Brazil markets tumble on Lula’s first full day in office

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Article content BRASILIA — Brazilian markets delivered a withering verdict on leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s first full day in office on Monday, after he pledged to prioritize social issues and ordered a budget-busting extension to a fuel tax exemption. Lula’s decision to extend the fuel tax exemption, … Read more

Bills tumble, Dolphins rise in Bucky Brooks’ top 10 NFL teams

While the top three teams from last week remain unchanged, there was some major reshuffling thereafter following losses by the Bills and Cowboys, who each fell out of the top five. After Week 10, here’s my take on the league’s top 10 teams. 1. Philadelphia Eagles (8-0) The NFL’s lone unbeaten team is the most … Read more

Bitcoin slips under $17K, crypto stocks tumble in reaction to FTX bankruptcy

Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and cryptocurrency-linked stocks like MicroStrategy are seeing a sharp downturn after news broke that FTX announced filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down as CEO.  Bitcoin, Ether and MicroStrategy comparison. Source: TradingView Crypto-linked stocks decline MicroStrategy’s stock, led by the outspoken Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, is down 32.57% … Read more

Persimmon cuts dividend as housing sales tumble

Persimmon cut its dividend and revealed it faced hundreds of millions of pounds in additional costs related to building safety, as higher mortgage costs cause a steep drop in housing sales. Shares fell 8 per cent on Tuesday morning after the FTSE 100 company announced that it was scrapping its dividend policy in response to … Read more

DraftKings Shares Tumble as Sports Betting User Growth Slows

(Bloomberg) — DraftKings Inc. plunged Friday as the sports-betting company said its user growth slowed in the third quarter. Most Read from Bloomberg The number of monthly unique paying customers increased to 1.6 million in the quarter, short of the 2 million that analysts had projected. Customer growth was 22% compared with the prior year, … Read more

China stocks tumble amid COVID flare-ups, policy uncertainties

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Article content SHANGHAI — China stocks saw another slump on Friday after Monday’s panic selling, sending main benchmarks to fresh lows in years amid lingering fears that China’s new leadership team under President Xi Jinping would put politics over economic growth. Recent COVID-19 flare-ups and stringent … Read more