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More US finance giants tiptoe into cryptoassets
Jun 13, 2021
NEW YORK — Investing in Bitcoin and other digital currencies remains a risky game where the rules could change significantly, but the payoff could be big. In response to this dilemma, several leading US financial heavyweights are staying on the sidelines, while an increasing number are proceeding cautiously into the growing world of cryptoasse ...
Pakistan announces $54b budget
Jun 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan announced a budget on Friday of 8.4 trillion rupees ($54 billion ...
ECB says 'too early' to remove support despite rebound
Jun 10, 2021
FRANKFURT — European Central Bank (ECB) chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday said it w ...
Thousands strike in Greece over labour reform
Jun 10, 2021
ATHENS — Thousands of demonstrators marched in Greece on Thursday as a 24-hour nationwide strike against a new labour reform shut down trans ...
London's cabbies hope to fare better after COVID
Jun 09, 2021
LONDON — Barry Ivens, who has been driving London's iconic black taxi cabs for a quarter of a century, has never experienced anything like t ...
Pandemic pushes poor US students into working odd jobs
Jun 08, 2021
ARLINGTON, United States — When his father lost his job last year, Togi, then 16, wasted little time before looking for work to support his ...
France fines Google 220m euros over online ad dominance
Jun 07, 2021
PARIS — France's competition regulator on Monday fined Google 220 million euros ($267 million) after finding it had abused its dominant mark ...
Stocks rise after Yellen rate comments, G-7 tax plan
Jun 07, 2021
LONDON — Stock markets largely rose and the dollar fell on Monday after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen downplayed fears over the prospec ...
Miami, looking to be next crypto hotspot, hosts huge Bitcoin event
Jun 06, 2021
MIAMI — Thousands of people have descended on Miami for a massive two-day Bitcoin conference that opened on Friday — a sign that the US city ...
United Airlines unveils plan to revive supersonic jet travel
Jun 05, 2021
NEW YORK — United Airlines announced plans on Thursday to buy 15 aircraft from airline startup Boom Supersonic in a move that could revive t ...
Russia gathers thousands for economic forum despite pandemic
Jun 04, 2021
SAINT PETERSBURG — A flagship economic forum has returned to Saint Petersburg, with Russia aiming to signal it has moved beyond the coronavi ...
US private hiring surges, adding 978,000 positions in May — ADP
Jun 04, 2021
WASHINGTON — US private hiring surged in May, adding 978,000 positions, according to payroll services firm ADP, far more than expected.Most ...
Leaks account for half of major methane sources at largest US oilfield — study
Jun 04, 2021
WASHINGTON — Malfunctioning equipment accounts for about half of the biggest sources of potent greenhouse gas methane emissions at the Unite ...

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