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NEM (XEM) gains 23% in overnight surge. The Altcoin was previously down 97% since the market peak of January 2018. XEM coin now up 71% since December, but can we bank on this being a new alt-season? The 29th ranked cryptocurrency NEM (XEM) clawed back almost one-quarter of its value leading into Saturday morning. The altcoin had previously lost 97.7% of its value in a two-year decline that stretches back to January 2018. This past December, the XEM coin sunk to its...

Colgate-Palmolive Company said its net sales for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2019 stood at $4.02 billion, marking a 5.5% increase from the same period a year earlier. In the same time, organic sales rose by 5%.Earnings per share for the period hopped 7.2% to $0.75, while net income was standing at $643 million. Colgate-Palmolive’s Gross Profit Margin was 60.1% in the fourth quarter of 2019 versus 59.1% in the fourth quarter of 2018.CEO Noel Wallace said:“Colgate’s leadership of the...

The legendary investor Warren Buffett and his firm Berkshire Hathaway knew about Google way ago. They had direct information early on about how lucrative its business would be but decided to pass on investing in the Internet search giant.Buffett says he’s really regretting that decision now. Google has become one of the very few $1 trillion dollar market cap U.S. companies. You could count them all on one hand.An investment of $500 million in 2013 would have grown in value to nearly $2.5...

Bitcoin cash (BCH) is undergoing a period of hardcore controversy.Bitcoin Cash Is At the Center of Major ChangeBitcoin cash is the famed result of a bitcoin hard fork that occurred in late 2017. Bitcoin (BTC) is the number one cryptocurrency by market cap and has given birth to a few digital kids along the way. BCH is among the first, and the currency has moved through the ranks to garner the number four spot on the list of industry’s top-performing cryptocurrencies.During its peak, the asset...

Tech and internet companies were the first that succeeded to reach $1 trillion in stock market value. However, the next U.S. companies that could join this prestigious clique are better known for something else. We are talking here about card companies as are Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc.Take Mastercard for example. In its fourth-quarter earnings report, the company said that its GAAP earnings per share (EPS) surged incredible 138% in the fourth quarter to arrive at $2.07, while revenues...

In an article, titled “The Sign of a Stabilizing Market: XRP Utility” that was published on Ripple‘s official website on Thursday, January 30, 2020, the company revealed that financial institutions are already utilizing the power of blockchain and digital asset technology. And there are tangible results to prove it.Ripple, the blockchain firm that actively uses the popular altcoin XRP in its solutions, has been in the news for a while now. Following a number of positive developments that...

An American technology leader IBM has shared positive news: IBM stock jumps 5%, which results from appointing a new CEO.On Thursday, IBM closed at $137.69 per share, 5% more than the day before. And it is continuing its growth, the price makes up $142.10.IBM stock jumps 5% after its announcement about the change in the board of directors. Arvind Krishna, the current IBM Senior Vice President for Cloud and Cognitive Software, will serve as CEO. Further, Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat’s former CEO,...

Michigan-based General Motors (GM) is turning heads with a new announcement. The automaker has announced that it will resurrect the popular Hummer truck, making it all-electric, and a lot more power-packed than previous offerings.The New GM HummerDescribing it as a “super truck”, GM has said that the new vehicle will be launched as a GMC. It will be called the GMC Hummer EV as it is an all-electric vehicle and will have improved torque and acceleration. The company says that the new GM Hummer...

Traders of Bitfinex got the ability to trade the stablecoin XAUT with a maximum of 5x leverage. Bitfinex also pumps up BTC/USD margin trading pair to the same maximum.Last week Bitfinex presented a new stablecoin Tether Gold. It is backed by the gold bars hidden in the unknown Swiss vault. Tether claimed that they have ‘direct access’ to the vault. The margin trading option as announced on Tuesday, against the U.S. dollar, Tether and BTC. The initial equity can be 20%.Margin trading will...

Ethereum Futures might be the next significant product coming to the cryptocurrency scene, said the CFTC Charmain, Heath Tarbert.Furthermore, he expressed his hopes once again that the United States can lead the race for both digital assets and blockchain adoption. This aligns with Bakkt plans, as CryptoPotato reported this week.Ethereum Futures Coming Soon?Bitcoin has dominated the cryptocurrency Futures market, but Ethereum might soon have its own similar product, according to Tarbert. The...