Beneficient Reports to Kansas Legislative Committee on Its Positive Developments and the Digital Transformation of the Alternative Asset Industry

DALLAS, Nov. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beneficient (NASDAQ: BENF) (Ben or the Company), whose subsidiary Beneficient Fiduciary Financial, L.L.C., is a Technology-Enabled Fiduciary Financial Institution (TEFFI) today provided an update to the State of Kansas Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight about its business operations, the digital innovation occurring in the alternative asset … Read more

Bitcoin investor MicroStrategy tumbles 16% after short report

Shares in MicroStrategy, the bitcoin-backing company, tumbled 16.2 per cent after a well-known short seller said it had become “completely detached” from “bitcoin fundamentals”. MicroStrategy has soared more than 500 per cent this year on its approach of buying bitcoin and selling new shares to buy yet more.  Citron Research on Thursday praised founder Michael Saylor for … Read more

Is your corporate board ready for AI?

There’s a growing disparity in organizations with boardrooms that are well versed in generative artificial intelligence and those that need to play catchup, warns Florian Rotar, chief AI officer at Avanade.  “I’m a little bit worried that we’ll see this building divergence, and some will be left behind,” says Rotar, during a virtual conversation hosted … Read more

BancFirst director Martin Scott sells $3.07 million in shares By Investing.com

In a recent transaction filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Martin William Scott, a director at BancFirst Corp (NASDAQ:), sold 24,607 shares of the company’s common stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.6995, resulting in a total transaction value of approximately $3.07 million. Following this sale, Scott holds 224,499 shares … Read more

Battery start-up Northvolt files for bankruptcy protection in US

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Northvolt is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after Europe’s best-funded start-up and main hope for countering Asian dominance in electric vehicle batteries failed to agree a last-minute rescue package with investors. The Swedish group said … Read more

How to watch, stream NFL Thursday Night Football Week 12 games live online free without cable: NBC, Amazon

The Pittsburgh Steelers are firmly in charge of the AFC North this season. The Cleveland Browns are firmly in the basement. That means tonight’s matchup of the division rivals is either going to be a shocker or a massacre. The smart money is on massacre. The Steeler are 8-2, while the Browns are just 2-8. … Read more