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☆ ETF Edge, July 5, 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Wisdomtree's Schwartz Organizations: Edge, SEC Locations: U.S

☆ Spot bitcoin update: new insights into the likelihood
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

RELATED VIDEOS05:40 Spot bitcoin update: new insights into the likelihood02:54 The second-half playbook for ETFs: Will investors return to stock-based ETFs? 15:26 Riding the tailwinds for a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S.02:41 A potential "gamechanger" in the battle for a spot bitcoin ETF16:14 ETF Edge, June 26, 202303:43 Data sharing agreements for crypto ETF's will make the SEC more comfortable: Wisdomtree's Schwartz

Persons: Wisdomtree's Schwartz Organizations: Edge, SEC Locations: U.S

☆ Who's using ETFs now? New VettaFi survey
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

RELATED VIDEOS02:56 Who's using ETFs now? New VettaFi survey02:54 The second-half playbook for ETFs: Will investors return to stock-based ETFs? 15:26 Riding the tailwinds for a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S.02:41 A potential "gamechanger" in the battle for a spot bitcoin ETF16:14 ETF Edge, June 26, 202303:43 Data sharing agreements for crypto ETF's will make the SEC more comfortable: Wisdomtree's Schwartz

Persons: Wisdomtree's Schwartz Organizations: Edge, SEC Locations: U.S

☆ Riding the tailwinds for a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

RELATED VIDEOS15:26 Riding the tailwinds for a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S.02:41 A potential "gamechanger" in the battle for a spot bitcoin ETF16:14 ETF Edge, June 26, 202303:43 Data sharing agreements for crypto ETF's will make the SEC more comfortable: Wisdomtree's Schwartz03:06 Blackrock does Bitcoin? What they might know that we don't13:25 Real estate & resources: a hard look at hard asset funds

Persons: Wisdomtree's Schwartz Organizations: Edge, SEC, Blackrock Locations: U.S

☆ A potential "gamechanger" in the battle for a spot bitcoin ETF
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

RELATED VIDEOS02:41 A potential "gamechanger" in the battle for a spot bitcoin ETF16:14 ETF Edge, June 26, 202303:43 Data sharing agreements for crypto ETF's will make the SEC more comfortable: Wisdomtree's Schwartz03:06 Blackrock does Bitcoin? What they might know that we don't13:25 Real estate & resources: a hard look at hard asset funds16:48 ETF Edge, June 22, 2023

Persons: Wisdomtree's Schwartz Organizations: Edge, SEC, Blackrock

☆ ETF Edge, June 22, 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Wisdomtree's Schwartz Organizations: Edge, SEC, Blackrock

☆ Real estate & resources: a hard look at hard asset funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Wisdomtree's Schwartz Organizations: Edge, SEC, Blackrock

☆ 42% of CEOs say AI could destroy humanity in five to ten years
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN Business —Many top business leaders are seriously worried that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity in the not-too-distant future. Forty-two percent of CEOs surveyed at the Yale CEO Summit this week say AI has the potential to destroy humanity five to ten years from now, according to survey results shared exclusively with CNN. The business leaders displayed a sharp divide over just how dangerous AI is to civilization. While 34% of CEOs said AI could potentially destroy humanity in ten years and 8% said that could happen in five years, 58% said that could never happen and they are “not worried.”In a separate question, Yale found that 42% of the CEOs surveyed say the potential catastrophe of AI is overstated, while 58% say it is not overstated. The CEOs indicated AI will have the most transformative impact in three key industries: healthcare (48%), professional services/IT (35%) and media/digital (11%).

Persons: “, ”, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, Doug McMillion, James Quincy, Yale, Sam Altman, Geoffrey Hinton, Hinton, “ I’m, ” Hinton, Jake Tapper, Robert Oppenheimer, ” Sonnenfeld Organizations: New York CNN Business, Yale, Summit, CNN, Sonnenfeld’s, Leadership Institute, Walmart, Xerox, Google, Microsoft

☆ Generative A.I. will improve productivity dramatically, says ServiceNow's Bill McDermott
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGenerative A.I. will improve productivity dramatically, says ServiceNow's Bill McDermottServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott says artificial intelligence will be a gamechanger for employees, enabling growth rather than taking jobs away.

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☆ NATO pushes for common standards to tackle shortfalls in artillery munitions
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Sabine Siebold | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

But the lack of common standards among the various manufacturers has hampered the flow of munitions supplies. It will take place on the sidelines of a NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday. Demand for 155mm artillery rounds has soared in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. "If national governments could bring themselves to throw national standards over board and agree on common NATO standards – in particular with regard to munitions – this would be a landslide change," the defence source said. Before that many NATO countries had already run down their stocks as governments considered wars of attrition with big artillery battles a thing of the past.

Persons: Caesar, Jens Stoltenberg, KMW, Leonardo, Northrop, Abrams, Armin Papperger, Sabine Siebold, Gwladys Fouche, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Separate Artillery Brigade, REUTERS, NATO, BAE Systems, Turkish, Dynamics, Leopard, Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, British Storm Shadow, Rheinmetall, RND, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, BRUSSELS, Kyiv, NATO, Brussels, Kongsberg, Vilnius, Oslo

☆ ASCO conference will put the focus on the fight against cancer. These stocks are in the spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Developments in cancer research will be in the spotlight as the American Society of Clinical Oncology hosts the world's biggest cancer research conference in Chicago, starting Thursday. The pair has already has won regulatory approval for Enhertu for metastatic HER2-low breast cancer, but the companies are also studying its use in a variety other HER2 tumors in breast cancers. Lilly's drug, Verzenio, is used in high-risk patients with HR-positive HER2-negative breast cancer that is more likely to reoccur and has already breached the patient's lymph nodes. In a research note earlier this month, Guggenheim analyst Seamus Fernandez said Kisqali is already taking market share from Pfizer's Ibrance in metastatic breast cancer. Merck's Keytruda is also being watched for what benefits it could offer early-stage lung cancer patients .

☆ Titanic: 'Largest underwater scanning project in history' gives never-before-seen view of wreck
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The mysterious 1912 sinking of the luxury passenger liner, the Titanic, has long served as a source of fascination for many. Historians now believe that a new underwater scanning project may provide answers to some of the unanswered questions regarding the tragedy that killed more than 1,500 people. A team of scientists have used deep sea mapping to create “an exact ‘Digital Twin’ of the Titanic wreck for the first time,” according to a press release Wednesday from deep sea investigators Magellan and filmmakers Atlantic Productions. Data engineers can use the data to examine the true mechanics behind the tragedy, according to Titanic expert Parks Stephenson. According to Stephenson, this mapping will herald the “beginning of a new chapter,” for Titanic research and exploration.

☆ Boohoo targets 'step-change' in U.S. fortunes with new warehouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( James Davey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Currently, orders placed in the United States, Boohoo's largest overseas market, are picked and packed in the United Kingdom then sent by plane to the United States, with delivery taking eight to 10 days. The warehouse in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, will open in late northern hemisphere summer, with the PrettyLittleThing brand, Boohoo's most popular in the United States, the first to go live. Shares in Boohoo were up 9% in late morning trading, paring losses over the last year to 47%. Boohoo expects sales to fall by 10% to 15% in the first half, before a return to growth in the second half. He noted that 2020 and 2021 were COVID years with trade skewed to athleisure wear, while trade in 2022 was skewed to occasion wear with post-COVID pent-up demand for events such as weddings.

CNBC's annual Stock Draft kicked off Thursday on "Power Lunch," with candidates opting for a wide range of stocks from AI to consumer plays. Nvidia WWE wrestler Charlotte Flair bet on artificial intelligence with her first pick: Nvidia. Amazon Olympic swimmer Erica Sullivan picked Amazon, saying she likes the e-commerce giant's service and uses it regularly. General Electric Sullivan chose General Electric for her second pick. General Electric shares are higher by more than 49% in 2023.

☆ 'The first bank crisis of the Twitter generation': The pressure on banks is very different from 2008
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It is "unlikely" that European banks will undergo anything as serious as in 2008, according to economists. But a banking crisis today would look very different from 15 years ago thanks to social media, online banking, and huge shifts in regulation. This is "the first bank crisis of the Twitter generation," Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management, told CNBC earlier this month, in reference to the collapse of Credit Suisse . watch nowRegulators shuttered Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 in what was the biggest U.S. bank collapse since the global financial crisis in 2008. Risk in the banking system today is significantly less than it has been at any time over the last 20 or 30 years.

☆ How Trinity Health's in-house travel nurse program has been a gamechanger
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow Trinity Health's in-house travel nurse program has been a gamechangerHospitals became reliant on travel nurse programs during the pandemic to fill staffing gaps, but the high-pay for contractors tempted staff nurses to defect to the outside agencies. Bertha Coombs reports on how Trinity Health System has helped keep more nurses within its ranks by expanding its in-house travel nurse program.

☆ Beta Technologies lands orders for fixed-wing electric aircraft
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Valerie Insinna | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - Beta Technologies is pursuing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for a fixed-wing electric airplane after receiving orders from three customers, the company announced Tuesday. The privately-held, Vermont-based startup sees certification of the CX 300 – a conventional takeoff and landing version of its Alia 250 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft - as a path to introduce an electric aircraft into U.S. airspace under existing regulations, Chief Executive Kyle Clark told Reuters. Bristow Group, a helicopter service provider that has previously ordered eVTOL aircraft from Beta, has placed an order for up to 50 CX 300 electric planes, Beta said. As the air transport industry works to lower carbon emissions, electric "air taxis" are seen as a potential gamechanger that would allow airlines and other companies to shuttle people and goods by air over short distances. If successful, Beta can reuse much of the data to certify its eVTOL Alia aircraft, which uses the same airframe, batteries and propulsion system, Clark said.

☆ How to position your portfolio following the Silicon Valley Bank fiasco — and why markets are wrongly anticipating a Fed pivot — according to a researcher whose clients include Wall Street's top money
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were shut by regulators in recent days. Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank over the last few days, some market participants are expecting the Federal Reserve to back off from its hawkish stance. Goldman Sachs' Chief US Economist Jan Hatzius said on Sunday night that he expects the Fed not to hike rates at its next meeting before resuming them later in the spring. The Fed's next moves are relevant to recent events because higher interest rates contributed to the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank. For example, Jeffrey Gundlach, the CEO of DoubleLine Capital, told CNBC on Monday that the central bank will hike rates by 25 basis points at its next meeting.

☆ Electric cars could be a gamechanger for wheelchair users, but there aren't any for them on the market — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Bianca Giacobone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Of the over 700,000 EVs sold in the US in 2022, none could be fully accessible to wheelchair users. EV batteries' are under the floor, which is a challenge for making the cars accessible. Making a car fully accessible to wheelchair users costs around $30,000. "Inches mean miles when you're in a wheelchair," Kevin Frayne, director of advanced mobility solutions at BraunAbility, a manufacturer that converts cars to make them accessible to wheelchair users, told Insider. Charging infrastructureOnce made accessible, EVs could benefit wheelchair users greatly.

☆ China's reopening will be the gamechanger for oil prices this year, says Goldman's Daan Struyven
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailChina's reopening will be the gamechanger for oil prices this year, says Goldman's Daan StruyvenGoldman Sachs’ Daan Struyven joins Morgan Brennan and the ‘CNBC Special: Taking Stock’ to discuss what China’s reopening could mean to demand for oil and petroleum products.

☆ Here's the habit-tracking spreadsheet that changed my life
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Jenna Gyimesi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I have always struggled with staying productive, and spreadsheets like my habit tracker help me stay focused and complete my tasks — no matter how small. But once I started working with my brain, instead of battling against it, my first spreadsheet was born — the habit tracker. Laura Flick's, "Habit Tracker." My habit tracker has grown over the years, and it's been an incredible motivator and daily reminder. About 40,000 people have downloaded my habit tracker so far.

☆ Ryanair is making record profits as booming demand sends airfares soaring
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The low-cost European carrier told customers in an earnings statement on Monday to “book early” before cheaper tickets sell out. It reported record profit for the three months to December 31, increasing airfares by 14% compared to their pre-pandemic level. Passenger numbers for the quarter through December climbed to a record 38.4 million. Fares for the quarter were higher than in 2019 “because of a very strong Christmas and New Year period,” according to O’Leary. It expects that number to grow to 185 million passengers over the 12 months to March 2024.

☆ Goldman predicts clean hydrogen will be a $1 trillion market. Here's how to play it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In the race to reduce global carbon emissions to zero, clean hydrogen is increasingly expected to be a winner. As the costs of renewable power falls, green hydrogen is becoming a better solution to decarbonization, Goldman said. How to play it Goldman said buy-rated First Solar is among the key players in the generation of green hydrogen. Experts say the tax credit makes nuclear hydrogen highly competitive with fossil fuel produced hydrogen, as companies can look to make clean hydrogen without losing any money. Goldman identified both Air Products & Chemicals and Linde as integrated clean hydrogen supply chain players.

☆ Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Russian forces said to make progress in Bakhmut
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Protesters gather in support of Ukraine during a meeting of European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers in Brussels, Belgium January 23, 2023. ARMAMENTS* The United States and Germany are poised to boost Ukraine's war effort with the delivery of heavy tanks, sources said, support that Russia condemned as a "blatant provocation". * The United States is poised to start a process that would eventually send dozens of M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, two U.S. officials told Reuters. * Norway is considering whether to send some of its German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Oslo-based newspapers Aftenposten and Dagens Naeringsliv reported. * A delivery of tanks by the United States to Ukraine would be a "another blatant provocation" against Russia, Anatoly Antonov, Russia's ambassador, said.

☆ Davos 2023: Key takeaways from the World Economic Forum
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/4] NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland take part in the World Economic Forum session on "Restoring Security and Peace. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannDAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Global leaders and business executives departed a freezing World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on Friday after a frank exchange of views over how the world will tackle its biggest issues in 2023. Here's what we learned:ECONOMY: Gloom and doom heading into Davos turned into cautious optimism by the end with the global economic outlook for the year ahead looking better than feared. On the inside, political leaders like Kier Starmer railed against new oil investments and Pakistani climate minister Sherry Rehman pushed for loss and damage funding. The lesson I have learned in the last years ... is money, money, money, money, money, money, money."

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