Is Dogecoin The Perfect Currency For The United States Of America In 2021?

Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com,

If you wanted to design a perfect currency for the farce that our financial system has become, you couldnt do better than Dogecoin.

It was created as a joke, it has...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dogecoin-perfect-currency-united-states-america-2021

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Glenn Danzig is a punk rock icon. The Misfits were, are, and always will be punk rock legends.

But that doesn't prevent him from saying some spectacularly dumb things from time to time.

In an interview withRolling Stoneabout his new vampire western movie (because of course Danzig made a vampire ...

https://www.spin.com/2021/04/glenn-danzig-cancel-culture/

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CHICAGO Rep. Cheri Bustos of Illinois, one of the few congressional Democrats from rural America, said Friday that she will not seek reelection next year, stepping aside after playing a lead role in 2020 elections that unexpectedly saw her party nearly lose House control. Bustos, who was first ...

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Director Paul Haggis asked a judge on Friday to speed up his civil trial on a rape allegation, saying he has nearly been bankrupted by legal fees and needs to clear his name in order to work. Haggis said he cannot continue to pay his legal bills, and asked the New York judge to set […...

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After a controversial blog post where CEO Jason Fried outlined Basecamps new philosophy that prohibited, among other things, societal and political discussions on internal forums, company co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson said the company would offer generous severance packages to anyone who ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22412714/basecamp-employees-memo-policy-hansson-fried-controversy

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It's the second-highest reading in data back to 2007 topped only by April 2018's score and comes after a 26% one-month gain and a 80% gain over 12 months.California consumers are feeling near-record optimism as the state appears to be beating back the pandemic that crushed the economy.
The ...

https://www.ocregister.com/2021/04/30/california-consumer-confidence-nears-all-time-high/

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You can spell check in Microsoft Word by using its built-in spelling and grammar checker. If enabled, it will automatically underline errors.

Spell check in Word is a useful built-in tool to proof your writing, it and can be adjusted in several ways.
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The lender's operating profit increased 8% y-o-y to Rs 3,062 crore as the net interest income (NII) grew 9.4% y-o-y to Rs 3,535 crore...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/banking-finance/indusind-net-soars-190-on-healthy-interest-income-lower-provisioning/2243306/

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Earnings and guidance failed to excite investors.Shares of National Instruments (NASDAQ: NATI) fell about 10% on Friday after the testing and automated measurement systems reported underwhelming first-quarter results. The company remains optimistic about its future, but with the broader market ...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/30/why-national-instruments-stock-fell-today/?source=iedfolrf0000001

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Fannie Mae reported that the Single-Family Serious Delinquency decreased to 2.58% in March, from 2.76% in February. The serious delinquency rate is up from 0.66% in March 2020.These are mortgage loans that are "three monthly payments or more past due or in foreclosure".The Fannie Mae serious ...

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Sunil Sapre, executive director CFO, Persistent Systems, said on Friday that the fourth quarter has traditionally been a soft quarter for the company, but it has reversed the trend in Q4FY21 because of the tailwind the industry has seen on account of digital acceleration...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/persistent-posts-64-35-profit-after-tax-in-q4/2243300/

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Dollar Dumps In April As S&P Does Something It's Never Done Before

April saw gold, bonds, and stocks (The Dow) all rise around 2% while the dollar fell around 2% against its fiat peers...

Source: Bloomberg

All major US equity indices ended April higher with Nasdaq 100 leading the way and Small ...

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Given their healthy growth prospects, I am bullish on these three Canadian stocks.
The post 3 Top Canadian Stocks to Buy Ahead of Their Earnings appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Amid the expectation of improvement in corporate earnings and signs of strong economic recovery, with February ...

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NSW mines owner Whitehaven Coal allowed to buy extra properties for offsets in whats being called a lukewarm victoryEnvironmental activists have dropped a legal challenge to Whitehaven Coals Maules Creek coalmine in New South Wales after a new agreement on environmental offsets was approved in what ...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/01/activists-drop-challenge-to-maules-creek-coalmine-after-offsets-approved

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It seems like computers are getting smaller all the time. Now some companies are betting big on new ones that run at the atomic level tiny machines that could have a huge impact.It seems like computers are getting smaller all the time. Now some companies are betting big on new ones that run at the ...

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/992545143/new-tiny-computers-could-have-a-huge-impact

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Also, creative duo leaves CPB for WorkinProgress to work on Domino's account...

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The company announced positive results from a clinical trial.Shares of Mesoblast Limited (NASDAQ: MESO) are rising sharply on Friday after the company reported positive results from a clinical trial for one of its pipeline candidates, remestemcel-L. The biotech's stock was up 7.3% as of 3:22 p.m. ...

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A jump in personal income for Americans couldn't push up US stocks Friday. All three indexes ended the session lower.

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US stocks ended lower on Friday to close out April.
Twitter and Amazon shares were under pressure during the session following quarterly earnings reports...

https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-news-today-decline-global-growth-worries-amazon-twitter-2021-4

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The spotty 13-year old app shack finally growing up? Better late than never Google is warning developers it wont allow misleading or hyperbolic app descriptions by year-end, in an attempt to make the worlds biggest app bazaar feel less like the feedback section of an eBay profile...

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The board of directors, at its meeting held on April 12, had appointed Seksaria as CFO. Seksaria started his career in TCS in 1999 and spent his early years in consulting assignments involving regulatory compliance and MA spin-offs, among others...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/tcs-appoints-samir-seksaria-as-cfo/2243295/

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Majority Of US Companies Will Require Workers To Provide Proof Of Vaccination

It looks like American colleges won't be alone in making vaccination mandatory for any students who want to return to campus next semester. Despite the White House's determination that vaccination shouldn't be mandatory ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/majority-us-companies-will-require-workers-provide-proof-vaccination

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On Friday morning, Roku pulled YouTube TV from its channel store. Its removal came after Rokus distribution agreement for the app expired and negotiations between it and Google fell apart without any new deal in sight.
The popular streaming hardware maker ...

https://www.theverge.com/22412430/roku-youtube-tv-google-feud-explainer-timeline

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InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips
The market has enjoyed a great run, but the following most-shorted stocks appear to be in the early innings of larger bullish rallies.
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Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar was banned from baseball and punished by the Toronto Blue Jays Friday after an MLB investigation found him guilty of sexual misconduct. Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar was banned from baseball and punished by the Toronto Blue Jays Friday after an MLB investigation found him...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschlossberg/2021/04/30/mlb-and-toronto-blue-jays-ban-roberto-alomar-after-sexual-misconduct-investigation/

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"A wall will not stop the coronavirus. Banning all travel from ... any other part of the world - will not stop it," Biden said last March.

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press after disembarking from Airforce One after arriving in Wilmington, Delaware on March 26, 2021.
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Reach Mobile is about to make three mothers very happy on Mother's Day. The company is based in Boston, but it is a completely digital brand, with no storefronts, head of marketing Stephanie Walsh told Adweek, adding that customers sign up online and get their welcome kits in the mail. Reach Mobile ...

https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/reach-mobile-sets-reachformom-contest-on-facebook-instagram/

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The Biden administration said Friday it has completed a review of U.S. policy toward North Korea and suggested it has limited hopes of brokering a grand bargain to persuade the North to give up its nuclear weapons program. The administration said it would conduct the review soon after Biden took ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210501-2422599

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COCODRIE, La. The volunteers gather around a map, suntanned fingers tracing over the bayous, lakes and islands where theyll search. They talk about where theyve already been and where theyll go today. They make sure everyone has food and water, and knows the radio channel to use...

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Business, casino and political officials called on New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday to ease coronavirus regulations enough to allow conventions and trade shows to resume in Atlantic City. Saying the convention industry generates nearly $2 billion in annual revenue for ...

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MINNEAPOLIS The day Daunte Wright was laid to rest, a small group of demonstrators gathered outside prosecutor Pete Orputs suburban home and, with microphones and a loudspeaker, demanded he file murder charges against the police officer who killed the 20-year-old Black motorist. Orput, ...

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Although growth-related investments have been all the rage, smart investors should see the potential in buying value stocks.
The post 7 Value Stocks You Want In Your Life appeared first on InvestorPlace.
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This week, British actor, writer and director Noel Clarke has made headlines after being accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women. Clarke played Mickey Smith in Doctor Who from 2005 to 2010 and starred as Sam in the films Kidulthood, Adulthood”...

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/noel-clarke-explainer-doctor-who-kidulthood-1234964084/

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The pandemic and autonomous vehicle technology are now catapulting grocery and restaurant delivery to the forefront of e-commerce and the digital revolution overall...

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"It works like a mini-SPAC. When you execute the merger, the name changes, the ticker changes, the board changes... everything changes."

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The $100 million deli that was highlighted in famed investor David Einhorn's letter to clients earlier this month is actually seeking to strike a ...

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Alexei Navalnys chief of staff on how his movement is adapting, and how he things the U.S. could help...

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It was a big week for oil markets as demand optimism sent oil prices beyond $65 and oil majors reported promising earnings, but prices pulled back on Friday morning as covid concerns in India grew.For more great energy content, make sure you subscribe to the Oilprice youtube channel for breaking ...

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The $3 Trillion Hidden Exposure Behind The Archegos Blowup

Authored by Nick Dunbar of Risky Finance

When the family office Archegos Capital abruptly imploded in late March, prompting $50 billion in block trades and $10 billion in losses at Credit Suisse, Nomura, UBS and Morgan Stanley, many bank ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/3-trillion-hidden-exposure-behind-archegos-blowup

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Westshore Terminals Investment Corp. (TSX:WTE) operates a coal-handling facility which serves North American shippers of metallurgical and thermal coal.
The post Long-Term Investing: 1 Industrial Stock to Own in Your TFSA appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Westshore (TSX:WTE) operates a coal...

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Today, investors in BTX stock appear to be on board in a big way with a major announcement from this hot meme stock and Reddit favorite.
The post BTX Stock: The Big News That Has Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Rocketing Higher appeared ...

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With the rise of DeFi protocols, Ethereum represents the future of the financial industry and the pathway to less central trust.
The post Ethereum May Be the Backbone of the Future Financial System appeared first on InvestorPlace.
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The NYU professor says upward mobility is still being stifled as Ivy Leagues continue to cater to the 1%, while second-tier schools are being erased.

Upward mobility in the US is still being stifled as Ivy Leagues continue to cater to the 1%, while second-tier schools are slowly being erased.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/scott-galloway-what-america-gets-right-and-wrong-college-education-2021-4

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For the first time, Amazon provided some hard data on how many of its Prime subscribers are watching TV shows and movies on the platform.Amazon wants everybody to know that its streaming service is absolutely crushing it.For the first time, Amazon provided some hard data on how many of its Prime ...

https://qz.com/2003812/amazon-prime-has-almost-as-many-streaming-subscribers-as-netflix/

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Rudy Giuliani used to lead the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. Now, he might be prosecuted by it.

Rudolph Giuliani, attorney for President Donald Trump, conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 ...

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DALLAS Disneyland reopened on Friday and cruise lines welcomed the news that they could be sailing again in the U.S. by midsummer, as the number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached another milestone: 100 million. Visitors cheered and screamed with delight as the Southern ...

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