The Metaverse Land Rush Is an Illusion

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+++lead-in-textnnAfter Facebook’s rebrand to Meta, a string of stories about a digital land rush began.Investors were buying up plots of land [in cyberspace](https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse/), sometimes for millions of dollars, seemingly convinced there must be gold in them thar metaverse hills.And if so many people with so much money were rushing it, it must be because there’s…

Elon Musk is the person of the year in part because of his effect on the world of finance. Here are his top 12 tweets that moved markets | Markets Insider

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Elon Musk.Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images Elon Musk was dubbed Time’s Person of the Year in part because of his impact on markets through Twitter.The Tesla chief has caused big moves, especially for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and dogecoin.A Twitter poll from February 5 that read, “Dogecoin to the Moooonn,” sent the crypto soaring 35%.Sign up here for…

Brad Loncar’s Biotech-Investor Predictions for 2022

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Biotech investor Brad Loncar shared with Insider his 10 predictions for 2022.He expected a rebound for biotech stocks after a down year in 2021.He also predicted hot research areas, which CEOs could be out soon, and takeover targets.After a turbulent year for biotech, where the public market was down 19% on the year, investor Brad…

Rules for Employees Who Trade Crypto at Morgan Stanley, Goldman, JP Morgan

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Many banks have little oversight of crypto trading in employees’ personal accounts.Goldman Sachs has some restrictions for employees who work with crypto futures products.Here’s a look at personal trading policies for crypto at four top US banks.Wall Street firms generally have detailed policies around what employees are allowed to invest in personally to prevent insider…

Perspective | Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review

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Is there anything positive we can say about 2021?Yes.We can say that it was marginally better than 2020 .Granted, this is not high praise.It’s like saying that somebody is marginally nicer than Hitler.But it’s something.What was better about 2021? For one thing, people finally emerged from their isolated pandemic cocoons and started connecting with others.Granted,…

Whole Foods shoppers balk at paying $9.95 delivery fee

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More On: whole foods market Amazon-backed group pushes for ethical — but pricier — chicken Whole Foods’ John Mackey to step down as CEO Amazon launching Whole Foods without cashiers in 2022 Turkeys bound for Whole Foods, Publix beaten at ‘humane’ farms, PETA says Whole Foods customers have voted with their wallets when it comes…

Effects of climate change taking root in the wine industry

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What are the signs of global warming? Glaciers are melting at an increasingly rapid pace.Persistent droughts are spreading.Well, we have another to tell you about – wine, as in what you probably cracked open for Christmas dinner. Farmers who grow the grapes have seen the effects of climate change in the soil, in the roots…

Liberals should resolve to be more tolerant in 2022

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More On: polls GOP holds double-digit lead among independent voters ahead of 2022 midterms: poll Most voters say Democrats have done less with power than expected: poll Biden admin insists Americans are better off now than when Trump left How low can he go? Yet another poll shows Biden approval rating hitting new bottom New…

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