China’s plan to expand its anti-sanctions law into Hong Kong is a fresh compliance headache for international banks already caught up in deteriorating relations between Beijing and major western powers, analysts and…
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Beijing scrambled to calm investors after a crackdown on some of China’s biggest firms rattled markets with regulators calling bankers in for a last-minute call Wednesday night, Bloomberg reported. The call hosted…
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Kuala Lumpur(AFP): Malaysian police hit on a novel way to dispose of more than 1,000 bitcoin-mining machines seized in raids — they crushed the devices using a steamroller. Authorities on Borneo island…
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Spain: The news of Cows’ death from starvation is doing rounds on social media. At the end of December, about 1,800 cattle sailed from Spain to Turkey aboard a ship called the…
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The IMF is bullish on the US economic recovery, predicting growth will hit 7 percent this year — much stronger than previously forecast and “the fastest pace in a generation,” the Fund…
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Lawyers for the Trump Organization were making a last-ditch effort on Monday to ward off what appeared to be an impeding criminal indictment of the ex-president’s company, according to US media. A…
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US airlines are scrambling to ramp back up to meet soaring travel demand that has transformed America’s airports from cavernous to crowded almost overnight. The surge in pent-up demand is exposing immediate…
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UAE(AFP): Aviation giant Emirates said Sunday it will resume flights from India from next week after Dubai lifted a ban imposed when coronavirus cases spiked. The United Arab Emirates, which includes Dubai,…
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OPEC(AFP): Oil demand is set to rise above pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year, the IEA said Friday, but producers have sufficient capacity rise to the challenge. In its first…
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Thousands of people have descended on Miami for a massive two-day bitcoin conference that opened Friday — a sign that the US city, in the midst of a tech boom, is hoping…
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