PHOTOTHEK VIA GETTY IMAGES For crypto markets, it is the best of times and the worst of times. Yesterday the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance pleaded guilty to criminal charges and will pay a record $4.3 billion fine to the U.S. Department of Justice and the CFTC. Its billionaire founder Changpeng Zhao agreed to step […]
Getty We are often told that we are in the midst of a technological revolution. That business and the world of work continue to be transformed and improved by computers, the internet, the increased speed of communication, data processing, robotics, and now – artificial intelligence. There is only one small problem with all this – […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS Jeffrey Epstein communicated with the former first lady of the U.S. Virgin Islands about altering local sex offender laws, easing airport customs and getting visas for “ladies,” JPMorgan Chase alleged in a legal filing Thursday. The bank is defending itself against a lawsuit where it is accused of enabling Epstein’s sex trafficking by […]
Recent bank collapses mean that banks are starting to change their risk models for lending….getty If you’re like most business owners, you’re looking at the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank collapses and wondering what it means for your access to capital—but perhaps not in the way in which you originally thought. The question […]
For decades, multilevel-marketing companies had it easy. Cutco knives, Tupperware containers, and Pampered Chef bread mixes were inoffensive products sold at weeknight wine parties and, later, in themed Facebook groups. For the most part, they were an unremarkable part of women’s lives. Multilevel marketing—a form of direct selling in which a major chunk of a […]