If you follow global tile trends, there are three key events to watch each year. One of them, Cersaie, took place last month in Bologna, Italy and the industry reports on what was hot on the show floor are now in. This is what will be trending on our shores and in our showrooms next
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Real estate agents arrive at a brokers tour showing a house for sale in San Rafael, California. Getty Images Mortgage rates have been on a tear this month, rising yet again last week to the highest level in eight months, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. That caused mixed demand for mortgages last week, resulting
Ryan McQueeney highlights two “sin stocks”—Vector Group (VGR) and Constellation Brands (STZ)—that present mixed-yet-unique investment possibilities for dividend-focused investors.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans to request comment on its Rule G-27 related to dealer supervision in the next month. That and a number of other issues were discussed during the MSRB’s quarterly board meeting this week. “As part of our commitment to prudent and practical regulation, we are focused on a retrospective review
On Monday, November 1, the long-awaited Kleiman v. Wright trial will begin as a federal jury plans to determine the relationship between Dave Kleiman and Craig Wright. The Kleiman estate is asking for $11.4 billion, alongside the return of intellectual property (IP) or its fair market value. While Bitcoinsv proponents and Wright’s fans believe the
Puerto Rico’s leaders welcomed Pres. Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act budget proposal for its inclusion of funding for three programs that would benefit the island. As it stood on Friday, Biden’s $1.85 trillion spending and taxing proposal would introduce the Supplemental Security Income program to provide $1 billion to island residents, would increase the
Mario Draghi has warned the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies that “going it alone is simply not an option,” as they gathered in Rome to start a two-day race to reach a deal on global climate change targets. The Rome G20 summit will set the tone for the COP26 meeting in Glasgow next
Bitcoin (BTC) preserved $61,000 into the weekend after “aggressive” buying on Coinbase sparked multi-day highs. Coinbase BTC buyers step up Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD cooling overnight after briefly challenging $63,000. Friday saw strong performance after U.S. traditional markets opened, helping lift Bitcoin to near its minimum monthly close target. As
In this article GME A person walks past a GameStop in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. Carlo Allegri | Reuters One of the GameStop‘s newly hired top executives stepped down this week as the video game retailer continues its digital transition. Chief operating officer Jenna Owens has
In this article AAPL Halfway through third-quarter earnings season, and there are two key catalysts: Demand is strong. Cost inflation and supply-chain issues are the main headwind, but companies are learning to navigate through them. In some cases, supply chain disruption has taken a serious toll. Apple CEO Tim Cook said supply chain issues had cost
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, December 1, 2020. Al Drago | Pool | Reuters The Federal Reserve is expected to take its first major step away from the easy policy it put in place to fight the pandemic, a milestone on the road back
The world of decentralized gaming has seen significant growth in 2021 as the rise of play-to-earn (P2E) gaming merged with NFTs to open the first pathway to the Metaverse. Aavegotchi is currently making inroads in the blockchain-based gaming sector with a somewhat novel approach that incorporates features from P2E gaming, NFTs and decentralized finance (DeFi).
There’s nothing like owning a piece of French history – especially when it involves a castle on a site that has been occupied since the 4th century. This manor house and stone citadel look out on panoramic views of the bucolic valley of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. Perched strategically on a
A plunge may be looming for cryptocurrencies, housing and disruptive technology stocks tied to innovation. According to Rich Bernstein, an Institutional Investor Hall of Famer, the nation’s expiring easy money policies and historic supply chain backlogs are posing serious risks for some of the market’s most popular investments. “There’s a whole series of bubbles going
Municipal bonds were lightly traded and benchmark yields steady to end October while U.S. Treasuries bounced throughout the trading session, ending stronger near the close, and market participants are pointing to near-term volatility for both asset classes going into November. In the near-term, the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee meeting should contain “an intense discussion
Tinkoff Investments, the online brokerage of major Russian private bank Tinkoff, is researching cryptocurrency investment services despite the Bank of Russia withholding the bank from launching such tools. Tinkoff Investments head Dmitry Panchenko claimed that the bank’s brokerage portal is considering projects related to cryptocurrency investment but it’s too early to discuss specific ideas. The
New York transparency advocates received some batches of sunshine with new initiatives from Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Hochul on Thursday announced transparency plans for more than 70 executive agencies and changes to the Freedom of Information Law process. It piggybacks on her signing a week ago of the MTA Open Data
Microsoft regained its crown as the most valuable publicly listed company in the world on Friday from Apple, whose shares slumped in morning trading following a weak quarterly earnings update from the maker of iPhones and Mac computers. Microsoft’s 0.7 per cent gain in early morning trading in New York on Friday lifted its market
Starship prototype SN15 returns for a landing on May 5, 2021 after a high-altitude flight test. SpaceX Between Elon Musk’s two largest companies, investors and experts have a long-term favorite. Most “institutional investors and industry experts” surveyed by Morgan Stanley expect SpaceX to become more valuable than Tesla, and see it as a more attractive
Amazon’s Shannon Building in Dublin. Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Amazon — Shares of the e-commerce giant dropped more than 4% in extended trading on Thursday after a disappointing quarterly earnings report. Amazon posted an EPS of $6.12 for the third quarter, badly missing the