COVINGTON, La. – Pool (NASDAQ:) Corporation (NASDAQ:POOL), the world’s largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products, reported first-quarter earnings that slightly missed analyst expectations.The company announced a diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.85, which was $0.01 lower than the analyst estimate of $1.86. Revenue…

The clock has begun ticking for TikTok to find a new owner. President Joe Biden signed legislation Wednesday that would ban TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sells the app. TikTok plans to challenge the law in court, but if it fails, the company would have…

EUR/USD extends its recovery as mixed US data weighs on the US Dollar.  The US Dollar may also now already have “a lot priced in” according to analysts at Commerzbank.  The short-term trend could now be bullish on the 4-hour chart.  EUR/USD sherpa-treks higher on Thursday, with a foothold now above…

Within the ever-evolving world of finance and technology, the concept of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization has emerged as a game-changer for many. This is because it opens up new avenues for investment and democratizes access to markets — such as real estate, government bonds, commodities, royalties, luxury goods, energy assets,…

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In a Supreme Court hearing on the Biden administration’s challenge to aspects of Idaho’s strict abortion ban, US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar sought to appeal to conservative justices who just two years ago ruled that states should have the ability to prohibit the procedure. The dispute, stemming from the Justice Department’s marquee response to the high court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, turns on whether federal mandates for hospital emergency room care override abortion bans that do not exempt situations where a woman’s health is in danger but her life is not yet threatened. To prevail, the Biden…

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Clear is a service that lets people skip the security line at airports with nothing but a biometric scan and $189. Some California lawmakers want to make changes to it in the state, saying it separates travelers into haves and have-nots. California lawmakers voted 8-4 to move a bill out…