Alibaba, other China ADRs surge as Ant Group capital plan approval fuels hope for relaxing scrutiny

Alibaba has faced growth challenges amid regulatory tightening on China’s domestic technology sector and a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. But analysts think the e-commerce giant’s growth could pick up through the rest of 2022. Kuang Da | Jiemian News | VCG | Getty Images Chinese tech stocks that trade in the U.S. jumped … Read more

Russian Duma gives LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ bill final approval

Russia explicitly outlawed same-sex marriages in 2020 by adopting amendments to the country’s Constitution. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: AP Russian lawmakers on Thursday gave their final approval to a bill that significantly expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting gay rights in the country, another step in a years-long crackdown on the … Read more

Edgewater Wireless Announces Shareholder Approval of Amended Stock Option Plan, Results of AGM and Stock Option Grant

Article content OTTAWA, Ontario — Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. (TSX-V: YFI) (the “Company” or “Edgewater Wireless”) announces that its shareholders have approved the amended 10% rolling stock option plan at the annual meeting of shareholders held on November 22, 2022. Shareholders also approved: (i) setting the number of directors at three for the ensuing year; … Read more

Student loan forgiveness approval letters are going out. Here’s what they mean.

About 16 million borrowers who had applied for the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program received letters staring last weekend letting them know that they’ve been approved for debt relief.  However, the letter states that a number of lawsuits “have blocked our ability to discharge your debt at present.” The approvals come after two courts blocked the … Read more

Student loan forgiveness approval letters are going out. Here’s what that means.

About 16 million borrowers who had applied for the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program received letters over the weekend letting them know that they have been approved for debt relief.  However, the letter states that a number of lawsuits “have blocked our ability to discharge your debt at present.” The approvals come after two … Read more

Jim Cramer sees reasons to be more positive on stocks and gives these 2 names his stamp of approval

Unhappy with the state of the portfolio after miserable 2022 stock market action? You are probably far from alone. Most investors have struggled to make headway in this year’s ongoing bear market, which has provided only short periods of relief. That said, with the year’s end getting ever nearer, Jim Cramer, the well-known host of … Read more

Lab-grown meat receives approval for human consumption by F.D.A.

A file photo of a nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time cleared a meat product grown from animal cells for human consumption, the agency announced on Wednesday. UPSIDE Foods, a company that makes cell-cultured chicken by harvesting cells from live … Read more