Rumble, the self-styled “free expression” video streaming service, just acquired podcasting startup Callin, and plans to turn it into a content management toolkit for Rumble's creators, CEO Chris Pavlovski tells Axios.
Why it matters: Rumble is betting that it can do what no other alternative social media company has been able to do so far — build a sustainable business.
Is my money safe? That question — and the search for places where the answer is "yes" — undergirds the entire global financial system. Right now, we're in an extremely unusual situation, one where some assets are even safer than U.S. Treasury securities.
Why it matters: Money, as we use and store it today, is almost always some kind of debt — and "safe" money is anything backed by the U.S. government.
America has declared:Now is a terrible time to buy a house. That implies stronger-than-ever demand for rental property, especially single-family homes.
Why it matters: Housing is still segregated across much of America, with the most expensive neighborhoods almost entirely owner-occupied and less desirable locales containing most of the rental properties. In some parts of the country, however, that's changing.
Bankers are better behaved when they work from home and engage in an astonishing amount of financial misconduct when they work from the office. That's the message from a new paper examining misconduct reports at a top-5 UK bank.
By the numbers: The researchers looked at misconduct reports filed on 162 traders working during lockdown, between March 2020 and March 2021.
There is no hotter ticket in Boston this weekend than for Taylor Swift's three shows at Gillette Stadium, as part of her first U.S. tour in five years.
Why it matters: Resale prices on sites like StubHub begin at $1,000 for nosebleed seats, with some closer views topping $8,000 per ticket (plus fees). Swift herself could have limited the price gouging, but didn't.
