Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Crypto prices rose Thursday as bitcoin and ether headed for their strongest month in more than three years. Bitcoin was last higher by more than 1% at $61,150.88 on the final day of February, according to Coin Metrics. On Wednesday, it surged to $64,000 at one point, before a … Read more
Hyundai Motor Group is the world’s third-largest automaker in the world by volume — but it wasn’t always so. In the late 1980s and 1990s, Hyundai cars suffered ridicule in America for being cheap and low quality. But that is no longer the case. The three auto brands in the automaker’s stable — Hyundai, Kia … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his confidants for the 2024 election at Gostiny Dvor in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 31, 2024. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters The West is watching Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next move closely after pro-Russian officials in the breakaway region of Transnistria in Moldova appealed to Moscow for “protection” … Read more
If you’re working a full-time 9-to-5 and contributing to a 401(k) plan, now might be a good time to check in and see what’s been happening with those automatic paycheck deductions. According to a new report from Fidelity Investments, many Americans might be surprised to find that they’ve earned millionaire status. Data from the retirement … Read more
Close-up gloved hands holding detail microchip Wong Yu Liang | Moment | Getty Images Semiconductor firms such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company are at risk of water shortages as processing technology advances, S&P Global Ratings said in a report. Semiconductor chips are found in everyday consumer devices from smartphones to TVs. TSMC is the world’s … Read more
Bud Light, made by Anheuser-Busch. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Hiking beer prices led Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev to profit and revenue growth last year, even U.S. sales of staple brand Bud Light were curbed by boycott action. The world’s biggest brewer on Thursday recorded annual revenue of $59.38 billion, up 7.8%, but shy of … Read more
Tesla Roadster Courtesy: Tesla Six years ago, Elon Musk hyped a next-generation Roadster, the name of Tesla’s debut car from 2008. A refreshed version was never produced, but Musk is once again promising a new Roadster is on the way. “Tonight, we radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster,” Musk wrote on … Read more
This article originally appeared on Business Insider. A “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” last weekend turned out to be a whole lot less satisfying than people had hoped. The event was staged by the House of Illuminati in Glasgow, Scotland. It was advertised as a “place where chocolate dreams become reality” with an enchanted garden, an “Imagination … Read more
This photograph taken on February 27, 2024, shows the the Heidelberg Materials cement plant in Antoing, during a press visit. The cement plant intends to equip it’s kiln with a carbon capture facility, which will enable the Antoing plant to achieve a net-zero carbon balance. Benoit Doppagne | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — The … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order Wednesday intended to safeguard the personal data of American citizens from countries deemed hostile. The executive order centers on the business of selling people’s personal information, in which companies and so-called data brokers collect and trade data. The Biden Administration is worried that data brokers and other … Read more
