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Facebook currency plan under scrutiny in Congress
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: Facebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve.
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Michael Kors ups the glamour, buys Versace for $2bn
Associated Press, Published on 25/09/2018
» NEW YORK: Michael Kors is buying the Italian fashion house Versace in a deal worth more than $2 billion (€1.83 billion), continuing its hard charge into the world of high-end fashion.
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Dow, S&P 500 at record highs
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2018
» Wall Street delivered another set of milestones Thursday as a wave of buying sent US stocks solidly higher, driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the all-time high it closed at in January.
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Global markets stabilise as Turkey jitters ease
Associated Press, Published on 14/08/2018
» BEIJING: Most global stock markets steadied Tuesday as worries subsided over Turkey's currency crisis and its potential impact on other countries.
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Asian shares fall after Wall Street plunge
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» BEIJING: China's stock market benchmark plunged 5.5% on Friday and other Asian markets were off sharply after the Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off.
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New Bitcoin-based security bounces in trading debut on CME
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2017
» NEW YORK: A new security based on the price of the digital currency bitcoin is trading lower after its debut on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a week after another such security launched on a rival exchange.
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Meredith buying Time Inc for $1.8bn
Associated Press, Published on 27/11/2017
» NEW YORK: Meredith Corp announced Sunday that it is buying Time Inc for about $1.8 billion, a deal CEO Stephen Lacy called "a transformative and financially compelling growth opportunity" that joins two giant magazine companies.
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City replaces parking meters with electronic kiosks
Business, Associated Press, Published on 31/10/2017
» OKLAHOMA CITY: The city where parking meters were born more than eight decades ago is phasing out the last of the coin-gobbling contraptions that reshaped America's downtowns in favour of computerised models seen in many other places.
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Hong Kong stock trading floor set to close
Associated Press, Published on 20/10/2017
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's last remaining stock market floor traders are taking their final orders as the exchange prepares to shut its trading hall, joining other world exchanges in going fully automated.
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US pickup truck buyers demanding more luxury
Business, Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» DETROIT: Heated and cooled seats. Backup cameras. Panoramic glass roofs.
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