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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin We are now officially in the second week of Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty Sale . The popular bi-annual savings event gives shoppers the opportunity to save 50% on rarely discounted bestsellers from top brands like Tarte, Fenty Beauty and Too Faced. New deals are dropping every day, and we’re keeping an eye on the calendar to narrow down the best discounts throughout the rest of the three-week-long sale. Each day until April 1, Ulta will be releasing new 24-hour discounts on a selection of skincare and makeup products. And once they’re gone, you’re unlikely to see these 50% markdowns again until the next 21 Days of Beauty event in the fall. With that in mind, we recommend checking out all the remaining deals in advance and setting reminders for any you don’t want to miss. Here, we’ve listed some of the best markdowns from the remainder of Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty. Ulta 21 Days Of Beauty Deals: Thursday, March 23 … [Read more...] about Ulta’s 21 Days Of Beauty Sale Is Still Going Strong—Here Are The Best Deals

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Michael Saylor’s new job looks a lot like his old job: adding bitcoin to the balance sheet of his business-software company with religious fervor. “I'm a bitcoin maximalist, I happen to believe that bitcoin is an instrument of economic empowerment, it'll be beneficial to eight billion people,” Saylor told Forbes in an interview. “I also happen to believe that bitcoin is unique,” he continues, because of “the Immaculate Conception, decentralization, and its commodity status. All of these things make it the superior asset in the space.” The Immaculate Conception he means is the founding of bitcoin, as explained in a 2008 white paper by one or more people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Saylor stated that bitcoin is the only crypto asset which is truly decentralized and without an issuer. He backs bitcoin as a corporate investment in part because he believes there is regulatory agreement among U.S. regulators that bitcoin … [Read more...] about Bitcoin ‘Maximalist’ Saylor Makes Crypto His Only Job

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin MicroStrategy MSTR , the business-software company that has a thing for bitcoin still loves the cryptocurrency even though it sold some for tax purposes last month, employing a tactic that could help other long-term fans ease the pain from the asset’s months-long slide. As part of a flurry of late-year transactions, MicroStrategy sold about 704 bitcoins at an average price of $16,776 on December 22, the first time the company had divested any holdings of the leading cryptocurrency. But that followed purchases of about 2,395 tokens for about $17,871 each from November 1-December 21. The company said in an SEC filing that it planned to use losses generated by the sale to diminish previous capital gains, which could result in tax benefits. It also said it turned around and bought 810 bitcoins on December 22 at about $16,485 each, meaning MicroStrategy had a net increase of about 2,501 in its bitcoin hoard since the … [Read more...] about MicroStrategy Sticks With Long-Term Bitcoin Strategy But Uses Short-Term Sale For Tax Benefit

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin You can understand a lot about this year’s stock market by looking at the winners and losers among the nation’s biggest stocks. Among the 167 stocks with a market value of $100 billion or more, the best performers this year are: · Nvidia (NVDA), up 83%. · Meta Platforms (META), up 71%. · Tesla (TSLA), up 55%. The worst performers are: · Pfizer PFE , down 21% · Bank of America BAC , down 19%. · ConocoPhillips COP , down 16%. Underdogs As if often the case, I’m more partial to the losers. Let’s start with Bank of America. Spurred by the failure of Signature Bank and Silicon Value Bank, bank stocks have fallen hard. Bank of America stock now sells for less than nine times earnings. Its average multiple in the past decade has been 14. That sounds like a chance to buy a good company on bad news, which I love to do. But banks are suffering because short-term rates have risen above … [Read more...] about Winners And Losers Reveal The Market’s Flavor This Year: Nvidia Is Up, Pfizer Is Down

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Today in Geneva, concurrent with the Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023 exhibition, Jacob & Co. unveiled its $20 million Billionaire Timeless Treasure Yellow Diamond watch that is a complex tourbillon timepiece totally ensconced in 425 Asscher-Cut Fancy Yellow and Intense Yellow diamonds. The feat of simply collecting and cutting all of the highest color and quality of matching diamonds alone was three-and-a-half years. This is not the first Billionaire watch the brand has built. In fact, in 2015 it released its first Billionaire watch bedecked with 260 carats of white diamonds. Three years later, in 2018, F loyd Mayweather bought a Billionaire watch (only 21 have been made since 2015, with all of them selling except for one) for $18 million. The brand then unveiled, also in 2018, its $ 6 million yellow diamond Millionaire watch with 127 carats of intense yellow diamonds. But that wasn’t enough for this … [Read more...] about Jacob & Co. Unveils $20 Million Billionaire Timeless Treasure Yellow Diamond Watch

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Of all the voices calling for Major League Soccer to stop through FIFA international match windows, Thiago Almada’s agent is unlikely to be one of them. Almada’s value as arguably the most certain European-bound current MLS star has been in plain sight through his opening four games of the 2023 Regular season. The 21-year-old Argentine ( who is already a World Cup winner ) merely scored four goals and assisted four more to start the new campaign, helping his team earn 10 points from 12 in the process. But any lingering doubts of his value to his current club were truly erased by the misery his side endured on Saturday night in their first game of the year without him. With Almada one of several Atlanta players away on international duty, a team that entered having won back-to-back games by a combined seven-goal margin was on the other side of a 6-1 hiding to a Columbus Crew team also missing key internationals. And … [Read more...] about Atlanta United’s Thiago Almada May Have Boosted His Transfer Value Saturday … Without Playing

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin One in four high school seniors ruled out prospective colleges because of the politics, policies or legal situations in the states where the colleges were located. That’s one of the main findings from a a new survey released by the Art & Science Group, a higher-education consulting firm. The survey, conducted in February, was based on responses from 1,865 high school seniors, 778 of whom said they were planning to attend college. The sample was 62% female, 62% white, and came from families with an average annual income of $93,000. The pattern of ruling out colleges based on the predominant political and social policies of the states where they were located was true for students of all political leanings. Among those identifying as liberal, 31% rejected institutions for such reasons, compared to 28% of those leaning conservative, and 22% of those saying they were political moderates. Not surprisingly, among students … [Read more...] about One In Four High School Seniors Rule Out Colleges Based On State Politics And Policies

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Two Irish whiskeys won Gold Outstanding medals, and ten won Gold medals at the 2023 International Wines and Spirits Competition (IWSC). The awards highlighted the profusion of new entries into the Irish whiskey category. They also underscored the continuing dominance of Ireland’s largest distiller, Irish Distillers, particularly its leading Irish pot still whiskey, Redbreast. The IWSC is an annual wine and spirits competition. Founded in 1969 by Anton Massel, it has grown to become one of the largest such competitions in the world. Spirits are evaluated on a 100-point scale, and awards are given out for Gold Outstanding (98-100 points), Gold (95-97 points), Silver (90-94 points), and Bronze (85-89 points). The 2023 competition featured approximately 4,000 entries. Ninety-nine entries took home Gold Outstanding medals. In addition to the 24 Gold Outstanding medals awarded to Scotch whisky, four Gold Outstanding medals were … [Read more...] about The World’s Best Irish Whiskey 2023 International Wines & Spirits Competition

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin If you are single and feeling kind of alone before Valentine’s Day, this may make you go, “Oh, Pew.” Results from a Pew Research Center survey of 6,034 U.S. adults conducted from July 5 t0 17, 2022, show that you are definitely not alone. That survey found 30% of the U.S. adults surveyed to be single, which was defined as not being married, not living with a partner, and not being in a committed romantic relationship. This percentage was higher (47%) among adults under 30 years of age, lower (21%) among the 30- to 49-year-olds, and at 30% for those 50 years and older. Not to single out men, but if you are male, single, and under 50 years of age, you may be in even greater company compared to women, at least in terms of numbers. Among those 18 to 29 years of age, 63% of men versus 34% of women considered themselves single. This dropped to 25% of men and 17% of women for those 30 to 49 years of age. Things flipped after the … [Read more...] about 57% Of Single Adults In U.S. Not Looking To Date, Survey Says

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Key Takeaways Silicon Valley Bank Gets A Savior Banking Crisis Ripple Effects Being Felt S&P 500 Aiming For A Close Over 4,000 Stocks closed out last week with solid gains. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite added 1.5%. The banking sector, which remain under pressure, stabilized a bit, with the S&P Regional Banking ETF ending the week relatively unchanged, but looking higher in premarket. Early Monday morning, First Citizen Bancshares agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank. That news, along with a report by Bloomberg that U.S. regulators are considering expanding the emergency lending program I mentioned in my column last week, is giving some much needed stability to the banking sector. Shares of First Republic Bank FRC , which have been under significant pressure of late, are up 27% in premarket. Meantime, Caterpillar is down about 1% in premarket. The stock was downgraded by an … [Read more...] about Banks Bouncing Back