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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket for the fifth time this year, carrying a crew that includes William Shatner.

Sifted | Nicolas Colin | Oct 13, 2021 These days, a closely watched phenomenon is the growth and diversification of Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. Not only is it hiring new partners and employees by the dozens, but it is also expanding its approach to the market,

Cathy Hackl | The Augmented Workforce Launch | Oct 13, 2021 We are living through a period of rapid change, possibly beyond society’s capacity to keep up. The metaverse has taken over tech headlines.  There’s an unprecedented acceleration and convergence of technology. It’s rampant and widespread. Various emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), augmented

The global real estate investor told CNBC it's tough to invest directly in countries such as China where "we think the deck is stacked."

The shrinking U.S. workforce during the Covid pandemic is "going to cripple" the economic recovery, businessman Barry Sternlicht warned Wednesday.

Investment Executive | Mark Burgess | Oct 12, 2021 Some advocates of responsible investing say the focus should be on reducing emissions in the first place As more clients take interest in environmentally friendly investments, providers of new products are buying credits to offset the greenhouse-gas emissions of companies held in their portfolios. While carbon

Entrepreneur | Oct 8, 2021 Sophia's Artificial Intelligence is so sensitive that it has awakened the desire to start a family and be the 'mother' of a robot baby named after her. In 2017, Sophia made history by becoming the first android to be granted legal citizenship . The humanoid , with nationality of Saudi

"It's appalling that we're talking about debating whether or not to protect children," said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

"We can't wait for a personal finance course in high school," U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told CNBC's Sharon Epperson in an interview.

With the specifics of Medicare health plans changing from year to year, not checking to see if there's a better option can be a costly mistake.

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be 5.9% in 2022, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday.

Morning Consult | Nick Catino , Jonah Crane & Daniel Gorfine | Oct 13, 2021 In recent years, there have been several debates over how best to regulate and facilitate financial technology innovation in the United States. These debates frequently pit federal regulations against state-based regulation, and banks against nonbanks, in unfortunate zero-sum contests, resulting in legal challenges and increasingly tense congressional hearings that

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance | Michel Rauchs | Oct 13, 2021 The latest update to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) has confirmed the impact of the Bitcoin mining crackdown in China, showing that the leading share of global Bitcoin network hashrate now sits in the US, followed by Kazakhstan and the Russian

Finliti | Jennifer Schell and Dr. Stefano Di Domenico | Oct 13, 2021 Harnessing information and channelling its energy to improve people’s financial activities is the very essence of FinTech. The promise is to thrust traditional financial services—banking, insurance, and investment management—into cyberspace where they can be reimagined and elaborated by mobile software to add

As Covid-19 upended so many lives, women opted to delay having children. Lower birth rates could have a lasting economic impact, including Social Security and retirement.