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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and board member Peter Thiel met secretly with President Trump in October.The purpose of the meeting – and why it wasn’t disclosed by the White House – remains unknown.After Facebook revealed the meeting had taken place, Democrats dragged Zuckerberg on Twitter.President Donald Trump invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and board member Peter Thiel to a White House dinner in October, but didn’t disclose the meeting to the public.Facebook told NBC News about the...

Crypto investors supported Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a wide margin in the 2016 election. But those who supported Trump have invested significantly more of their savings in cryptocurrency. Libertarian Gary Johnson was almost as unpopular with crypto investors as the general population. A recent survey of the political affiliations among cryptocurrency investors found that crypto owners voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a wide margin in the 2016 election. 46%...

Traditional markets and indexes are currently hitting new records. In one such first-ever milestone, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied to a record 28,000 plus levels on Friday. The rally comes amidst waning tensions in the U.S.-China trade war with the hope of reaching a trade deal between the two economic powerhouses.On Friday, November 15, Dow Jones’s 30-stock average climbed 222.93 points at 28,004. In just the last four months, the Dow Jones price index has surged by 1000 points....

Late last month, the United States Department of Defense announced that the much-discussed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, had been finally awarded to Microsoft. After the announcement, many including Amazon itself seemed sincerely surprised that the contract didn’t go to Amazon. Now, Amazon has decided to officially challenge the contract award.According to a Federal Times report, Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims...

Wie verzerren Geschichten die Realität? Und werden Börse und Wirtschaft nur manipuliert? Diese Fragen beantwortet das neue Buch von Nobelpreisträger Robert Shiller. Mario, Matthias und Peter betreiben den spannendne VLOG „Mission Money“. In der aktuellen Folge geht um Geschichten: Wie verzerren Geschichten die Realität? Und werden Börse und Wirtschaft nur manipuliert? Diese...

The G7 meeting participants state that things like stablecoins including Facebook‘s Libra should be strictly regulated and the risks connected with them are not yet studied well. Per EU lawmaker and a German conservative Markus Ferber:“At the very least, we need a robust regulatory framework to deal with virtual currencies. The (executive EU) Commission has been way too complacent on the issue so far. With the threat of Libra on the horizon, it is time for action now.”The draft text of the...

Photo: PixabayPolitical wars forced Twitter to distance itself from misinformation that usually pops up during elections. Head of Twitter Jack Dorsey seems to continue his quest to make the Internet a better place. After a prominent Bitcoin advocate had recently invested in a cryptocurrency-related venture called CoinList, he is now on the way to cut all political ads off on Twitter.The vast majority of so-called conspiracy theories made public via those ads probably came from wise...

It’s already widely known that the multinational tech company Apple Inc. (AAPL) has again joined the trillion-dollar society hitting the trillion-dollar market cap mark for the fourth time.At the time of writing, Apple stock was trading premarket 1.73% higher to $240.51, the highest in history. Apple’s market cap started the week at $1.09 trillion.There are some analysts who think shares might jump even more – to be precise 20 percent more during this year because of the strong iPhone 11...

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday that Paris, Rome, and Berlin will join together in the effort of blocking Facebook’s new digital currency Libra in Europe.This is not the first time Le Maire is showing his hate towards cryptocurrencies. Last month, when he spoke about Libra, he said that this kind of technology, developed by the social media giant “causes serious concerns and therefore its operation cannot be authorized for use on European soil.”He added that the Libra...

Photo: Alessio Jacona / FlickrIt seems that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to go other way and against everything he once was talking about. Since he is loosing all the biggest supporters at the enormous speed, he has started turning to the white supremacists, leaders and journalists who have been known for supporting, well, white race to be exact.Politico reported Zuckerberg has been organizing dinners with conservative leaders as, for example, is Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham,...