President-elect Donald Trump launched a memecoin on Friday that quickly topped a $10 billion market cap after nearly just an hour. A tweet from his Truth Social account and his verified X account announced $TRUMP just before 10 PM EST. A little more than an hour later, it was trading with a market cap above

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Key Takeaways Employers are increasingly adopting provisions from SECURE 2.0, a federal retirement law passed in 2022, a recent survey found. One of the most popular rules that employers have incorporated is self-certification for 401(k) hardship withdrawals, which makes it easier for people to access their money in emergencies. The law allows matching contributions on

Wyoming and Massachusetts have joined the expanding number of U.S. states that may soon vote on establishing Bitcoin reserves, with representatives from both states submitting draft legislation supporting the initiative on Friday.  In Wyoming, a group of five Republican legislators submitted a bill that would permit the state treasurer to invest public funds in Bitcoin

Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York. As a journalist, he has covered every futures market traded

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Seoul, South Korea Reuters  —  Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building early on Sunday after his detention was extended, smashing windows and breaking inside, an attack the country’s acting leader called “unimaginable.” Yoon on Wednesday became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested as

January 18, 2025 / 10:33 AM EST / AP At least 30 people have been injured, some seriously, in a chairlift accident at the Spanish Astún ski resort, in the Pyrenees mountain range, emergency services and local media reported Saturday. Nine of the injured are in very serious condition, while another eight are moderately injured