Cheddar hosts Kristen Scholer and Tim Stenovec break down the top headlines this Tuesday morning. From Bitcoin to Disney, Cheddar has you covered.
Fans of bitcoin, rejoice. The crypto-currency will soon have futures trading. The Chicago Board Options Exchange announcing on Monday that its planned bitcoin futures product will start trading on December 10th.
Plus, the live sports streaming wars are heating up once again. Facebook will reportedly spend "a few billion dollars" to acquire sports streaming rights.
And it seems like Disney is the frontrunner to buy 21st Century Fox's assets. According to Bloomberg, 21st Century Fox views Disney as a better fit, with fewer regulatory hurdles in the way of a deal. Disney, Comcast, Sony, and Verizon had all expressed interest to buy certain Fox properties.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
Climate change doesn’t just mean more extreme weather – it also leads to billions of dollars in lost productivity, tourism, and stresses infrastructure.
