Please sign in to view this page.
Author: admin (Kendrick Williams)
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Schneider Electric, a French software and automation company, is in discussions to buy Bentley Systems, a U.S. firm that designs software and provides services in design, construction, and operation of infrastructure.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
China’s economy grew by 5.3 percent, year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
TOP TREND 2023: EV GO FU
In 2023, 41 percent of Americans told a Gallup poll they would not buy an electric vehicle (EV).
TOP TREND 2024: BANKS GO BUST
U.S. banks will set aside even more capital to cover failing loans in commercial real estate (CRE) while they try to sell more of those loans, often at steep discounts, Reuters reported.
TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
In March, 625 commercial real estate (CRE) properties were foreclosed in the U.S., 6 percent more than in February and 117 percent more than a year earlier, according to real estate data service ATTOM.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
On a “2024 Bitcoin Halving Livestream” show hosted by Bitcoin magazine and sponsored by Kraken crypto exchange on 19 April, David Portnoy of Barstool Sports provided some interesting personal history regarding bitcoin.
WEB3 PROTOCOLS: THE ALPHA CRYPTO INVESTMENT?
Emergent crypto-based web3 protocols—and the networks and tokens that power them—may have the highest financial reward potential in the sector.