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Paychex is partnering with SoFi to offer employees access to personal finance tools like loan refinancing and debt management through its digital benefits marketplace. Employees cover the cost of the tools via payroll deduction, which means the employer gets to offer the tools at no cost. This move helps even small businesses stay competitive in … Read more - Chevron defeats Exxon in dispute over…
Chevron has prevailed against Exxon Mobil in a dispute over Hess Corporation’s offshore oil assets in the South American nation of Guyana, Exxon CEO Darren Woods told CNBC’s Becky Quick on Friday. The ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce in favor of Chevron clears a path for the oil major to complete its $53 … Read more - Offshore Company Tax in UAE: 2025…
Understanding Offshore Companies in the UAE Offshore companies in the UAE are independent legal entities with rights similar to natural persons. Historically, their tax treatment has been a gray area, creating uncertainty for businesses. However, the UAE’s Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has recently clarified the tax obligations for these entities, bringing much-needed transparency. Key Updates … Read more - Lucid shares rise after the company…
Lucid Group share (NYSE: LCID) is trading sharply higher today after the company announced a partnership with autonomous tech company Nuro, Inc., and Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) to launch a next-generation premium global robotaxi program, exclusively for the Uber platform. This strategic collaboration aims to deploy 20,000 or more Lucid vehicles, specifically the new Lucid … Read more - MDP Partners With BPC To Boost…
MDP, continues to solidify its position as a trusted payments powerhouse across the Middle East and Africa by partnering with BPC to build built a next-generation third-party processing center using BPC’s SmartVista platform. MDP-A long-standing leader in Africa’s card issuing and processing industry in partnership with BPC, global payment solutions provider, has leveraged the latter’s … Read more
Inside the First Stargate AI Data
The sheer scale of this one of many AI factories of the near future tell us a lot about AI direction, and adds meat to the bones of Jensens speech in Taipei this week.Trucks carrying concrete and electrical wiring plod over red clay, weaving in between cranes and excavators. Two symmetrical buildings stand in a massive plot of land where thousands of people in brightly colored vests work day and night to construct six more near-identical structures that will make up the first site for the Stargate Project.
Trump signs stablecoin bill into law
President Donald Trump arrives for a signing ceremony for the GENIUS Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Friday.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed the stablecoin bill into law, marking a major win for crypto interests in Washington.
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“We feel obliged to offer our house to this couple to live in while they deal with this horrible experience.” - £10,000 invested in Santander shares 5…
Image source: Getty Images It has been a fantastic five years for Banco Santander (LSE:BNC) shareholders. The Spanish bank stock is up 216% over this time, turning every £10,000 invested back then into £31,600. On top of that, there has been a steady flow of rising dividends since they resumed in 2021 (payouts were paused … Read more - £15k invested in these dividend shares…
Image source: Getty Images Investing in a broad range of stocks can be a great way to target a long-term second income. History shows that holding dividend shares spanning different sectors and geographies can reduce risk and provide a stable return over time. Here are two high-yield dividend stocks that could help diversify an investor’s … Read more - £262 to invest a month? Here’s…
Image source: Getty Images According to Hargreaves Lansdown, the average UK employee has £262 left at the end of the month to save and invest. That may not seem like enough money to target a £1m Stocks and Shares ISA. But the mathematical ‘miracle’ of compounding — where investment profits generate their own gains, accelerating … Read more - £5k in savings? Here’s how that…
Image source: Getty Images Earning a second income doesn’t mean having to get a second job. In fact, by leveraging dividend opportunities in the stock market, investors can get some extra income in their pockets passively. And for those with £5,000 sitting in the bank, kick-starting this process today could eventually lead to a £255 … Read more - 1 year on from the CrowdStrike…
Image source: Getty Images On 19 July 2024 – a year ago tomorrow – the world experienced a huge IT outage. The culprit was cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD), whose software update sent IT systems globally into meltdown. At the time, the outage sent CrowdStrike’s share price into meltdown too. But how has the S&P … Read more
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I can’t remember exactly how my university friends and I came up with the idea of saving £20 a month for a dream trip for our 40th birthdays – seven years ahead of time. But I do know that when it was suggested, it was a resounding yes from all nine of us. At 33,
Huntington chalks profit rise to $10B…
Huntington Bancshares boosted its full-year 2025 outlook for a number of key financial metrics Friday, forecasting higher loan and deposit growth along with an uptick in noninterest income. The Columbus Ohio-based company also joined a growing list of superregional and money center banks that have reported strengthening credit quality. “Our second-quarter results reflect the ongoing
How to play the commodity cycle
If you’re keen to explore merger and acquisition opportunities, I suggest focusing on one commodity, in particular. It just seems the highest probability thematic currently. Yesterday we touched on the notion that commodity producers can generate huge cash flow when prices are high. Right now, that’s happening in the gold sector. Case in point is
A real life sad story. What…
I am currently helping out someone in a tragic situation. Gemma (not her real name) is having to deal with a legal and financial nightmare. Her husband died in an accident a couple of months ago, leaving her with two young children. Apparently, they had said in passing that they needed to get their family
Market Movers: June 22, 2023
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Visa vs MasterCard: Battle of the…
It’s Visa vs MasterCard in the battle of the payment processors. The two leading card companies are both accepted nearly all over the world but what are the differences that set them apart? In this blog post discover the pros and cons of both payment networks and decide who will be your reigning champion when
Traders in a critical corner of…
Some market-based measures of future inflation are rising toward worrisome levels, with some strategists pointing to the potential for another round of unsettling tariff-driven price gains in the months to come.
3 booming growth shares in the…
Image source: Getty Images Shares of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (LSE: SMT) are up around 25% over the past year. That’s undoubtedly impressive. Underneath though, at the portfolio level, some of the trust’s holdings are absolutely rocketing. Here, I want to highlight three of them to assess whether any are worth considering. Hitting $4trn Let’s
Paddle Raises $25 Million for Payments…
Paddle raised $25 million in debt financing to support global expansion, product development, and executive growth. The funds, which come from CIBC Innovation Banking, bring Paddle’s total funding to $318 million. Along with the investment announcement, Paddle also unveiled new hires and plans to open an office in Austin. Payments infrastructure company Paddle announced this