State Texas Financial News

By Shariq Khan and Laura Sanicola

PTI, the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology (TAMEST), which bestows this award to promising researchers in the state, recognized Veeraraghavan, who serves as a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (Read the full story here.)Sensex Today Live : While Gift Nifty futures was trading marginally ahead of Friday's Nifty close, volatility in the Asian markets indicated that the Indian benchmark indices could be muted on Monday, February 26.At 7:45 am on Mondat, Gift Nifty futures, at 22,224.50, was ahead of Friday's Nifty 50 close of 22,212.70Asian shares were taking a breather near seven-month highs on Monday as investors awaited inflation data from the United States, Japan and Europe that will help refine expectations for future rate moves.Oil edged lower after a weekly drop as traders awaited a fresh raft of clues about global crude demand and balances in March and beyond.Brent dipped toward $82 a barrel after losing more than 2% last week, with US counterpart West Texas Intermediate above $76.Spot gold was down 0.3% at $2,030.9 per ounce, as of 0100 GMT.

By Colleen Howe

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Monday, extending steep losses from the prior session as markets remained uncertain over demand, especially in the face of higher-for-longer U.S. interest rates.

On Sunday, Bitcoin demonstrates resilience with a 1.35% increase, trading at $51,600 on Sunday. This stability comes at a time when the Texas Blockchain Council and Riot Platforms achieve a notable legal victory against US energy regulators, securing a temporary restraining order that underscores the ongoing debate over cryptocurrency mining regulations.

Rayza Sison went to a flea market in New York this month with five $100 bills. One by one, vendors refused to take her money, saying they couldn’t make change or only accepted digital payments through Venmo or Zelle. Determined to break the bills, the 26-year-old senior program coordinator tried using them at coffee shops and then her local fruit stand.

A Houston man has pleaded guilty to securities fraud for trading on inside information from his wife's business conversations while both were working from home

She is accused of defrauding the U.S. government and two Native American tribes.

In a year marked by Riot Platforms’ remarkable 19% increase in Bitcoin production and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) review of Bitcoin ETF options by Bitwise and Grayscale, Bitcoin’s trading activity reveals a tightly bound range between $50,500 and $52,500.

Bitcoin mining operation Riot Platforms made over $280 million last year alone, the company’s 2023 annual report released Thursday, February 22, reveals.

music superstar Beyonce secured her first UK no.1 single in 14 years on Friday, when her new country hit "Texas Hold 'Em" stormed straight to the top spot in the British charts. The song is one of two Beyonce released after making a surprise appearance in a Super Bowl commercial earlier this month in which the 32-time Grammy Award winner quipped about «breaking the internet» minutes before announcing a forthcoming album. «Texas Hold 'Em» is Beyonce's sixth UK No. 1 single and her first in 14 years after she last topped the British charts in 2010 with Lady Gaga's «Telephone», the Official Charts Company said. Her last solo UK No. 1 was in 2008 with «If I Were A Boy».

By Akash Sriram and Harshita Mary Varghese

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is serious about moving the electric car company out of Delaware and reincorporating in Texas, he got good news yesterday from a judge in Delaware Chancery Court. In a case involving Tripadvisor, Vice Chancellor Travis Laster said that the online travel site can go ahead with plans to move its state of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada. The move was pushed by Tripadvisor's controlling shareholder, Greg Maffei, but was opposed by shareholders who argued that Maffei's goal was to evade accountability in Delaware courts.

The EIA, part of the US Department of Energy, announced it would be conducting a mandatory survey focused on evaluating the electricity consumption by cryptocurrency mining activity in the US.

Intuitive Machines Inc (NASDAQ:LUNR) said Friday it has successfully landed its Odysseus cargo lander on the Moon, marking the first time a commercial company has accomplished such a feat. LUNR stock surged 50% on the news.

United States lawmaker Tom Emmer has criticized the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to approve the Energy Information Administration (EIA) request to collect data on Bitcoin (BTC) mining firms.

The Texas Blockchain Council (TBC) and crypto miner Riot Platforms sued the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday, accusing the agency of making unlawful data collection demands from the Bitcoin mining sector.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices were on track on Friday to snap a two-week winning streak after the U.S. central bank indicated interest rate cuts could be delayed by at least two more months, but indications of healthy fuel demand and supply concerns could revive prices in coming days.

BNB. The global cryptocurrency market cap surged 0.47% to around $1.97 trillion in the last 24 hours. At 12:50 p.m., Bitcoin was trading 0.3% higher at $51,825, and Ethereum was up 1.3% at $2,974. Meanwhile, BNB jumped 7.4%.

Oil prices fell on Friday after a U.S. Fed official said interest rate cuts should be delayed at least two more months. Brent crude futures were down 25 cents, or 0.3%, at $83.42 a barrel at 0212 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were 25 cents, or 0.3%, lower at $78.36.