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TPHS

Trinity Place Holdings (TPHS) has announced a forbearance agreement effective from September 1, with the forbearance period ending on the earliest of November 15, 2023.

Portfolio Pulse from Charles Gross

September 07, 2023 | 10:16 am

SPRC

SciSparc Ltd. (NASDAQ:SPRC), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, has been granted a 180-day extension by Nasdaq to regain compliance with the minimum bid price rule. The company now has until March 4, 2024, to meet this requirement.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

September 07, 2023 | 10:09 am

BDSX

Biodesix has announced that two abstracts will be presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2023 World Lung Conference. The first presentation will showcase a new analysis of the INSIGHT study, demonstrating the ability of the VeriStrat host immune classifier to predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitor regimens in patients with advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

September 07, 2023 | 10:05 am

BTBT

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed FTX, now has improved access to a laptop and internet, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The DOJ has responded to a judge’s order for a report on the conditions faced by Bankman-Fried at the Manhattan Detention Center in Brooklyn. The DOJ’s statement comes after Bankman-Fried’s defense team argued that their client needed to be released from jail to work on his defense.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Neuro

September 07, 2023 | 9:44 am

EWU

The Bank of England has increased its mortgage rate from 7.60% to 7.85% on August 7.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

September 07, 2023 | 9:03 am

VGK

The Eurozone's preliminary Gross Domestic Product (GDP) year-on-year growth rate is reported at 0.5%, lower than the estimated 0.6% and the prior rate of 1.1%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

September 07, 2023 | 9:02 am

VGK

The Eurozone's preliminary Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Q2 has come in at 0.1%, lower than the estimated 0.3% and the prior figure of 0.0%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

September 07, 2023 | 9:01 am

AAPL

META

The UK government is holding firm on the Online Safety Bill, which requires messaging platforms to provide access to users' encrypted messages in case of suspicions of child abuse content. Tech companies, including Meta Platforms Inc.'s WhatsApp and Apple Inc.'s iMessage, have expressed concerns over user privacy. If the bill becomes law, Apple has threatened to withdraw iMessage and FaceTime from the UK market.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Neuro

September 07, 2023 | 6:52 am

BTCUSD

Charles James Randol, owner of Digital Coin Strategies LLC, has pleaded guilty to aiding in money laundering activities, according to the United States Department of Justice. Randol admitted to enabling scammers and drug traffickers to launder millions of dollars through his cryptocurrency-cash exchange company. He pleaded guilty to a single-count charge of failing to maintain an effective Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program, which could lead to a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Neuro

September 07, 2023 | 6:27 am

AAPL

FXI

China is planning to expand a ban on the use of iPhones in sensitive departments to government-backed agencies and state companies. This could pose significant challenges for Apple Inc. in its biggest foreign market and global production base. Several agencies have already begun instructing staff not to bring their iPhones to work.

Portfolio Pulse from Happy Mohamed

September 07, 2023 | 4:51 am