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GIG HARBOR, Wash., April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPST) (the “Company” or “IP Strategy”), the first company to adopt a treasury reserve policy centered on the $IP token, today announced the appointment of Brian C. Jun to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.Mr. Jun brings deep expertise in digital assets, blockchain taxation, and international tax structuring, with more than 15 years of experience advising leading companies, financial institutions, and Web3 organizations. He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Gurufin Inc., an institutional-grade stablecoin platform focused on cross-border payments and foreign exchange. In this…

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The Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has prepared a draft bill namely ‘The Registration Bill 2025’ (“Draft Bill”) with the aim of updating India’s document registration framework to align it with a modern, online, paperless and citizen centric registration system. Once enacted, the Bill shall replace the Registration Act, 1908, a pre-Constitution law that has governed the registration of documents relating to immovable property and other transactions for over a century.With registered documents now playing a central role in financial transactions, administrative processes, and legal adjudication, and with technology increasingly shaping governance, the Draft…

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HSBC UK has announced widespread mortgage rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let (BTL) product ranges, effective from Friday 17th April. The changes apply to first-time buyer (FTB), home mover and remortgage products, with 2- and 5-year fixed rates reduced across multiple loan-to-value (LTV) tiers, ranging from 60% to 95%. Reductions cover Fee Saver, Standard, High Value and Premier Exclusive products, as well as deals for energy-efficient homes with EPC ratings of A and B. The cuts extend across both standard residential and cashback remortgage options. In its buy-to-let (BTL) range, HSBC has reduced rates on both purchase and remortgage…

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Maxim Boldson HARDWARE April 16 2026 Views: 1 Our editorial team conducted benchmarks of old video cards. in the PC version of the action game PRAGMATA from Capcom. Benchmark results at 1080p showed the advantage of AMD graphics accelerators over their competitors’ solutions. The developers adapted their project to previous generations of the red camp’s architecture, which resulted in a noticeable frame rate advantage. The Radeon RX 5700 XT led the previous-generation performance, achieving an average frame rate of 67 frames per second. Meanwhile, the former flagship GeForce GTX 1080 Ti managed only 52 frames per second. The base RX…

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Hedge funds are turning more negative on the US dollar, with investors building short positions as expectations grow that a potential extension of a US Iran ceasefire could reduce safe-haven demand, according to Bloomberg. A Morgan Stanley model shows investors added to short-dollar positions through 10 April, while Goldman Sachs data points to positioning shifting from strongly bullish to closer to neutral. Derivatives markets echo the move. Bloomberg dollar index risk reversals have eased to late-February levels, and euro-dollar options activity now leans toward euro strength, with rising demand for call options and related block trades. The dollar rose 2.4%…

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Foundation has launched limited-edition residential remortgage products and cut rates across its mortgage range. The lender has introduced F1 residential deals for remortgaging borrowers who fall just outside mainstream criteria or require a more flexible underwriting approach up to 65% loan to value (LTV), available on both a two- and five-year fixed rate basis. The two-year fix is priced at 6.09%, while the five-year is 6.24%. Both products come with a £595 fee, a free standard valuation and no application fee. Alongside the launch, Foundation has made selected rate reductions across its wider residential range of 20 basis points…

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Gartner (NYSE:IT) plans to host its Finance Symposium/Xpo 2026, centered on the impact of AI in finance. The event will feature sessions on AI roadmaps for finance, the evolution of finance roles, and live technology demonstrations. Finance leaders and solution providers are expected to attend to discuss how AI may reshape core finance processes and decision making. For investors watching NYSE:IT, the event underscores how Gartner positions itself at the intersection of technology and corporate finance decision making. Its focus on AI in areas like planning, reporting, and risk highlights themes that many finance teams are already assessing as software…

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We are two-thirds through the current quarter, and while there are signs it is far stronger than the March quarter, we’re still looking in the rear-view mirror this week. By that, I mean we’ve gotten our second snapshot of how dismal the level of growth was in the first quarter of the year. Remember, economists originally forecasted it would come in near +1.3%, and the initial reading at 0.1% was just above no growth. On May 29, we received our “second look,” which supposedly gives us a clearer picture of the quarter’s economic activity. It came as no surprise…

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