The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a rule to make e-delivery the default option for registrants (including broker/dealers and advisors) when dealing with the agency (and with investors). The rule has been long-awaited (and often-discussed), and Chair Paul Atkins said in a statement that the change would “substantially reduce paper, printing and postage costs for…
If you’re seeing Social Security in the news a lot lately, there are a couple of reasons. The first is that the program’s trustees recently shared an unfavorable financial update. To make a long story short, benefit cuts could happen as soon as 2032 if lawmakers don’t act. The other Social Security headlines you might…
Rigetti (RGTI 7.54%) is building a risky but fascinating quantum hardware story. Its U.S.-based Fab-1 facility, government-linked research, and superconducting quantum platform could matter more if America treats domestic quantum capability as strategic infrastructure. Stock prices used were the market prices of July 7, 2026. The video was published on July 16, 2026 Rick Orford…
Japanese beetles are some of the most destructive pests to find lurking in your garden. They’re non-selective and will quickly devour leaves, flowers, and fruit – if any of your plants have skeletonized damage, take a closer look and you might spot these shiny, jewel-toned metallic beetles. They’re a summer garden pest you want to…
Whenever I’m planning a trip to a city, I peruse Airbnb Experiences in that location. I’ve used the platform for nearly a decade as a way to gauge what there is to do (in addition to my other travel research). My first-ever Airbnb Experience was a nighttime kayak paddle through Miami back in 2017, and…
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West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $79.00 during the early European trading hours on Friday. The WTI heads for its biggest weekly advance since April as rising tensions in the Middle East raise fears of oil supply disruption. The BBC reported on Thursday that the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that…
Prediction market platform Kalshi has called off plans for its latest offering: Contracts that would let users wager on upcoming flight cancellations. The decision comes after social media users expressed fears that bad actors could make mischief at airports in order to collect a payout, and after popular airline-tracking service FlightAware said Kalshi could not…
Swedish defense company Saab beat earnings expectations in the second quarter, as booming demand for military equipment propelled the fighter jet maker to another quarter of record orders backlog. New order bookings in the quarter ended June were 68.4 billion Swedish crowns ($7.1 billion), above the FactSet estimates of 57.1 billion Swedish crowns, which included…
Goldman Sachs Asset Management L.P. was hired as an outsourced CIO for the retirement plans of Verizon Communications Inc. and the Lockheed Martin Corp., Goldman Sachs announced Thursday, securing a combined $70 billion in new mandates. The two companies will outsource a combined $30 billion in defined benefit assets and a combined $40 billion in defined…