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World Series of Poker Champ Wins $10 Million – Here’s His Crazy Tax Bill

Hossein Ensan survived a field of 8,569 expert gamblers to sweep poker’s most prestigious event, the World Series of Poker. The Iranian-born German earned the highly-coveted WSOP bracelet and a cool $10 million. But don’t for a second think he’ll be keeping all of it. Uncle Sam will want his share. Or is that Uncle […]

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Wall Street Screams ‘Buy the Dip’ Ahead of Netflix Earnings

The earnings parade has begun, and so far the stock market is showing just a few jitters. All eyes are on the FANG stocks, including content streaming behemoth Netflix, which will be reporting second-quarter earnings later today. The stock has already ballooned by more than one-third year-to-date, but given the bullish performance of other growth […]

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Breakthrough searches for signs of alien life in ultra-fast light pulses

Internet investor Yuri Milner's search for extraterrestrial life now includes a hunt for, effectively, interstellar Morse code. Breakthrough Listen is teaming with the partners behind VERITAS (the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array Sys… Source: engadget

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McDonald's, Nestlé and Virgin Media Join Blockchain in Advertising Pilot

McDonald’s, Nestlé and Virgin Media joined a blockchain pilot seeking to increase transparency in advertising online Source: https://cointelegraph.com/rss

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Facebook Hawks Libra as Western Union 2.0 Amid Capitol Hill Slugfest

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has been on a crusade against Facebook’s entry into cryptocurrency via the Libra project. Her rampage continued on Wednesday during a second day of congressional hearings devoted to Libra. You can watch the hearing below: “Keep Big Tech Out of Finance Act” Looms Large as House Scrutinizes Libra […]