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Jul 31
Ticketmaster scouts productization of enterprise NFTs beyond ticketing

Ticketmaster’s job posting for a product manager of NFT ticketing tooling reveals the company’s intent to roll out NFT-based enterprise products “across all content categories including sports and music.” 1133 Total views 6 Total shares A new job posting by America’s biggest ticketing company, Ticketmaster, reveals mainstream interest in exploring new revenue streams using nonfungible […]

Jul 31
Coronavirus tally: Biden administration will halt boosters for under-50s until new ones are ready in September to attack omicron

The Biden administration has decided against offering COVID boosters to people under 50 for now, preferring to wait until retooled Pfizer PFE, -0.41% and Moderna MRNA, +3.81% shots become available in September that could perform better against the omicron BA.5 subvariant, the New York Times reported Thursday. The reasoning is that it’ll be worth it […]

Jul 31
Hong Kong university to inaugurate mixed reality classroom in Metaverse

By building MetaHKUST, the institution plans to create a learning environment that virtually connects the two campuses — in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. 300 Total views 7 Total shares The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) announced to host the launch party of a virtual reality classroom over the Metaverse on September 1. […]

Jul 31
Chevron stock surges as profit more than triples and blows past expectations, as oil prices jump

Shares of Chevron Corp. CVX, +8.90% shot up 3.5% in premarket trading Friday, after the oil giant reported second-quarter profit that more than tripled and revenue that rose more than 80% to blow past expectations, boosted by a surge in oil and natural gas prices and U.S. dollar strength. Net income rose to $11.62 billion, […]

Jul 31
Colgate-Palmolive earnings fall from year-earlier but still top estimates as company ‘acted boldly’ on pricing

Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL, -0.57% posted net income of $603 million, or 72 cents a share, for the second quarter, down from $703 million, or 83 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted per-share earnings also came to 72 cents, a penny ahead of the 71 cent FactSet consensus. Sales rose to $4.484 billion from […]

Jul 31
Central Bank reinforces consumer protection expectations of regulated financial firms providing Direct Debit services

The Central Bank of Ireland has engaged with financial services firms to reinforce its consumer protection expectations of all regulated firms that also operate as Direct Debit originators (DDOs). This follows a review of plans submitted from the financial services firms that are amongst the top 20 DDOs in Ireland, which set out the measures they […]