Daniel Craig is very clearly present, possibly to address any concerns that he would not be returning for the role he’s tired of. | Source: AP Photo/Leo Hudson, File By CCN Markets: The official James Bond Twitter account just announced the 25th movie in the 007 series will be entitled “007: No Time to Die.” Forbes...Read More
Elon Musk has a better idea than “Nuke Mars” to make the planet hospitable, this time using SpaceX satellites to reflect sunlight. | Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP By CCN Markets: Elon Musk has leaked more of his plans to make Mars habitable. The SpaceX boss tweeted an alternative idea to warm the red...Read More
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodiguez invested in the fintech firm Acorns Grow Incorporated. They should buy bitcoin next. Here’s why. | (i) Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP (ii) Shutterstock; Edited by CCN By CCN Markets: It’s not unusual to see A-listers diversify their income streams by investing in promising ventures. We recently learned that...Read More
Donald Trump’s pressure on the Federal Reserve toease its monetary policy is bringing optimism to markets. | Source: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) By CCN Markets: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are on a knife-edge on Tuesday as ominous recession warnings ring out around the world. Despite the warnings, an undercurrent of trader optimism has returned...Read More
Almost 200 CEOs have signed a statement to redefine a corporation’s purpose. Is it just PR, or are they undermining their fiduciary duty? | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: A group of 181 CEOs of publicly held companies trading in the stock market has proclaimed their intent to put the wealth-destroying values of anti-capitalists ahead...Read More
S&P 500 stock Estee Lauder is pricey, but there may be another way for investors to play retail and capitalize on strong consumers. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: The S&P 500 is comprised of nearly a dozen sectors, all of which traded in the green today. Leading the charge is skincare stock Estee Lauder,...Read More
Donald Trump and White House officials played down fears of a recession on Sunday, giving a much-needed boost to the stock market. Source: AP Photo/Evan Vucci By CCN Markets: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures rocketed 200 points in early trading Monday as President Donald Trump sought to allay fears of a recession. Speaking to...Read More
Trump’s tweets on China may set the stage for a strong rally in the stock market this week as S&P 500 futures open higher. | Source: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By CCN Markets: In response to the struggling stock market, Donald Trump’s Twitter feed was awash with positive talk about the trade war and progress with China...Read More
Elon Musk is unconcerned about the asteroid that will pass close to Earth in 2029, but SpaceX is working to come up with a solution anyway. | Source: (i) REUTERS/Mike Blake (ii) YouTube/PowerfulJRE; Edited by CCN By CCN Markets: While the mainstream media works itself into a frenzy about the impending “God of Chaos” asteroid...Read More
BioWare suffered another blow with the departure of its next big title’s lead producer, Fernando Melo. Maybe they should part ways with EA. | Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for Microsoft/AP Images By CCN Markets: Fernando Melo, the lead producer on the upcoming Dragon Age title, is leaving BioWare. This is especially shocking as it’s happening...Read More
Source: Mark RALSTON / AFP (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Elon Musk relaunched Tesla’s residential solar-power service and claimed that it could save you about $500 a year. Indeed, Musk gushed that it’s “like having a money printer on your roof.” Musk acquired SolarCity in 2016, but the business has...Read More
As the Dow Jones scrambles to move past last week’s roller-coaster, scrutinize the Fed minutes for proof of a dovish rebellion. | Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP By CCN Markets: The Dow Jones looked dead and buried last week after a devastating 800 point decline, but an end-of-week recovery left the stock market on relatively...Read More
Bitcoin may have limited supply, but demand will not be unlimited. Once bitcoin is revealed to be worthless, demand will dry up. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: As the resident “Bitcoin Skeptic” here at CCN, it’s my job to provide some level – headed arguments about why you should be extremely careful about buying...Read More
Cuba used to be host to an inexplicable phenomenon called SNET, a network made by people for the people. Soon SNET will be no more. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Cuban authorities have stated that the government will be taking over the country’s largest private network, SNET. Its users are unhappy and fearful for...Read More
Video game streaming is all the rage, but there are two simple reasons services like Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud will fail. | Source: Casey Rodgers / Invision for Xbox / AP By CCN Markets: In the last 12 months, major technology companies have rushed to dive into video game streaming. Microsoft’s Project xCloud is...Read More
A Facebook partner is spying on its own traumtized content moderators, giving us even more reasons to distrust Mark Zuckerberg’s company. | Source: AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski Facebook released a video last year apologizing for its data misuse that likely swayed the 2016 election. It ends by saying “if this place does what it...Read More
Netflix seems to be getting increasingly desperate with its choices for original programming. Do we really need an Elvis Spy series? | Source: (i) AP Photo, file (ii) Shutterstock; Edited by CCN By CCN Markets: Netflix is facing increasingly intense competition from multiple other streaming services. Whereas Netflix once seemed to be creating high-quality, intelligent,...Read More
The second trailer for DOOM: Annihilation just dropped, and this cringeworthy movie looks like a low-budget student film project. | Source: Universal 1440 Entertainment/YouTube By CCN Markets: Did you know there’s a movie adaptation of the classic video game DOOM on its way? You probably didn’t. We don’t blame you for it, and we apologize...Read More
More than half the world’s economies have inverted yield curves, which is a dire signal that a global recession may be on its way. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Fifty-three percent of countries that offer sovereign debt currently have inverted yield curves, according to one economist. If the percentage gets much higher, there is...Read More
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, reiterated his calls to “nuke Mars” to prepare it for human colonization. | Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP By CCN Markets: Billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, reiterated his calls to “nuke Mars!” on Twitter. It’s part of Musk’s previously announced proposal...Read More
Popular Fortnite player Yelo tells CCN what is behind his latest move to Enthusiast-owned Luminosity Gaming. | Source: Enthusiast Gaming By CCN Markets: You may never have heard of Enthusiast Gaming, but chances are you soon will. With sights set on consolidating one of the largest gaming networks in North America, Enthusiast is making more...Read More
In what will surely be a candidate for most hypocritical virtue signal of 2019, Gears of War 5 will not feature any tobacco use, with developer The Coalition aiming to avoid glamorizing smoking. The issue was first raised ahead of the Gears 5 Summer Series event this past weekend. Variety reports that broadcaster Turner was...Read More
By CCN Markets: Tesla stock is wildly over-valued and should be cut in half, according to Robert Medd of Bucephalus Research. Despite falling 35 percent in 2019 already, Medd believes Tesla stock has much further to crash. According to an interview with CNBC, he said Elon Musk is to blame for misleading investors over demand...Read More
