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Tennessee Republicans’ ruthless use of their state House supermajority to expel two young Black lawmakers for breaching decorum exposed a torrent of political forces that are transforming American politics at the grassroots. The GOP action, after the lawmakers had led a gun control protest from the House floor in response to last week’s Nashville school shooting, created a snapshot of how two halves of a diversifying and increasingly self-estranged nation are being pulled apart. A day of soaring tensions inside and outside the state House chamber thrust the Volunteer State into the national spotlight in an extraordinary political coda to…

Civil unrest has caused more than $10bn of insurance and reinsurance losses across the globe since 2015 compared with less than $1bn from terrorist attacks, spooking underwriters and fuelling a surge in the cost of cover.The figures are included in a report from insurance broker Howden that explores how “rising discontent”, driven by the increasing cost of living and other social pressures and stoked by social media, has driven up the frequency and size of claims on strikes, riots and civil commotion insurance. This typically covers property owners against damage in such episodes. “We have gone from a relatively loss-free…

By mid-February, I concluded that shares of Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) were moving towards value territory in this premium article, after the company issued a soft 2023 guidance. This came after the company has seen record results in 2022, yet with the pandemic on its retreat, a repeat of these results was not attainable. This did not come unexpected as valuations were low enough to deliver upside, even if sales and earnings might come under pressure. A Recap Pre-pandemic, Pfizer was a $53 billion business in 2019, posting adjusted earnings of $16 billion in the meantime, equal to $2.88 per share. The…

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Bitcoin mining firm Sphere 3D is suing Gryphon Digital Mining, its business partner, for losing about $500,000 worth of Bitcoin due to a spoofing attack. The firm accused Gryphon CEO Rob Chang of sending 18 Bitcoin to a fraudster who pretended to be Sphere 3D’s CFO in January. A few days later, another eight Bitcoin were transferred using the same method, according to a Saturday press release.Furthermore, Sphere 3D alleged that Gryphon provided poor services to its partner and misrepresented the Bitcoin miner’s computing power in public disclosures.“Today we filed litigation against Gryphon, the custodial management services provider of our blockchain and…

As the economy slows, are employers starting to regain the upper hand in negotiations with employees and job seekers? Pay is always an issue, of course, but in the wake of the pandemic, so too is how much time employers want people to work on site versus how much they are willing to let employees work remotely. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that only 27.5% of private-sector businesses reported that their employees worked from home or another remote location some or all of the time between August 1, 2022 and September 30, 2022. In other words,…

In a challenging market, investors should look to “well-known, great American companies with beaten down stocks,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday.There are three companies that Cramer thinks have compelling stories and strength, even if their stock prices don’t necessarily reflect that: Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, and Procter & Gamble.At Johnson & Johnson, a bruising yearslong battle with lawsuits linked to the company’s talc powder battered the stock, Cramer said.An attempted bankruptcy maneuver was struck down by an appeals court, Cramer continued, leaving his Charitable Trust’s play exposed. But J&J’s recently announced settlement with many of the claimants leaves the…

Asia-Pacific markets largely fell on Thursday as Wall Street digested the latest ADP private payrolls report, which showed slowing job growth in March.India’s central bank held its benchmark interest rate, or its policy repurchase rate, at 6.50%, defying expectations for the Reserve Bank of India to hike 25 basis points. The Indian rupee weakened 0.15% shortly after the announcement.The Nifty 50 gained 0.26% – an outlier as benchmark indexes across the region continued to see declines.South Korea’s Kospi led losses in the region as it closed 1.44% down at 2,459.23, and the Kosdaq dropped 0.78% to finish at 865.58. Japan’s Nikkei…

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