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The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the third time since September, bringing its key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years. Before September, it had gone nine months without a cut.The benchmark rate is the rate at which banks borrow and lend to oneContinueContinue reading “What the Fed’s rate cut means for your mortgage, credit cards, and more”

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are taking Gemini Space Station Inc. into the prediction market space.  The cryptocurrency exchange’s CEO and president, respectively, said on Thursday that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has granted a Designated Contract Market (DCM) license to a company affiliate called Gemini Titan, LLC.  Gemini Titan will offer event contracts writtenContinueContinue reading “Gemini Space Station stock price skyrockets as Winklevoss crypto firm wins prediction market approval”

The Wall Street Journal has hired Jaclyn Skurie as a senior video journalist. She has been working at ABC, where she worked on breaking news and documentary news series. She has extensive experience in open-source reporting and tracking down sources and compelling characters. Skurie is a former Fulbright Scholar and has won multiple Emmy and Loeb awards.ContinueContinue reading “Skurie joins WSJ as senior video journalist”

The Wall Street Journal has hired Patrick Mannion as a supervising video editor. Mannion worked most recently on Bloomberg Originals, as well as commercial work and across short documentaries and features, with stints at TED, The Marshall Project, Columbia Journal Review and Vice. Mannion is an Emmy and Peabody award winner. He is a graduateContinueContinue reading “Mannion departs Bloomberg for WSJ”

The Wall Street Journal has hired Tess Owen as a senior video journalist. Owen worked most recently at Wired, and has written for New York Magazine, The New Yorker and The Guardian. She is known for her incredible reporting skill, from investigations to features. She’s covered topics ranging from extremism, politics and disinformation, to crime and policing.ContinueContinue reading “WSJ hires Owen as senior video journalist”