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- Paychex Delivers SoFi Personal Finance ToolsPaychex 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
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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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- £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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Top 10 at 11: ASX scales…
It’s a good day to be wearing hi-vis. Pic: Getty Images Morning, and welcome to Stockhead’s Top 10 (at 11… ish), highlighting the movers and shakers on the ASX in early-doors trading. With the market opening at 10am sharp eastern time, the data is taken at 10.15am in the east, once trading kicks off in

The Mortgage Maze: Your Guide for…
Union Bank November 29, 2024 Fall is a time for foliage, pumpkins, and corn mazes. In fact, Vermont is home to New England’s largest corn maze, known as the “Great Vermont Corn Maze,” which stretches for 24 acres. But, just as a maze can be a confusing and winding path, so can the mortgage process.

Could digitalisation of finance lead to…
Simon Whitaker Digital currencies and the tokenisation of financial assets could speed up the movement of money and assets between institutions and across borders. Historically, the liberalisation of capital flows led to debates about the impact on macroeconomic and financial stability. Bouts of instability – for example the 2008 global financial crisis – provoked calls

Embedded Finance Platform Highnote Launches Instant…
San Francisco, California-based embedded finance platform Highnote has launched its Instant Payments capability. The new addition to its unified product platform will enable businesses to provide near real-time payments from Highnote-issued cards to eligible debit and prepaid cards. Founded in 2021, Highnote made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2022. Embedded finance platform Highnote, which began

Tesla shares fall as Europe sales…
Tesla shares (NYSE: TSLA) are down sharply in early price action today after data showed that registrations for its cars in Europe fell in double digits in May. It is the fifth consecutive month when the company’s sales fell steeply in Europe, and with today’s losses, the shares have given up all the gains from

Citigroup Cuts B&M European Value Retail…
B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME – Free Report) had its price objective cut by Citigroup from GBX 456 ($6.12) to GBX 361 ($4.85) in a research note published on Wednesday morning, MarketBeat Ratings reports. They currently have a buy rating on the stock. Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Shore

Aldoro Resources builds Kameelburg scale as…
Aldoro is building the scale of the Kameelburg niobium and rare earth deposit in Namibia, extending the mineralised envelope to 1350m. Pic: Getty Images Aldoro Resources’ diamond drilling has scaled the Kameelburg project to 1350m in strike Results up to 195m at 2.1% total rare earth oxides were returned in best hole to date More

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Perplexity Labs launches with Pro AI suite Perplexity has launched Perplexity Labs, a new tool available to Pro subscribers that enables users to create reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and interactive applications through features like AI-powered spreadsheet generation, interactive dashboard creation, and a 10-minute research workflow that autonomously conducts comprehensive research and data analysis. avidreader pplx-res.cloudinary.com Perplexity

Gambler. Follower. Researcher. Craftsman. Which are…
by Ed Croft, Founder & CEO of Stockopedia If you’re anything like me, you probably didn’t start investing with a perfectly thought through plan. You may have looked at fund managers and thought you could do better. Maybe you invested in funds, but were disappointed by the results. You wanted more control, higher returns, a