Month: September 2021

After a period of rapid expansion, the Latin American banking sector has experienced slower growth in recent years because of political upheaval and plummeting commodity prices. While the future looks uncertain, major banks are hoping they can return to the double-digit annual growth they saw a decade ago. As of April 30, 2021, the largest
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Europe’s food industry is braced for disruption after a second fertiliser group closed plants, as the impact of the region’s gas shortage threatens to ripple through the supply chain. Norway’s Yara International said on Friday it would curb production at several facilities in the EU and UK, adding to the shuttering this week of two
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Australia has rejected Chinese and French criticism of Canberra’s decision to sign a defence pact with the US and UK to build nuclear-powered submarines, saying the “incredible uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific” made the deal a necessity. Peter Dutton, Australia’s defence minister, said the country would not be deterred from deepening its alliance with its western
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AMC Entertainment (AMC) will start accepting cryptocurrency as payments before the end of the year. Reuters reported that the theater chain will accept Ether, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Bitcoin as payment for ticket purchases. AMC shares fell 1.71% to close at $46.04 on September 16. AMC Entertainment is a theatrical exhibition company that owns and
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The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, says cryptos are not currencies, adding that they are “highly speculative, suspicious occasionally, and high intensity in terms of energy consumption.” She also discussed the need for stablecoin regulation and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Lagarde: ‘Cryptos Are Not Currencies. Full Stop’ ECB President Christine
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Recent Proposal The House Democrats are proposing a $3.5 trillion spending plan. To support that package the Democrats have proposed tax increases to fund a large portion of that plan. The House Ways and Means Committee just issued statutory language for the tax increase proposal. While the tax legislative process will no doubt evolve with
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Wall Street fell on Thursday after getting a fleeting boost from a stronger-than-expected report on retail sales that suggested consumer spending held up despite concerns over the Delta variant. John Lynch, Comerica Wealth Management CIO and Mark Luschini, Janney Montgomery Scott Chief Investment Strategist joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss. Video Transcript SEANA SMITH: Got
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They’re about to do bail-in regimes and they’re draining people of their savings. Regulations are piling up and so are… by Josh Sigurdson via World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson reports on the crazy news regarding the mass subsidization of restaurants and businesses in New York as bankruptcy runs rampant due to lockdowns, mandates and loss
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As COVID-19 testing markedly expands under President Biden’s recently announced six-point national strategy, people who use at-home tests may be able to have their out-of-pocket costs covered in full. Key Takeaways The costs of home COVID-19 tests are eligible medical expenses, the IRS says, making them reimbursable under FSAs or HSAs and tax-deductible for some
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Thailand aims to lure up to 1m wealthy residents and cash in on remote-working professionals uprooted by Covid-19 by offering long-term visas to foreigners who invest $250,000-$500,000 in property or government bonds.  The visa scheme, unveiled by Prayuth Chan-ocha’s cabinet this week and subject to legal changes, will target “affluent global citizens”, wealthy pensioners, digital
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The contest to replace Yoshihide Suga as Japan’s prime minister kicks off on Friday with a four-way battle between a US-educated champion of deregulation, a sceptic of neoliberal policies and two outspoken female politicians seeking to become the first woman to take the top job. With the Covid-19 crisis leaving the ruling Liberal Democratic party
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Interoperability has become one of the driving themes within the crypto market and as the blockchain ecosystem evolves into an interconnected web of layer-one protocols, the importance of communication and efficiency among decentralized applications (dApps) will also increase. Ren (REN), a blockchain protocol designed to provide interoperability and liquidity between different blockchain platforms, has started
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed an application with the National Futures Association (NFA) to offer futures and derivatives trading on its platform. The exchange says its new offerings aim to “Further grow the cryptoeconomy.” Coinbase Registers to Offer Crypto Futures and Derivatives Trading Coinbase Global Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) announced Wednesday via Twitter that it has
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