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Binance halts trading in US dollars
New York Times, Published on 09/06/2023
» NEW YORK: The American branch of Binance, the giant cryptocurrency exchange, said late Thursday that it would no longer allow customers to trade on its platform using United States dollars, after its banking partners cut the firm off in response to a crackdown by federal regulators.
EU agrees on new sanctions against Russia
New York Times, Published on 17/12/2022
» BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) on Friday approved a new round of sanctions against Russia, including banning drone exports to the country, as the bloc strives to maintain a united front and keep up financial pressure on Moscow over the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
Food export bans in Asia prompt fears of more protectionism
New York Times, Published on 11/06/2022
» As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helped push global agricultural prices to soaring heights, some Asian governments restricted the export of products they viewed as essential to domestic food security.
Millions more invested in lab-grown foie gras
New York Times, Published on 21/07/2021
» Can foie gras grown in a lab taste just as decadent and creamy as that made from farm-raised ducks or geese?
As 737 Max crisis festers, Boeing fires its leader
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2019
» NEW YORK: Boeing said on Monday that it had fired its chief executive, Dennis A. Muilenburg, who was unable to stabilise the company after two crashes involving its best-selling 737 Max plane killed 346 people and set off the worst crisis in the manufacturing giant’s 103-year history.
Johnson & Johnson told to pay $4.7bn in powder case
New York Times, Published on 13/07/2018
» NEW YORK: Johnson & Johnson was ordered Thursday to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women and their families who had claimed that asbestos in the company’s talcum powder products caused them to develop ovarian cancer.
Apple’s $1-trillion milestone reflects rise of megacompanies
New York Times, Published on 03/08/2018
» US Steel. General Motors. AT&T. Exxon Mobil.
Death knell for the brick-and-mortar stores? Not yet
Business, New York Times, Published on 25/11/2017
» On a quiet strip of Rue de Marignan, just down the block from the Paris power-lunch spot L'Avenue, Alex Bolen, the chief executive of Oscar de la Renta, was standing outside No. 4, where the brand is to open a store next May.
Coming home to a shipping container
Business, New York Times, Published on 07/10/2017
» Tim Steele stood outside a pair of orange shipping containers on a hillside about two hours northwest of New York. The large metal cargo door swung wide to reveal a small mudroom inside the corrugated walls, and beyond that an expansive living room, kitchen and small bathroom. Several tall windows looked out on the Catskill Mountains, a vista that stretched for miles.
One surprise standout for Uber: Food delivery
Business, New York Times, Published on 26/09/2017
» SAN FRANCISCO: For years, Bob Gordon, the owner of Footprints Cafe in Brooklyn, handled the delivery of his restaurant's meals, like his Caribbean-inspired "Rasta Pasta," to customers. So when he decided to work for the first time with an outside delivery service -- UberEats, the delivery arm of the ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc -- he was nervous.