@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it2026-04-15 22:39:16
whoever told you that markets are rational was lying
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-15 03:11:06
How BuzzFeed went from a $1.7B digital-media darling in 2016 to the brink of bankruptcy, as an early investor blames mismanagement following a 2021 SPAC merger (Lukas I. Alpert/MarketWatch)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-buzz
@thijs_lucas@norden.social2026-03-15 08:34:30
Das #Handelsblatt - weit bekannt als sozialistisch links-grünes Propagandablatt (nicht) - mit einer Spitze zur Wirtschaftskompetenz der derzeitigen Bundesregierung im Nebensatz:
„…während Erhards Erben im Wirtschaftsministerium ihre Ressource mit Scharmützeln über den Verbrennungsmotor oder dem Rückabwickeln eines Heizungsgesetzes verbrauchen, …“
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-03-13 17:25:51
And "free" also implies that the worker is supposedly completely free. He is free in the sense that he can sell for as high a price as he can manage.
Himself?
Yes, for as much money as possible. - Now, in this market, the computer replaces the best thing the worker has to offer: knowledge and skill. The machine takes over both, and he himself is degraded to a mere machine operator. His actual abilities have been coaxed out of him and incorporated into the device. Consequently, he has less to sell than before, and what he can still sell is worth less.
He himself loses value?
Yes, because he is not only robbed of the ability to provide bread for his family, but also of one of the signs that prove to him that he is human. Now he is simplified and transformed into an operator. (Almost like in Kafka, where a man is transformed into a beetle; Kafka is a prophet in that regard.)"
Joseph Weizenbaum, Kurs auf den Eisberg, Serie Piper, Munich, 1987
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-04-07 10:55:43
The US IRS is yet to issue guidelines on whether prediction market gains should be taxed as derivatives, gambling winnings, or income, worrying accountants (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/nobody-knows-how-to-file-taxes-on-predi…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-09 14:26:43
After a volatile morning, European stock markets are still in the red – but off their earlier lows – after steep losses in Asia-Pacific markets overnight.
The oil price is still trading over the $100 mark, on track for its highest close since 2022.
Here’s the situation:
UK’s FTSE 100 share index: down 112 points or -1.1% at 10,172 points
Germany’s DAX share index: down 350 points or -1.5% at 23,241 points
France’s CAC share index: down 152 points or 1.9% at 7,840…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-02 13:10:44
Source: the London Stock Exchange cancels hundreds of FT corporate subscriptions in response to the paper's retreat from London markets coverage in recent years (Simon Hunt/City A.M.)
https://www.cityam.com/lseg-axes-financial-times-subscription…
@thijs_lucas@norden.social2026-03-09 12:56:52
Leider noch ohne Nahverkehr
Wetten auf die Pünktlichkeit im deutschen Fernverkehr. #Bahnbubble
Ich mag den spielerischen Umgang mit Problemen. Das lockert den Lösungsweg etwas auf.
https://bahn.bet/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-03 20:25:06
Trump said the Navy will escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz, if necessary.
Per reports the Navy has no timeline for this hazardous maneuver
and Trump himself has just demanded convoys begin "as soon as possible"
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 301 points, or 0.6%.
The 30-stock index was down more than 1,200 points, or around 2.6%, at its low of the session.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-29 03:05:42
Flipping Iran’s playbook
by launching reverse-engineered,
Shahed-like weapons as part of a coordinated air campaign,
the U.S. military’s initial wave of strikes in Operation Epic Fury
marked the first confirmed deployment of American-made, long-range,
one-way attack drones in real-world combat.
Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command,
told DefenseScoop on Monday that
the operation demonstrates how warfighters are rapidly adop…
