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Rocket Companies Dives 15% on Q2 Results, Despite Strong Growth

6 years 1 month ago
Recent IPO Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), owner of the popular Rocket Mortgage and Quicken Loans businesses, disappointed investors with its first earnings report as a publicly traded enterprise. For the company's Q2 of fiscal 2020, reported after market close Wednesday, it booke

Verizon Raises Its Dividend; New Yield Is 4.2%

6 years 1 month ago
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) isn't a Dividend Aristocrat, but it appears to be making a long-term play at eventually becoming one. On Thursday, the telecom giant said it's raising its quarterly payout for the 14th year in a row. S&P 500 index components that accomplish

China's energy giants tiptoe into renewables

6 years 1 month ago
China's state energy producers outlined initiatives to develop hydrogen and wind power after their earnings slumped along with the oil price in the first half but their renewables projects could take years to materialise.

Fed policymakers signal comfort with higher inflation

6 years 1 month ago
In the week since the Federal Reserve made a landmark shift in its approach to monetary policy, details are emerging on what it could look like in practice, with two Fed policymakers on Thursday saying they'd be comfortable with leaving interest rates near zero even if inflation rises to levels not seen on a sustained basis in some 30 years.

BitClub Promoter Pleads Guilty for Role in $722M Fraudulent Mining Scheme

6 years 1 month ago

50-year-old Joseph Abel pleaded guilty to two securities and tax-related offenses Thursday due to his involvement in promoting BitClub Network, a fraudulent investment scheme worth $722 million that purported to be a cryptocurrency mining pool.

  • Abel admitted to selling shares of the BitClub Network’s purported mining pools without approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also failed to report roughly $1 million in income that he received in exchange for his promotion of BitClub.
  • “Abel operated as a large-scale promoter of the BitClub Network,” according to a press release from the District of New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office. The scheme took money from investors in exchange for shares in the scheme and rewarded its investors for recruiting new participants.
  • BitClub highlights how widespread investor enthusiasm over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can be co-opted by fraudulent actors.
  • In July, the 35-year-old Romanian programmer behind the operation pleaded guilty to his role in defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin, as CoinDesk previously reported.
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Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: MRNA, ENPH, TGT

6 years 1 month ago
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Moderna Inc (Symbol: MRNA), where a total volume of 78,443 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately

Notable Thursday Option Activity: HD, CASY, AZO

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