AP Photo / Cliff Owen The Federal Reserve is partnering with MIT researchers to build and test a digital currency, central banker Brainard said Thursday. The Fed hopes to gain a better understanding of digital currency, its use, and the potential implementation of a central bank digital currency, Brainard said …
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A pedestrian wearing a face mask looks at a smartphone as he walks past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Monday, July 20, 2020. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images At some point in the small hours, it is both late and early. For those …
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Peter Madoff in 2002. Getty Images The younger brother of the infamous financier and Ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff was released from federal custody on Thursday after serving nearly nine years of 10-year self-punishment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed in an email that Peter Madoff was released from prison on …
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 crew members sat in the Crew Dragon spaceship during training. From left to right: NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Oliver and Mike Hopkins, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi. SpaceX NASA and SpaceX plan to launch the company’s first full mission with astronauts no earlier than October 23, …
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Here are five things you need to know before Friday, August 14th: 1. – Futures of the stock market fall as stimulus hopes to disappear Stock futures fluctuated as investors continued to check the stalemate between lawmakers for further fiscal stimulus and looked ahead to retail sales data for signs …
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