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B. Riley analyst Nick Giles lowered the firm’s price target on Peabody Energy (BTU) to $19 from $27 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm cut estimates for the met coal names ahead of the Q1 results. On average, its Q1estimates moved lower by 29%.

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A new cybersecurity threat is targeting one of America’s most critical lifelines: Social Security. According to Georgia State University professor David Maimon, scammers are selling full access to stolen Social Security accounts on the dark web, putting benefit checks at risk for millions of Americans.

How the Scam Works

Scammers gain access to Social Security accounts by stealing login credentials—often through phishing attacks—and then selling access online.

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Professor Andrew Urquhart is Professor of Finance and Financial Technology and Head of the Department of Finance at Birmingham Business School (BBS).

This is the fifth instalment of the Professor Coin column, in which I bring important insights from published academic literature on cryptocurrencies to the Decrypt readership.

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Iran and the United States begin high-stakes talks to reach a new nuclear deal today.

This comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s threat of military strikes if Iran fails to agree to a pact — and Tehran’s warning that any attack would drag the US into a broader Middle Eastern conflict.

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Following President Donald Trump’s announcement of global tariffs during his April 2 “Liberation Day” speech, stock markets around the world plunged sharply. The S&P 500 suffered its most significant one-day drop since the COVID-19 pandemic,

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