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Square isn’t lighting it up on bitcoin this year

Square (SQ) hasn’t escaped the volatility in bitcoin this year by any means.  The payments platform — which allows the buying and selling of bitcoin via its Cash App — said Monday its second quarter bitcoin revenue clocked in at $2.72 billion. That’s a 23% drop from the first quarter. Gross profit from Square’s bitcoin business tallied $55 million, down $20 million from the first quarter. Year-to-date Square has been forced to take $65 million in impairments related to its bitcoin… Source link

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Baltimore Aunt Drove Car for a Year With Kids Stuffed in Trunk: Cops

Baltimore County Police Department For about a year, a Baltimore woman allegedly drove a car with a gruesome secret: the dead body of her 7-year-old niece stashed in a suitcase in the trunk. Then in May she allegedly cracked the trunk’s lid to dump the body of her 5-year-old nephew beside it. It wasn’t until months later that police discovered the decomposing bodies of siblings Joshlyn Marie James Johnson and Larry Darnell O’Neal. Baltimore County Police said in a statement Thursday night… Source link

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Alibaba Group Announces Filing of Annual Report on Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2021

HANGZHOU, China, July 27, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988) today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021. The annual report can be accessed under the SEC Filing section on the Company’s investor relations website at https://www.alibabagroup.com/en/ir/secfilings. The Company will provide a hard copy of its annual report containing the audited consolidated financial statements, free of… Source link

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Apple Q3 earnings look to big iPhone sales, but App Store revenue could slow later this year

Apple’s iPhone 12 is expected to continue to dominate in Q3. (Image: Apple) Apple (AAPL) is set to report its Q3 2021 earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday, and analysts predict strong iPhone sales performance. But a predicted slowdown in future quarters for App Store revenue, thanks to vaccine-related reopenings and tough comparisons to 2020, could send guidance for the coming quarters lower. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting from Apple, as compiled by Bloomberg, versus how it… Source link

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Social Security checks may see a huge raise next year. Will it be enough?

Social Security checks may see a huge raise next year. Will it be enough? The ongoing spike in inflation that has Americans paying more for gas, food, cars and many other things could lead to the biggest Social Security boost in almost 40 years when officials announce the cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for 2022. Plus, members of Congress have proposed changes to how the COLA is calculated, which could result in even larger Social Security checks for 55 million retirees, their dependents… Source link

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Google gives Pixel 4 XL an extra year of free repairs for power issues

If your out-of-warranty Pixel 4 XL has been exhibiting some problems, you might be able to get a free repair. Google recently posted a support page outlining a “one-year extended repair program” for the larger of its two 2019 flagships. Those who are eligible can receive a free repair for up to a year after their original warranty expires. As for who’s covered by this program, Google points to “certain power-related issues.” More specifically, the company says these are the… Source link

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Market history suggests stocks will keep climbing this year: Morning Brief

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, July 16, 2021 A market in motion tends to stay in motion   It’s already been a strong year for the U.S. stock market.  Through Thursday’s close, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) is up 16.1% year-to-date, while the Dow (^DJI) and Nasdaq (^IXIC) are both up more than 12%.  But index-level gains, of course, don’t tell the full story of what’s happening… Source link

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here’s where you can quickly find a more than $200,000 a year gig

If you have the right skills, finding a job in the surging cryptocurrency field may be as easy as ordering a McDonald’s Big Mac from a drive-thru. But that doesn’t mean you should jump on any opportunity. With the crypto job shortage continuing as investment banks such as J.P. Morgan and other players outside of financial services seek out key talent, job seekers are in the driver’s seat right now.  Neil Dundon, founder of Crypto Recruit (which provides job placement services for the crypto… Source link

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New stimulus benefit offers free health insurance through the end of this year

New stimulus benefit offers free health insurance through the end of this year The massive COVID rescue package President Joe Biden signed back in March — the same law that included $1,400 stimulus and the upcoming monthly payments for families — is now offering free health insurance to millions of Americans, through the end of 2021. The benefit’s zero-premium health care plans just became available, as of July 1, and there are no income limits to qualify. But you must meet one big… Source link

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