Is bitcoin having a good year or not? As an industry, we need to work on honing our understanding of the many narratives, and how they can influence value....
On Monday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will stream its first all-digital Worldwide Developers Conference on its own platforms, YouTube and other online services.Here are the rumored highlights creating the most chatter.1\. watchOS 7Recent rumors suggest the next update to the watchOS will include more actionable sleep tracking, a pulse oximeter to estimate blood-oxygen levels, a feature to detect panic attacks and prompt calming exercises, and a kids mode linked to GPS."Leading with digital health and wellness is the winning approach for Apple Watch over the next decade," Loup Ventures managing partner Gene Munster wrote in a note.2\. iOS 14New features are rumored to include a list-view of apps on the Home screen, a new fitness app with guided workout videos, an augmented reality app, a function to handwrite text, and third-party wallpaper options.The update could also allow users to set third-party mail, browser and music apps as default; retract iMessages or...
(Bloomberg) -- California’s new cases rose by a record and Florida infections jumped more than the weekly average, more signs of a possible resurgence of coronavirus in U.S. Sun Belt states. U.S. infections rose 1.2%.An anti-government protest in The Hague over government steps turned violent, prompting hundreds of arrests. China blocked poultry from a Tyson Foods plant where many workers tested positive.A U.S. infectious disease researcher expects a “forest fire of cases” and no let up this summer. The U.K. is considering an emergency reduction in the value-added tax.Key Developments:Global Tracker: Cases pass 8.8 million; deaths top 465,000Here’s what you need to know about phase two as NYC reopensTyson, Pepsi among companies hit by fallout of Beijing outbreakGerman infection rate up with surge in meat, refugee facilitiesU.K. will set out further easing measures this weekTrump questions the U.S. case countSubscribe to a daily update on the virus from Bloomberg’s Prognosis team...
(Bloomberg) -- California’s new cases rose by a record and Florida infections jumped more than the weekly average, more signs of a possible resurgence of coronavirus in U.S. Sun Belt states. U.S. cases rose 1.2%, in line with the seven-day averageSaudi Arabia and Dubai are easing limits as Israel warned of more lockdowns after infections spiked. China suspended poultry imports from a Tyson Foods plant where hundreds of workers tested positive.An infectious disease researcher expects a “forest fire of cases” and no let up this summer. The U.K. is considering an emergency reduction in the value-added tax.Key Developments:Global Tracker: Cases pass 8.8 million; deaths top 465,000Here’s what you need to know about phase two as NYC reopensTyson, Pepsi among companies hit by fallout of Beijing outbreakGerman infection rate up with surge in meat, refugee facilitiesU.K. will set out further easing measures this weekTrump questions the U.S. case countSubscribe to a daily...
(Bloomberg) -- Wirecard AG’s former boss Markus Braun is unwinding a large portion of the shares he owns in the embattled payments processor, a stake he financed by borrowing against the stock’s value, according to a person familiar with the matter.Former Chief Executive Officer Braun, who held 7% of Wirecard’s shares to rank as the company’s biggest shareholder, had funded his purchase through a 150 million-euro margin loan that was secured by the value of the underlying stock. Wirecard’s shares plunged 72% last week after billions in cash went missing, triggering a liquidation of the shares Braun had pledged as collateral, the person said, asking not to be identified because the information hasn’t been publicly disclosed.Named CEO in 2002, Braun has put tens of millions of euros of his own funds into the firm and owned 8.7 million shares of Wirecard as of June 19, according to data compiled by Bloomberg....
