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MNT, the native token of the L2 scaling solution Mantle Network, resumed its ongoing rally as the project unveiled several upcoming developments. Mantle (MNT) bounded 17% to an intraday high of $1.28 on Jan. 24 while bringing its market to nearly $4.2 billion at press time. The price surge came along with a 60% jump in the altcoin’s daily trading volume which was hovering over $213 million. Notably, the altcoin began its price upswing on Jan. 20 and has gained 32% since then, while its gains over the past year have reached 104%. The altcoin currently stands as the 40th…

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There’s been a surge in demand to invest in commercial property after interest rates dropped following the latest base rate cut in November, Rightmove’s quarterly commercial insights tracker has revealed. The data for Q4 2024 shows that demand to invest in commercial property of all types was up by 28% by the end of last year, the biggest year-on-year shift since Q2 2021. Demand is measured by enquiries to commercial agents about listings for lease, or to invest in via Rightmove. At a regional level, the biggest increases to invest in commercial property overall are the East Midlands and London. Andy…

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High inflation. Fear of recession. Disruptions, like the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. How did the U.S. economy get here? A two-hour documentary special traces the road to this moment, and the role of the Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donate​. FRONTLINE investigates the Fed’s epic economic experiment to revive the U.S. economy with what has been called an “easy money” policy and the far-reaching and sometimes unintended consequences. “If we hadn’t been driving our economy for 14 years with easy money and then…

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How much do your colleagues get paid? In a few countries, such as Norway, you can take a good guess by looking at public records on individuals’ overall tax payments and income. But in most places, finding out people’s salaries means asking them what they earn. And that is about as socially acceptable as saying “What an ugly baby.” Source link

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PRESS RELEASE. B2BROKER has released a new version of its multi-asset and multi-market trading platform, B2TRADER. The latest release, B2TRADER 2.2, introduces significant improvements designed to optimise trading efficiency and give brokers greater control over their operations. The update brings a new order execution model, C-Book, alongside flexible pricing options and the ability to integrate […] Source link

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Buy-to-let rental yields rose to 6.93% in the third quarter of 2024, rising from 6.53% in the same quarter the previous year, UK Finance data shows. Fixed rate mortgages are growing more popular, as there were 1.4 million fixed rates outstanding, up by 3.3% year-on-year. Contrastingly the number of variable rate loans outstanding fell by 14.9% to 541,488. Melanie Spencer, sales and growth lead at Target, said: “Given the challenges surrounding the buy-to-let market, it’s encouraging to see a year-on-year increase in lending in Q3. Of course, the data captures the market prior to the Budget and the changes to…

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Mountain-naming turned out to be a curiously high priority for Donald Trump. Mere hours after his inauguration, the president signed an executive order to change the name of America’s highest peak from Denali, of indigenous Alaskan origin, back to Mount McKinley, as it was officially known until Barack Obama intervened in 2015. The rechristening reflects more than just the usual culture-war ping-pong. Like Mr Trump, William McKinley was a “tariff man”. As a congressman and later president, he swung America toward protectionism in the late 19th century. “President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent,” said…

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