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Developing-world currencies were mixed on Tuesday as traders awaited key speeches and data that could shed light on the outlook for US interest rates while losses in Hong Kong-listed tech stocks drove emerging-market equities lower. 

Private market investors are growing in confidence as headwinds ease and are preparing to increase their deployments during this year.

The American Century Cos. in 2021 admitted in a federal settlement with the Department of Justice that it had conspired with a wealth management firm also located in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, to dampen the local job market by suppressing and eliminating competition for workers.

M&A in the Canadian RIA market remains robust thanks to a push from private equity. It may not be as hot as in America, but it’s not bad at all for the “Great White North,” said Shaun Hauser, CEO of Wellington-Altus Financial, a Canadian wealth management firm.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated to lawmakers that the US central bank is in no rush to cut interest rates until policymakers are convinced they have won their battle over inflation. 

The largest US public pension fund is looking externally for its next chief investment officer, following a long spell of lackluster returns and leadership churn. 

Investing.com-- U.S. stock index futures moved little in evening deals on Wednesday, steadying after a positive session on Wall Street as uncertainty persisted over the scope and scale of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts.

As Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) tease a retest of recent highs amid volatility in US regional bank stock prices on crisis jitters, traders looking for top crypto gainers today and flocking to the on-chain shitcoin markets to secure big gains.

El Salvador’s President Bukele defended his Bitcoin strategy as the country’s holdings hit a record 53% profit, reaching $164.7 million when Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of $69,200 on March 4. This progress stems from El Salvador’s declaration of Bitcoin as legal tender alongside the US dollar in 2021.

Evidence is mounting that a daily toke can be bad for your heart. A large new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that the more often one partakes in cannabis, the higher one’s risk of heart disease, heart attack or stroke. Daily users had a 25% higher chance of having a heart attack and 42% higher odds of a stroke than non-users.

We have entered a period of intensifying geopolitical rivalries and conflicts. Russia’s war on Ukraine is now in its third year; the Israel-Hamas conflict could still become a regional war; and the deepening Cold War between the US and China may yet turn hot over Taiwan later this decade. If Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in November, the world will be even further destabilized.

The Justice Department says a former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China

The government's new free electronic filing system for income tax returns is getting its first users this filing season

Boeing has refused to disclose who worked on the door plug that blew off a jetliner in January, according to the head of the agency that's conducting the investigation

A federal judge in Texas has ordered a 55-year-old U.S. agency that caters to minority-owned businesses to serve people regardless of race, siding with white business owners who claimed the program discriminated against them

Stocks recovered some of their losses from the day before, which was Wall Street’s worst in three weeks

A Microsoft engineer is sounding an alarm about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by the company’s artificial intelligence image-generator tool

Canada’s biggest banks are more than twice as exposed to the fossil-fuel business as their European and United States counterparts, according to a report from climate-change think tank InfluenceMap.

7th Time Loop Season 1 Episode 10 have been announced. The anime follows Princess Rishe as she navigates her seventh life, aiming for a carefree existence despite past tragedies. Here's a detailed look at what to expect in the upcoming episode.

Quiver Quantitative — New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) has taken a significant stride in its financial journey by securing an equity investment exceeding $1 billion, led by Steven Mnuchin’s Liberty Strategic Capital, along with Hudson (NYSE:HUD) Bay Capital and Reverence Capital Partners. This infusion of capital marks a pivotal moment for the regional bank, which has faced its share of challenges in recent times. The announcement coincides with the appointment of Joseph Otting, a former comptroller of the currency, as NYCB's new CEO, succeeding Alessandro DiNello. This change at the helm signifies a fresh direction for NYCB, which aims to bolster its market standing and address its credit risk profile.