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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 Monday, November 15, 2021 Full disclosure: I have never bought a turkey for Thanksgiving before.  Hang with me here because it’s not as weird as it sounds.  For the past 15 years I haven’t really had any Thanksgivings (don’t pity me, I bring this stuff on myself). Most of the time I was out in stores on Thanksgiving day either channel-checking… Source link

Retail investor interest in Robinhood’s (HOOD) forthcoming crypto wallet remains high, a company executive said at the Yahoo Finance-Decrypt cryptocurrency event on Tuesday. The wait list for Robinhood’s crypto wallet stands at 1.6 million people, Robinhood Crypto COO Christine Brown revealed at “Crypto Goes Mainstream.“ Robinhood announced plans for the crypto wallet in September, promising users the ability to send and receive cryptocurrency at speed and low cost. The wallet will also… Source link

Before you leave your house in the morning, you probably check your pockets for three things: your phone, keys, and wallet. But if Apple’s (AAPL) plans for its smartwatch pan out, you might just need to make sure you have one thing on you: your Apple Watch. As part of the watchOS 8 software update, available as a public beta in the coming weeks, the Apple Watch will be able to present digital ID cards, which will eventually include licenses, and lock and unlock everything from your front… Source link

With iOS 15, Apple Wallet will receive the ability to store driver’s licenses just like it does credit cards and discount codes. The digital version of your ID will function just like a physical license, and will even be accepted at TSA checkpoints. When the feature goes live later this year, it will only be available for those in participating US states. Apple has yet to say which states are interested. “The Transportation Security Administration is working to enable airport security… 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

Bloomberg Blackouts Threaten Entire U.S. West This Summer as Heat Awaits (Bloomberg) — First they struck California, then Texas. Now blackouts are threatening the entire U.S. West as nearly a dozen states head into summer with too little electricity.From New Mexico to Washington, power grids are being strained by forces years in the making — some of them fueled by climate change, others by the fight against it. If a heat wave strikes the whole region at once, the rolling outages that… Source link

TipRanks Raymond James: These 3 Stocks Are Poised to Surge by at Least 50% In a recent note on the state of the stock markets, Raymond James equity strategist Tavis McCourt points out a series of policy factors that are playing a role in the current market volatility; the situation is more complex, perhaps, than most of us have been willing to admit. McCourt notes permutations of the SLR rule, political dynamics on the Senate Banking Committee, and the regulatory atmosphere towards potential… Source link

Reuters Report: Rangers’ Artemi Panarin takes leave after Russian article New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence after a former coach of his in his native Russia alleged that Panarin beat up an 18-year-old woman 10 years ago, the New York Post reported Monday. The allegation appeared in a Russian newspaper and is believed to be politically motivated, per the Post; Panarin, 29, has been outspoken against the regime of Russian president Vladimir Putin. “Artemi… Source link

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is trying to draw more people to its payment app and keep them there longer with features such as a reward system, new financial management services and a format for listing payments that evokes text-message conversations. The Google Pay app will eventually offer Plex, mobile checking and savings accounts being introduced by Google in partnership with 11 banks and credit unions. “It positions the mobile app and Google Pay to solve for… Source link

Google is adding new rewards and banking features to its Google Pay wallet. Associated Press Alphabet Inc. will soon let customers apply for digital bank accounts though its Google… Source link