ChargePoint electric vehicle charging station at Walnut Creek City Hall parking lot with car, trees, and clear sky in the background, Walnut Creek, California, April 18, 2023. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. WestRock — The stock gained 5%
The Polkadot network comprises three fundamental components that collectively form its intricate structure, including the Relay Chain, parachains and bridges. The Relay Chain lies at the core of the Polkadot ecosystem, functioning as the primary blockchain of the network. It helps to safeguard overall network integrity and facilitate communication among parachains. Parachains stand as parallel
On this week’s episode of “Macro Markets,” Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman delves into a thought-provoking discussion on the United States Federal Reserve’s financial woes. Pechman opens by highlighting how the Fed is grappling with staggering losses and emphasizes a fundamental macroeconomic principle: that overall wealth cannot be universally enhanced as demand for goods and services grows.
Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao has hosed down recent rumors against his firm, assuring its balance sheet and employee retention remain robust, despite the recent market uncertainty. The Binance boss blamed negative news, rumors, bank runs, lawsuits, the closing of fiat channels, product wind-downs and employee turnovers for creating an environment of FUD
China’s real estate sector is going in “two directions,” and even though further stimulus is expected, a recovery will not likely happen soon, according to a former advisor to the People’s Bank of China. “The property market right now in China is actually two-fold. It’s actually going into two directions,” Li Daokui, now a professor
Germany is pushing the European Commission to postpone tariffs on electric vehicle sales between the UK and the EU after industry warned that the measure would backfire. In a boost for Rishi Sunak’s government, Berlin now supports the UK’s calls for a three-year delay to the duties, two people familiar with the situation said. At
Although the hospital sector has gained traction in recovering from the pandemic, smaller not-for-profit hospitals continue to struggle. With that in mind, California lawmakers took action by approving a zero-interest loan program in May to serve not-for-profit hospitals and public hospitals in significant financial distress. The two agencies charged with running the loan program announced
A bankrupt, bond-financed Texas hospital that opened for business in November 2021 will obtain $2.7 million for operating and other expenses under a federal judge’s interim order issued late last week. Sunland Medical Foundation, the nonprofit parent organization of Trinity Regional Hospital Sachse, is also seeking additional debtor-in-possession financing in an aggregate amount of up