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David Black was offered voluntary redundancy and decided to leave his old life on the buses to pursue his dream after becoming miserable during the Covid pandemicA former bus inspector spent his £10,000 redundancy cash on outfits and singing lessons so he could pursue his dream of becoming an Elvis impersonator. David Black, 52, became miserable during the Covid pandemic and when he was offered voluntary redundancy he decided to take it. But he had no plans of investing the money into stocks and shares, instead, he invested in himself – taking up singing lessons and buying an entire Elvis…

Brian Armstrong, co-founder and chief executive officer of Coinbase Inc.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCoinbase is cutting about a fifth of its workforce as it looks to preserve cash during the crypto market downturn.The exchange plans to cut 950 jobs, according to a blog post published Tuesday morning. Coinbase, which had roughly 4,700 employees as of the end of September, already slashed 18% of its workforce in June citing a need to manage costs and growing “too quickly” during the bull market.”With perfect hindsight, looking back, we should have done more,” CEO Brian Armstrong told CNBC in a…

Disclaimer: The Industry Talk section features insights by crypto industry players and is not a part of the editorial content of Cryptonews.com.Electric vehicle (EV) earners will soon, for the first time, have the opportunity to earn carbon credits every time they charge their car. That’s thanks to C+Charge, a new start-up that is building a crypto-based electric vehicle charging payments platform designed to democratize the carbon credit markets in favor of EV owners and improve the charging experience.C+Charge hopes that by rewarding EV owners with carbon credits when they charge, it can bring a new wave of EV buyers to…

Mr Nurul Hizam was quoted by local media as saying that the five people aboard were three Malaysians and two Indonesians.  When asked if pirates were involved, Mr Nurul Hizam said that authorities were looking at all angles including the possibility of bad weather. “We do not want to speculate,” he said, according to the New Straits Times, adding that the value of the metal pipes was RM726,205 (US$166,065).  He added that the Maritime Rescue Control Centre (MRCC) in Putrajaya has also sought help from Indonesia’s authorities to track the vessel. He said MRSC Johor Bahru also sent a NAVTEX…

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One of the unanswered questions that have swirled around the canceled Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals game from Week 17 of the NFL regular season is whether players were told they would have 5 minutes to warm up again after Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field.ESPN’s Joe Buck said on the broadcast players would have the allotted time to warm up again before Bills coach Sean McDermott and Bengals coach Zac Taylor brought their players back to the locker room. NFL Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent since denied players were given 5 minutes to warm up…

Premier Daniel Andrews has signalled the potential end of Victoria’s myki transport card, replacing the ticketing system with either bank cards or smartphones.The myki card system – which allows Victorians to “tap on” to trams, buses and trains with a plastic card – contract is set to expire in November.The $100-million-a-year ticketing system has been criticised as lagging behind in technology, forcing commuters to buy a physical ticket instead of using bank cards or smartphones like other major cities.Mr Andrews admitted it may be time for an upgrade on Tuesday, in an effort to make the system as “convenient” as…

It is put up or shut up time for Shaquille O’Neal.The Basketball Hall of Famer made a bet on the college football national title game – if Georgia defeated TCU on Monday he would eat a horned frog. Unfortunately, TCU did not appear to be in the same league as the Bulldogs as Georgia walloped them on their way to a second straight national title. O’Neal made the wager last week on TNT’s basketball broadcast. He said the only caveat there would be is that it has to be a “cook fried frog.”The former Los Angeles Lakers superstar appeared to…

New York CNN  —  Investors are shifting their focus Tuesday from the stock market to Stockholm as they await a fairly rare public speaking appearance by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Powell is set to participate in a panel discussion on central bank independence at an event hosted by Sweden’s central bank, the Sveriges Riksbank. It will also be attended by Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and European Central Bank member Isabel Schnabel, among others. Powell will likely feel comparatively good on this global stage as US inflation rates (as measured by the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index) have…

At least 17 people have been killed in southeast Peru as protests seeking immediate elections resumed in neglected rural areas of the country still loyal to overthrown President Pedro Castillo. The clashes occurred in Juliaca near the banks of Lake Titicaca in the Puno region, and left 68 people injured, Henry Rebaza, a Puno health ministry official, told the state-run television channel TV Peru on Monday. Some of the bodies had bullet wounds, Puno’s regional health director, Ismael Cornejo, told local radio station RPP. It was the highest death toll since the unrest began in early December when Castillo was…