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Bloomberg Merkel’s Twilight Months Cloud German Crisis Rebound: Eco Week (Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.The Germany economy is enduring a moment of flux as it tries to shake off the coronavirus crisis, just as the era of Chancellor Angela Merkel draws to a close.In just four months on Wednesday, voters will choose a new government in an election that augurs a turning point as she leaves a political void after 13… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, May 21, 2021 Retail and crypto are dominating market interest The year isn’t even half over yet, but it’s already been a memorable 2021 for market watchers.  The GameStop (GME) and meme stock drama, the latest bull cycle in cryptocurrencies, and Elon Musk tweeting have all created off-the-wall storylines that keep getting refreshed.  And… Source link

Bloomberg King of LNG Undercuts Rivals to Keep Dominating World Market (Bloomberg) — The world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas is ramping up production dramatically and undercutting competitors in a bid to squeeze them out of the market.Qatar is dropping prices and pushing ahead with a $29 billion project to boost its exports of the fuel by more than 50%, stymieing the prospects of new plants elsewhere. It’s also established a trading team to compete in the nascent spot market and… Source link

Cryptocurrency has been going through some inner-battles as of late. Joining the “ETF Report” with hosts Alexis Christoforous and Kristin Myerson Yahoo Finance, ETF Trends’ CIO and Director of Research, Dave Nadig, discusses what kind of options there are for those investors who want to get into the crypto space. As Nadig explains, volatility in this area should not be much of a surprise. Crypto, in general, generally has a level of context that needs to be applied, so in this current… Source link

The New York Times An ‘Army of 16-Year-Olds’ Takes On the Democrats BOSTON — Dana Depelteau, a hotel manager, had just gone public with a long-shot candidacy for mayor in Boston when he noticed that someone in city politics was going after him online. The effect of this attack, he said, was lightning-fast and pervasive. The morning after he announced his candidacy on Twitter, he showed up at his local barbershop and, while staring at himself in the mirror, overheard a customer describing his… Source link

Yandex NV (NASDAQ: YNDX) has appointed former X5 Retail Group CFO Svetlana Demyashkevich as Yandex’s CFO and Vadim Marchuk as COO, effective from June 1. On March 30, Yandex announced that Greg Abovsky would depart as CFO and COO effective April 30 to pursue a new opportunity in another geography. Marchuk was appointed as the acting CFO,… Source link

Bloomberg China Puts Australia on Notice With Push to Diversify Iron Ore (Bloomberg) — Beijing threw the spotlight on trade tensions with its top commodities supplier, Australia, after the government’s economic planning agency said it’s looking to diversify China’s supply of iron ore.Chinese firms should boost domestic exploration for the steel-making input, widen their sources of imports, and explore overseas ore resources, the National Development and Reform Commission said at its… Source link

Globe Newswire Arrival selects HERE SDK for its Electric Vehicles Arrival selects HERE SDK for its Electric Vehicles HERE Technologies to power Arrival’s in-vehicle navigation solution HERE Technologies to power Arrival’s in-vehicle navigation solutionHERE SDK to calculate routes and schedules and run shared mobility solutions May 19, 2021 London and Amsterdam – Arrival, the company reinventing the automotive industry with its entirely new approach to the design and assembly of electric… Source link

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky sat down with Yahoo Finance’s Anjalee Khemlani to discuss the CDC’s latest mask guidance, her thoughts on vaccine administration, and the U.S. responsibility to help other countries manage their own surges. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] ANJALEE KHEMLANI: What’s going on with regard to new mask rules that came out last week? And joining me now is CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Dr. Walensky, thank you so much for joining me today. ROCHELLE WALENSKY:… Source link

InvestorPlace 7 Dividend Stocks to Avoid in Your Retirement Portfolio Income stocks and retirement go hand in hand because they are both built for the long term. You don’t buy stocks for their dividends for the short term. They are steady investments that enhance your wealth the old-timey way, slowly over time. The challenge is to find stocks that can maintain and grow their dividends year after year. If their dividends are solid, their business is likely solid as well, and you’ll also see… Source link