(Bloomberg) — Russia would benefit from being transparent in publishing its oil production data as the OPEC+ group, which it leads along with Saudi Arabia, seeks to convince markets that it is pumping at pledged levels, the kingdom’s energy minister said. “We had a discussion with the Russian side regarding…

By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina has signed a deal to renew its currency swap line with China and double the amount it can access to near $10 billion, the South American country’s central bank said in a statement on Friday, a boost to its dwindling foreign currency reserves.…

By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk on Monday hosted Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful, in his second Twitter Spaces event for a 2024 White House candidate. But unlike Republican Ron DeSantis’s glitch-plagued campaign launch on Twitter in May,…

Digital transformation can be intimidating. In many ways, upgrading a company’s technology platform is like trying to get your own body into better shape. Even when we know we need to work out, many of us get put off by the gym bros, weight benches and complicated exercise machines at…

Venture investments into fintechs headquartered in North America dipped to $24.39 billion in 2022, a decline of 34% from the year prior, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s recently released Global Fintech Funding Trends report. After a promising start to the year, funding began a precipitous decline in Q3 as…

Key takeaways Google has launched ten new generative AI learning courses to help upskill those looking for jobs in the future Data scientist roles will be up 36% by 2031, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics says Lala Big Tech giant and early artificial intelligence pioneer Google has been playing…

Topline Just one day after levying charges against the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against cryptocurrency giant Coinbase on Tuesday, alleging the popular U.S. trading platform has been operating an unregistered broker since at least 2019. Key Facts In a statement Tuesday, the SEC…

The SPAC sector has been a major source of corporate finance in the U.S. So far in 2023, nearly $30 billion from Special Acquisition Companies have already been given back to investors. Wall Street firms including KKR KKR and TPG have all liquidated their SPACs and returned money to investors,…

After housing, transportation is the second-biggest expense for Americans age 65 and older. This demographic spent a mean of $7,160 on transportation in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s about $600 per month. Keep in mind that 2021 was a pandemic year. People weren’t driving nearly…

Terry Savage and I are collecting Social Security horror stories and posting them at my substack site, larrykotlikoff.substack.com. Sign up for free and take a read. If you have a story, send it to [email protected]. I copy below a story we just received. I thought I’d heard it all. But…