SpaceX launched the first fully commercial flight to the ISS
The company sent to the orbital station spaceship Crew Dragon on a Falcon 9
rocket with a crew of 4 tourists.Their stay in space will be 10 days. The cost
of the ticket is $55 million.
Joseph Branch
World food prices rise at fastest pace in history
The disruption of supply chains in the Black Sea basin has led to shortages of
wheat and cooking oils. The U.N. World Food Cost Index rose another 13% last
month.
U.S. banks will lose about 35% of profits in the first quarter
According to analyst Christopher McGratti of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, this
quarter will be challenging for the largest banks. He said the biggest obstacle
is an expected 36% decline in revenue in investment banking and an 18% decline
in trading.
Investors are increasingly concerned about whether banks, especially JPMorgan,
are
Japanese authorities say they plan to phase out coal imports from Russia, look for replacements
Japan will announce new sanctions against Russia on April 8, Kyodo reported.
The new measures could affect the energy sector, including restrictions on
imports of Russian coal.
Three-quarters of Americans think the economy is on the "wrong track"
Nearly three-quarters of consumers surveyed by Fannie Mae rate the current
direction of the states' economic development as misguided. That's the lowest
number in 11 years.
The percentage of respondents expecting their financial situation to worsen next
year is 25 percent, a record since 2010.
Robinhood will soon add the ability to make bitcoin transactions on the Lightning Network
The Lightning Network is a necessary upgrade for the largest currency by
capitalization. The bitcoin network initially expects to process 7 transactions
per second, the LN has the potential for 1 billion transactions per second.
Some wallets, such as Blue Wallet, have been using this payment protocol for a
long
Disney plans to buy UFC
Disney has held talks with the UFC to acquire the league for about $4.3 billion.
According to CNBC sources, the company has been "mulling the idea of buying
sports leagues for years."
Disney's previous CEO proved to be a good fit with its acquisitions of
Frontline and Euronav merge to create the world's largest tanker fleet
The combined company will be able to carry oil equivalent to 100 days of German
energy demand. The total value of the tanker company is estimated at more than
$4.2 billion.
Shares of Euronav were up 7.2 percent, while Frontline shares were down 7.6
percent as of
NFT's first Twitter post put up for sale for $48 million
Sina Estvi, CEO of Malaysian blockchain service Bridge Oracle, bought NFT a year
ago for $2.9 million.
Esstavi will donate 50 percent of the proceeds to the charity GiveDirectly.
Pfizer acquires ReViral for $525 million
Pfizer is acquiring ReViral, a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused
on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel antiviral
therapeutics targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
RSV is a respiratory pathogen that can lead to severe and life-threatening lower
respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in high-risk groups, including infants,
immunocompromised individuals and