Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Comcast – The NBCUniversal and CNBC parent reported adjusted quarterly profit of 65 cents per share, 4 cents a share above estimates. Revenue also exceeded Wall Street forecasts. The company added 363,000 broadband customers and 288,000 cable customers during the quarter, with cable earnings growth its
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The worldwide Xsolla billing platform provides millions of its users with a new payment system — visionary MGO tokens. These coins belong to the MobileGO project that recently raised over $53 m during the last stage of its ICO campaign. Xsolla is recognized all over the world as a global provider of billing solutions for
When it comes to trading in the crypto space there are three common mistakes new traders make: going against the trend, trading in consolidation periods and forgetting to reduce their risk. This is especially true when it comes to trading highly volatile coins with a low market capitalization and it pays to remember that when bitcoin’s
A Proposal for Fannie and FreddieFannie Mae / Freddie Mac Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now been in Federal Governmental conservatorship for 10 years, with no end in sight and no plan for their future. While the prevailing political climate is hostile to the agencies continued existence, there is also a well-justified fear that
Homeownership in America is not as common as it once was — especially for today’s young people. That’s the main takeaway from a new investigation into generational housing trends by the Stanford Center on Longevity. Around 63 percent of Americans owned a house in 2016 — the lowest rate in half a century. Nearly 70
The stock market is on pace for its worst October since the financial crisis. But the Federal Reserve can reverse the damage by stepping away from its current interest rate hike policy, according to veteran investment strategist Ed Yardeni. “We need the Fed to pause here and just take a breather,” the Yardeni Research President
When the chips are down, it sometimes spells trouble for the broader market, and that’s what’s worrying some investors this week. Several semiconductor companies are stumbling over their own problems, but collectively the sector’s sloppy performance and increasingly cautious outlooks are ringing warning bells for technology and the broader stock market. Advanced Micro Devices was
Blockchain is releasing its first hardware wallet, called the Lockbox. The company that is synonymous with having one of the oldest software wallets will begin shipping its new device in November. Blockchain’s Lockbox Blockchain’s online software wallet boasts over 30 million accounts, so will its new hardware device do the same? The company partnered with
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Coinbase alleging the exchange hurt investors when it listed bitcoin cash by allowing insider trading. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, from the Northern District of California, dismissed a lawsuit filed by Arizona resident Jeffrey Berk against Coinbase, who claimed that the exchange allowed insiders to
Getty Royalty Free This year’s National Property Preservation Conference is set for November 5-7 in Baltimore. Since 2004, conference attendees from across the mortgage industry and affiliated industries have gathered to dialogue how best to protect and preserve vacant and abandoned properties. The forum grows an informed network “for strengthening partnerships, cooperation, and support throughout
Home sales eked out a small gain in September, but the pace is still lower than last year, as affordability weighs on buyers. Signed contracts to buy existing homes rose 0.5 percent from August but were 1 percent lower than September 2017, according to the National Association of Realtors. This is the ninth straight month
Netflix’s sell-off has left the video streaming company with a “back-of-the-truck” price, RBC Capital Markets lead internet analyst Mark Mahaney, told CNBC on Friday. Mahaney, who has been bullish on Netflix, is betting that the company will rebound from its recent slides. The stock closed down just over 4 percent on Friday at $299.83. “You
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Amazon.com – Amazon reported quarterly profit of $5.75 per share, well above the consensus estimate of $3.14 a share. The Street appears to be focusing on revenue that came in below forecasts, however, as well as disappointing fourth-quarter guidance. Alphabet – Alphabet earned $13.06 per share
Wirex – the payments pioneer that aims to bridge the gap between cryptocurrencies and everyday spending – announced that they have teamed up with payments processing technology provider i2c to launch the United States’ first multiple cryptocurrency-backed prepaid card. It means that Wirex will be extending its European Wirex Visa Card programme, that allows cardholders to use the
Of all the cryptocurrency projects describing themselves as “decentralized exchanges” (DEXs), Bisq may live up to the description better than most. Operating since 2017, when it was originally called Bitsquare, the Bisq DEX runs directly on the user’s computer, rather than a hosted site, as many of the self-described DEXs currently do. And while DEXs
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin A woman pushes a cart as she walks along side of the facade of a former bank held up by steel beams during reconstruction in an opportunity zone in Newark, N.J. The Trump administration on Friday, Oct. 19, proposed rules for investors in a new program
The housing market may be slowing down, but Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller told CNBC he isn’t fearful that a big downturn is ahead. During the financial crisis, the fluctuation of home prices was the sharpest anyone had ever seen — and the word “housing bubble” entered the vocabulary, the Yale economist said. Now, “you
The Disruptor 50 Roadshow brings together executives from CNBC Disruptor 50 companies, along with leading voices in business, to deliver engaging discussions on a range of issues that are top of mind for entrepreneurs and small business owners who are trying to grow their businesses, find investors, and attract and retain top talent. The second
The stock market can serve as a voting machine on next year’s earnings, and for the moment, it is signaling doubt that companies can deliver on the expected earnings growth of roughly 10 percent and revenue growth of roughly 6 percent for 2019. Why? Because the macro picture has gotten considerably more complicated — and
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Amazon shares fell as much as 9 percent in after-hours trading after the company released a mixed third-quarter earnings report. The tech giant reported earnings of $5.75 per share, much higher than the $3.14 per share analysts expected. However, the company missed on revenue, reporting $56.58
Major US cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase had just been granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged insider trading. The alleged Coinbase BCH insider trading occurred last year during the company’s launch of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Coinbase BCH Insider Trading The United States District Court North District of California published a court document
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is planning to put a cap on the leverage available for crypto margin trading to curb speculation and risk. According to a news report from Nikkei Thursday, the financial market regulator is considering limiting crypto margin traders’ borrowing power to two to four times their deposits. Currently, there are no regulations specifically
Indirect natural light (and lots of it) fills the studio bays of the new Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation at Museum Fine Arts, Houston.Courtesy of Museum Fine Arts, Houston/Richard Barnes One of the largest contiguous spaces for a public museum’s conservation efforts now caps and cantilevers over an existing parking garage at Museum
The sharp decline in housing stocks has been driven by investor fear that higher interest rates would “put the kibosh” on the real estate market, top housing analyst from Evercore ISI Stephen Kim told CNBC on Thursday. The strong economy was “an enemy within” because although it benefited housing companies, it also drove rates up,
Just a few weeks ago, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a fresh all-time high. On Wednesday, after several days of triple-digit declines, it closed down more than 600 points having erased all of its gains for the year. It’s not always possible to pinpoint why the market is up or down at any given
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Tesla shares soared as much as 13 percent during after-hours trading as the company beat analysts estimates on earnings and revenue in its third-quarter results. Adjusted earnings per share were $2.90 a share, while analysts predicted a loss of 19 cents a share. In revenue, the
Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges have been given full license to create their own regulations. So what’s going on? Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges Earlier today, the country’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), granted the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) a self-regulatory status. The JVCEA is made up of 16 licensed and domestic crypto exchanges. Its members are Bitflyer, Money
CoinMarketCap, the most-visited aggregator of cryptocurrency market data, has changed the way it uses data from the Bitfinex exchange in response to a report by CoinDesk. On Tuesday, CoinDesk pointed out that a trading pair shown on CoinMarketCap – seemingly, for trades between the tether stablecoin (USDT) and U.S. dollars – did not, in fact,
The future Mr. and Mrs. Arie Luyendyk.Nicole Hill Gerulat Algorithms change and home trends come and go, but there’s only one secret to designing a kitchen that shines on social media—making the space your own. While it’s hard to deny the wow factor of white countertops and shiplap dominating Instagram—kitchens that truly deserve the ubiquitous
Plastic might be a trendy component of your next home remodeling project. No, not as a design element — as a source of funding. Last year, 1 in 3 homeowners paid for at least part of a renovation project with a credit card, according to a new report from home remodeling and design platform Houzz