Author: Fioney Staff
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Ethereum Classic Chain Reorg Results in $1.1 Million in Double Spend
The cryptocurrency market is no stranger to hacks and other attacks that have resulted in the theft of thousands of dollars in digital currency. Now it seems the latest asset to be hit is Ethereum Classic with chain reorganizations being detected. As CNBC reports it is possible that the reorgs — which have resulted in currency being…
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Which States are Most Affected by Government Shutdowns?
As you’re surely aware the United States federal government is currently involved in a partial shutdown. While such shutdowns have become fairly common in recent years, the latest seems a bit different in that its now past the two-week mark with no end in sight. This led the personal finance site WalletHub to study which states…
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Global FinTech Funding Reaches High in 2018
It seems that every year over the past several has been dubbed “The Year of FinTech” by someone — and often times for good reason. However, if you were considering bestowing such a title to 2018, you’d have one big stat on your side. As Business Insider reports it proved to be a banner year…
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Small Business Hiring Soars in December
Despite months of reported skilled labor shortages that left many small businesses with job positions they couldn’t fill, new numbers from the payroll company ADP show that small business hiring surged in the last month of 2019. As Orlando’s WFTV reports, ADP found that its small businesses customers added 89,000 new jobs in December. For…
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U.S. Stock Markets Close Worst Year in a Decade
The U.S. stock markets managed to end the year with a rollercoaster run, leading to a winter flurry of headlines. Following the worst Christmas Eve trading session ever — that resulted in the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing more than 650 points and brought the S&P 500 into a bear market — the post-Christmas trading…
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A Guide to Understanding Your Retirement Account Options
These days, retirement is proving to a massive topic. Between consistent talk and speculation about the future of Social Security to the fact that we as humans tend to be living longer now, there have been many efforts to make individuals aware of how they should be preparing for retirement. While you may know the…
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Buying an Existing Business: Is it Right for You?
Let’s take a look at what you need to know about buying an existing business, including how to find business for sale, the pros and cons of this approach, how franchise opportunities differ from acquisitions, and what to consider once you do take the reigns.
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Red vs. Blue: Which States Have More Personal Debt?
With the 2016 presidential election now less than two weeks away, you’ve likely been seeing several electoral maps filling your Twitter feed as well as 24-hour news channels constantly running through likely map scenarios for November 8th. As has become customary over the past few cycles, these maps break the country down into red states,…
