the tenure of the new GOP …
Read More »Virginia school district under investigation for alleged violation of human rights act
[ad_1] CNN — Multiple schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, are under investigation after allegedly failing to give students their National Merit Scholarship recognition in a timely manner, before many students submitted college applications. State Attorney General Jason Miyares launched the investigation on January 4 against Thomas Jefferson High School for …
Read More »Debt ceiling: 6 things you should know as the deadline looms
[ad_1] CNN — The clock is now ticking on the nation’s debt ceiling drama. The US is expected to hit its borrowing cap as soon as Thursday, though it will not immediately start to default on its debt and set off a financial crisis. But it does mean that Congress …
Read More »Party City files for bankruptcy
[ad_1] New York CNN — Party City filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday after years of losses and weak sales. The largest party goods and Halloween specialty retail chain in the United States said in a regulatory filing that it reached an agreement with debtholders to cut its $1.7 billion debt …
Read More »Getty Images suing the makers of popular AI art tool for allegedly stealing photos
[ad_1] New York CNN — Getty Images announced a lawsuit against Stability AI, the company behind popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, alleging the tech company committed copyright infringement. The stock image giant accused Stability AI of copying and processing millions of its images without obtaining the proper licensing, according …
Read More »BOJ policy meeting: Japan decides to maintain ultra-easy policy, leaves yield curve control targets unchanged
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN — The yen plunged on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan decided to maintain its ultra-easy monetary policy, defying market expectations that rising inflation could force the central bank to move away from low interest rates. The BOJ kept its yield curve control (YCC) targets unchanged …
Read More »Intel CEO says chip supply chains will shape geopolitics more than oil over the next 50 years
[ad_1] New York CNN — Global politics will be dominated by the availability, trade and investment in microchips for the next several decades, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger told CNN Tuesday. The location of “oil reserves [has] defined geopolitics for the last five decades,” Gelsinger said in an interview with CNN’s …
Read More »China's economy expanded by 2.9% in last quarter of 2022
[ad_1] China’s economy expanded by 2.9% in the fourth quarter of 2022, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics announced on Tuesday. [ad_2] Source link
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