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What’s the best way to buy games? Physical or digital? According to Christina Seelye, CEO of Maximum Entertainment, the two are equally useful.Speaking with game developers at Gamescom, she explained that a retail version of a game can help generate attention, especially online: Brick-and-mortar stores like Amazon and GameStop go a long way, and that attention can then spread to digital stores like Steam and PlayStation Network.Seeley noted that Maximum itself has “repeated iterations… there’s no cannibalization going on.” She cited the physical collection of Five Nights at Freddy’s games as an example, arguing that this has helped drive digital…

US stocks (^GSPC, ^DJI, ^IXIC) rose after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested a rate cut was likely in September, spreading further optimism in the market.Brett Kenwell, US Investment Analyst at eToro, appears on Wealth! to provide insight into the broader market situation amid growing optimism over interest rate cuts.Kentucky believes Powell “delivered exactly what investors were hoping for.”Kenwell believes that while markets may be stable in the long term, some short-term difficulties are to be expected. “I think it’s natural for the stock market to go into a gradual pullback or lull, given how suddenly things have changed since…

More than half of the $5.2 billion in inflows into mutual funds went to bond funds, with every category except balanced funds posting positive net sales. (Photo: Gary Hirschhorn/Getty Images) (Gary Hirschhorn via Getty Images)Investors poured money into Canadian mutual funds in July at a pace not seen in more than two years, pushing mutual fund net assets to an unprecedented high, according to the latest data from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC).Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also saw positive net inflows last month, with net sales of $5 billion and net investments in equity funds of $2.4 billion.More than…

Mawlawi Badruddin Haqqani (left), Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), hands over a copy of his letter of credentials to Saif Abdullah Al Shamsi, Assistant Undersecretary for Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during a ceremony at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 21, 2024. — X/@MoFA_AfgDUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accepted the credentials of the ambassador to Afghanistan’s Taliban regime, officials said, becoming only the second country to do so after China.The oil-rich Gulf nation said it was committed to “building bridges” to support the Afghan people,…

Dubai, UAE – August 23, 2024 – Powerteam International, the world’s leading business development and personal success company, is pleased to announce its expansion into Dubai, UAE in 2025. This expansion marks an important milestone in Powerteam’s mission to empower entrepreneurs and business leaders around the world. To celebrate this expansion, Powerteam International will host its first ever Rainmaker Summit in Dubai. The summit will be led by Bill Walsh, a world-leading business strategist. The Rainmaker Summit will bring together the brightest minds in business, innovation and entrepreneurship for a transformative event that will shape the future of global business.Image:…

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said he expects the central bank to begin easing monetary policy by cutting interest rates by 25 basis points, and that he would be open to a larger cut if the labor market suddenly weakens.”Starting at 25 makes a lot of sense to me,” Harker told Yahoo Finance in an interview Friday at the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.He said he would consider a bigger rate cut if it became clear the labor market was in crisis, but added: “That’s not in our expectations at this point.”Patrick Harker,…

Alabama Prohibited — Abortion is banned under almost all circumstances. Arkansas Prohibited — Abortion is banned in almost all circumstances. Idaho Prohibited — Abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, and the Idaho Supreme Court is set to rule in 2023 that there is no constitutional right to abortion in the state. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling will allow emergency abortions, but lower courts will decide whether the state’s ban violates federal law that requires emergency treatment for all patients. Indiana Prohibited — Abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances. In 2023, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the state…

In a major shift in the podcast industry, YouTube has emerged as the leading platform for podcast consumption in the United States, overtaking longtime market leader Apple Podcasts and streaming giant Spotify, which now sits in second place according to a recent study, while former leader Apple Podcasts has lost market share and dropped to third place, marking a turning point in how Americans access and consume podcast content. Apple Podcasts loses market share to YouTube and Spotify According to the latest Podcast Download Report from Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights, YouTube now dominates the podcast market, with 31%…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – A local journalist from Columbia news station WACH FOX 57 has been arrested on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography, according to the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office.The attorney general’s office said Matt Vereen, who worked as a weekend news anchor and sports reporter, was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.The attorney general’s office said Matt Vereen, who worked as a weekend news anchor and sports reporter, was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.Vereen was indicted on two counts of sexual exploitation of a…

Federal agency charges the company failed to rehire former employee because she had previously filed an EEOC discrimination lawsuit CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Synergy Entertainment Group, Inc., a Texas corporation that operates several movie theaters and entertainment venues across the United States, violated federal law by engaging in unlawful retaliation against a former employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The lawsuit alleges that the former employee applied to re-apply for employment at Synergy in 2023, but was told by a vice president that she was ineligible for re-employment because she had filed a…