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Nearly one-third of Americans falsely believe that the US dollar is backed by gold, and 70% don’t know what is backing it. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to US financial illiteracy, however. A new study reveals just how little Americans know about how their money works. An eye-opening new study into financial literacy reveals just how little Americans know about the US dollar – or how the monetary system works at all. The study, sponsored by cryptocurrency firm...

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...

Apple has published an official report, detailing its earnings for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year which ended on September 28, 2019. According to the report, Apple reasonably exceeded analysts’ expectations on earnings per share as well as total revenue. Regardless, stocks remained relatively stagnant, in response to Apple’s announcement. Now they are traded at approximately 240$.The report shows that Apple pulled in total revenue of $64 billion in the fourth quarter, a year over year...

The most recent game from the stables of Infinity Ward, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, is like nothing ever seen as it breaks previous records to become the fastest-selling game in the franchise in recent times, making a profit of $600 million within the first three days of its launch.This is definitely good news for all Activision Blizzard investors as the remarkable performance of Call of Duty over the weekend seems to have infused the needed strength to its weak share price.At the moment...

Rival carmakers PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV announced their plan to merge, combining assets in order to confront pricey new era of trade tariffs, emissions rules and electrification.Shareholders of each company will own 50% of the combined entity, that will be listed in Paris, Milan and New York. Investors in Fiat will get dividend worth of 5.5 billion euros and its robotics subsidiary Comau, while France’s PSA will probably issue its 46% stake in auto-parts maker Faurecia SE....

In order to hold a throne of the world’s most innovative tech company, Apple is detected to deploy providers in order to make its first-ever 5G iPhones next year (“innovative” obviously doesn’t have the same meaning for Apple as for the rest of the world). As per Nikkei’s sources, there are three flagship models set to include the most advanced mobile processors that now exist including the leading-edge screens.The company hopes that upgraded iPhones will prevail over Huawei‘s current...

Facebook is one of the most attacked companies in the world as it always seems to be swimming in one legal or regulatory battle or the other (especially in relation to its Libra project), at pretty much every point in time. However, the social media giant is still also one of the world’s most successful companies and has proven it time and again, most recently with its recent third-quarter earnings figures. Facebook’s numbers exceeded expectations and well enough for its stock (FB) to hit...

Photo: ShutterstockThis October, at Blockchain Life 2019, Europe’s largest cryptocurrency and blockchain forum, a blockchain project Serenity presented the White Label of a cryptocurrency exchange, as well as a cryptocurrency exchanger, margin trading platform and blockchain escrow technology for Forex brokers, all of which was met with great enthusiasm from the attendees. Despite the fact that a good part of the forum participants were crypto exchanges – which reflects the current market...

Deutsche Bank has embarked on a comprehensive restructuring plan, in a move to revive its failing business, according to reports from earlier this year, but recent events show that its program may not be going as expected. Deutsche Bank took a devastating financial blow which has totally derailed it from its intended market target.Surrounded by an ongoing restructuring plan, the German lender has released its third-quarter report for 2019 on Wednesday, which shows a net loss of 832 million...

The famous Big 3 – Amazon, Microsoft and Google – went crazy in this earning season with their revenues made through cloud infrastructure reaching almost $22 billion. The rulers of the cloud infrastructure market have driven major societal change via their dominance and role in online activities, unlike other tech giants as is for example IBM. They are ruling the online market through anti-competitive practices, constant-rising financial power, and intellectual property law.Be it as it may,...