Flights cancelled, businesses shut in Hong Kong, Guangdong as Typhoon Saola nears

Financial payment giant Wise has unknowingly facilitated the withdrawal request from a sanctioned Russian individual.

As the Hollywood strikes continue, celebrities have been turning to video message platform Cameo as a way to make money. Over 2,500 celebrities have joined or reactivated their accounts since July 14th, according to Cameo. “A few months before the strike, we actually struck a first-of-its-kind partnership, where the earnings that talent make from Cameo for business, actually accrue to their pension and healthcare benefits,” Cameo CEO Steven Galanis tells Yahoo Finance Live. “This has been really huge for” talent “to be able to come back to the Cameo platform, engage with their fans, and, you know, earn a living,” Galanis says. “Cameo has really become like a public utility in Hollywood. We’re there in the good times, we’re there in the bad times, and, you know, it really is a platform that matters,” Galanis adds.

Ronaldinho, a retired professional football player, said before a Congressional hearing in Brazil that his image was used without authorization to market a purported cryptocurrency pyramid scheme in the country.

Tesla Inc. unveiled the first refresh of its popular Model 3 sedan with a sleeker look and longer range, but with a heftier-than-expected price tag in China where the EV maker coming under increased pressure from local rivals.

The regulator suing Qantas Airways Ltd. for allegedly selling seats on thousands of cancelled flights is seeking a record penalty of more than A$250 million ($162 million), making the lawsuit a test case for the watchdog’s hardened stance against breaches of consumer law.

England is gearing up for its fourth winter with Covid-19 by pulling forward its vaccination booster program by a month after the emergence of a new variant, dubbed Pirola. While little is known about this latest strain of a virus that is constantly mutating, the UK Health Security Agency decided to move its schedule forward preemptively to protect the most vulnerable from illness. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have already said they are keep

Japan’s largest brokerage may scale back hiring plans if investments fail to deliver adequate returns.

Despite his exchange bearing the brunt of the hostility towards crypto exchanges in recent months, Binance Australia's general manager Ben Rose says he’s hopeful that regulators will side in favor of crypto in the long term.

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. shares pared gains to end Thursday lower even after pop star Taylor Swift announced that her recent “Eras Tour” will screen in North American cinemas starting in October.

Japan’s businesses cut spending for the first time in five quarters in the face of global economic headwinds, an outcome that may prompt a downward revision to second-quarter economic growth data.

At the US Open, the young Wimbledon champion will make his case to succeed Federer, Nadal and Djokovic—and Serena—as the sport’s next big star.

Patricia Bullrich, Argentina’s probusiness opposition presidential candidate, pledged to restore the country’s ailing economy and stabilize its beleaguered currency as she tries to narrow the gap with frontrunner Javier Milei ahead of the October election.

Anguilla is expected to make millions this year from a surge in demand for web addresses ending with .ai, thanks to the frenzy around artificial intelligence.

Dell Technologies Inc. reported better-than-expected sales of personal computers and data center hardware, fueling hopes of a recovery in the market for corporate technology. The company also said demand for products that help businesses use artificial intelligence are a “long-term tailwind.”

Legacy Capital, one of Brazil’s largest independent hedge fund managers, is beefing up its foreign-exchange desk.

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China’s march to dominance looks to be stalling alongside its economy.

Vivek Ramaswamy's fiercest critic, Yale Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, has studied the presidential hopeful's debate strategies–and his business record.

The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has released a study of the cryptocurrency ATM sector highlighting its growth and its drawbacks.

Binance’s venture capital and incubator arm Binance Labs has announced ColLabs, an invite-only Web3 investment community for founders and investors

Legendary Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho said an alleged crypto scam used his name and likeness without his permission.

Worldcoin signed up 9,500 users in Argentina in a single day, through 38 different locations across the country.

Akash Network rolled out an upgrade to give users access to graphics processing unit chips on its decentralized compute marketplace.

Crypto wallet Argent and the Starknet Foundation are teaming up to launch a new venture studio, Hito Studios.

Custodied assets are reportedly insured by Ledger and Bakkt.

Binance plans to gradually reduce support for BUSD products by February 2024, according to an announcement from the crypto exchange today.

Swift conducted an experiment on blockchain interoperability using Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol.

The S&P 500 (SPX)  edged higher on Wednesday, closing above crucial support levels that could see the stock index revisit its ATH soon.

Despite its efforts towards profitability, buy now, pay later firm Klarna has revealed that it failed to record a half-year 2023 profit.

Lufthansa Group expressed its interest and plans about integrating Web3 technologies into its airline business earlier in 2023.

Bitcoin’s value growth depends on widespread adoption supported by real-world use cases to make businesses more efficient

The companies were the first to release AI chatbots for the mass market after the government’s new AI regulations came into place and local media reports say 11 other firms have also received approval.

Binance will stop support for its stablecoin Binance USD in February 2024, aligning with the token's issuer Paxos on its planned timeline to halt support for the token.

According to Binance, helmet designs that reflect Binance’s values and innovative ethos while engaging the motorsport community stand the greatest chance of winning the contest.

Key Nvidia Corp. partner Quanta Cloud Technology expects to double sales of its artificial intelligence servers in 2024 and demand to persist over the longer term as businesses weave AI into their operations and services.

British government adviser Karen Ward says employment remains too tight, which wouldn’t be the case if the UK was still in the EU.

The 2% inflation target that guides monetary policy in Japan is too rigid, said Mana Nakazora, a private-sector member of the influential Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.

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The U.S. crypto industry could be ready to pop off after the SEC has been hit with losses in court, says K&L Gates partner Jeremy McLaughlin.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shared his vision for the concepts of the future hoping developers will attend the firm’s Builder Summit to work on them.

United States presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is pleased at the U.S. court’s ruling between Grayscale and the SEC as he believes it’ll help keep Bitcoin and blockchain innovators from moving out of the U.S.

A spot Bitcoin ETF has a 75% chance of being approved by the end of 2023 and 95% by the end of 2024, according to ETF analysts from Bloomberg Intelligence.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has named former BBC and New York Times executive Mark Thompson as its CEO. It comes at a time of great change for the media industry. Traditional media companies like Disney (DIS), Paramount (PARA), and Warner Bros. Discovery are seeing their cable businesses decline while they are investing a lot of money in their streaming businesses. Activate CEO Michael Wolf says all of these companies are trying to position themselves for the "direct-to-consumer" future and, as a result, they will increase their spending on content. Several of the big streamers have started raising prices. Wolf says thinks that, in the future, viewers are going to "churn in and out among these services, price might not be the reason that determines it. It's just more about the availability of programming on those networks and streaming services," Wolf tells Yahoo Finance Live. When it comes to the Hollywood strikes, Wolf calls the timing of the strikes "inopportune," saying the "profit pools for programming production are drying up" and that the "revenue streams for these shows aren't necessarily settled."

Executives discuss potential AI regulations at Google Cloud Next, highlighting the need to balance AI development and regulatory oversight.

FTX previously said that no sensitive data were breached as a result of the incident.

Nearly 76% of individuals surveyed said they invested in crypto based on advice from friends.

Both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have garnered their share of staunch supporters and vocal critics. But economically, which president has done better for America? Podcaster Joe Rogan believes the answer is clear: Trump. "It looked like [Trump's] policies were actually effective, and it looked like unemployment was down, business was building, regulations were being relaxed, more things were getting done," Rogan said during a recent episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience"

All Hands and Hearts, a disaster relief organization raising funds to assist in Maui, reported more than $68,000 in crypto and fiat through the Giving Block.

On Wednesday, August 30, global equities market edged up with data suggesting that the US inflation pressures were moderating.