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A massive Chinese property developer is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, roiling markets worldwide today: Worries about spreading contagion from troubles in China’s property market sent U.S. stocks toward their steepest declines in months on Monday. The retreat came amid concerns over property developer China Evergrande Group. Market participants…
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I came across a fascinating little tool today. It’s a machine learning program designed to forecast returns in stocks. It’s called the Trefis AI Engine and it draws from 8 years of past stock returns. Given the intense interest in stock of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., I had to see…
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Only about half the world has internet access. Even rural America lags behind in broadband penetration. But what if everyone on earth had incredibly fast internet for $1 a month? A fascinating company called Akash Systems just might pull that off. It is delivering internet 100 times more cheaply than…
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Solana is all the rage in cryptocurrency markets these days. Its price is doing this: Looking at that chart, it would be easy to think that this new cryptocurrency is all hype and speculation. But I spent the afternoon digging into its capabilities as a platform, and they are incredible:…
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China’s government has just launched the latest salvo against its own technology industry: China on Monday issued strict new measures aimed at curbing what authorities describe as youth videogame addiction, which they blame for a host of societal ills, including distracting young people from school and family responsibilities. The new regulation,…
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On Saturday, I stood in the produce section of a nearby Whole Foods. My eyes were drawn to tiny packages of delicate microgreens. The producer: Aero Farms. Agriculture faces a difficult environment. Climate change is making weather more extreme and unpredictable. Workers are harder and harder to find. But a…
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Imagine you’re running a marathon. You’ve led the whole race. But a strong runner is coming up on your right. The finish line approaches. Suddenly, there is a loud “crack.” The other runner has been shot in the head. You win. This is essentially what has happened to the Chinese…
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After an incredible 17-fold rise this year, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. has become one of the hottest stocks in the market. But which state is the craziest for this meme stock? It turns out my home state of New Jersey is #1 in the country for searches of “AMC” as…
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If you run a retail business, you know what a royal pain online review sites can be. Get one unreasonable customer, and all of a sudden their bad day is turned into your business nightmare. An angry one star screed torpedoes your average and you’re left to rebuild, bit by…
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China’s government has launched a severe crackdown on its leading tech companies. Didi Chuxing, the equivalent of Uber, has been removed from app stores and ed tech companies are now required to be nonprofit, likely wiping out their investors. A major index of Chinese tech stocks is down over 40%…
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