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Mar 25
Macy’s workforce increased 17% in fiscal 2021, but was still more than 25% below pre-pandemic levels

Macy’s Inc. M, +2.41% disclosed that it had 88,857 employees as of Jan. 29, 2022, up 17.4% from 75,711 a year ago, which was impacted by COVID-19-related store closures. Despite the increase, the current workforce is still 27.8% below the 123,000 employees the department store chain had as of pre-pandemic Feb. 1, 2020. The company […]

Mar 25
LG Electronics adds blockchain and crypto as new areas of business

South Korean tech giant LG Electronics has officially updated its business development goals to include cryptocurrency and blockchain-based software. 1975 Total views 31 Total shares South Korean tech giant LG Electronics has officially added blockchain and cryptocurrency as new business areas in its corporate charter.  According to a local South Korean news report, LG added […]

Mar 25
Gold futures settle at a roughly 2-week high

Gold futures climbed for a second straight session on Wednesday to settle at their highest in about two weeks. Gold responded, in part, to comments from a number of Federal Reserve officials, such as Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, who “while talking in hawkish tones, are also emphasizing the fabled ‘soft landing’ while taking on […]

Mar 25
Russia’s energy chief says it would accept Bitcoin for oil and gas

The heavily-sanctioned country is scrambling to find ways to increase its revenue and has floated the possibility of allowing China and Turkey to pay for energy in Bitcoin. 4741 Total views 86 Total shares The Russian Federation’s energy chief Pavel Zavalny has floated the possibility of accepting Bitcoin as payment for its oil and gas […]

Mar 25
Apple stock rises toward 8th-straight gain

Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL, +2.27% climbed 1.3% toward a five-week high, putting them on track to record an eighth-straight gain. That would be the longest win streak since the nine-day stretch of gains that ended on Nov. 24, 2021. The technology behemoth’s stock has run up 14.5% during its current win streak, the best […]

Mar 25
DOJ cracks down on ‘rug pulls’, charging Frosties NFT project founders

“You can’t solicit funds for a business opportunity, abandon that business and abscond with money investors provided you,” stressed IRS-CI Special Agent-in-Charge Thomas Fattorusso. 1032 Total views 32 Total shares The Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken action against an alleged NFT rug pull, after it slapped the founders of the Frosties project with charges […]