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You thought cryptocurrencies were disruptive? Wholesale adoption of digital euros issued by the European Central Bank could force it to step in to bolster banks in an extreme scenario wargamed by analysts at Mediobanca. Managing retail flows of money has historically been fiddly. Central bankers largely outsourced the job to banks owned by stockholders. As
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If you are taking a protected leave of absence from work under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), you may need to fill out FMLA forms to satisfy your employer’s requirements. The act was signed into law by President Clinton in February 1993. It requires that certain employers allow eligible employees access to unpaid time
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Bom Kim, the founder of Coupang, South Korea’s answer to Amazon, is expecting his company to soar past a $50bn valuation when it lists in New York this week. But back in Seoul, far away from the glitz of the initial public offering, the ecommerce company, which is backed by the likes of SoftBank, Sequoia
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This article picked by a teacher with suggested questions is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here. Specification:  Click to read the article below and then answer the questions: ‘Stealth’ raid on income tax thresholds The standard Personal Tax Allowance (PTA) is £12,500. Explain what this means. Explain what happens to an
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For some Americans, health insurance is one of their largest monthly expenses, leading them to wonder what medical expenses are tax-deductible to reduce their bill. As the price of healthcare rises, some consumers are seeking out ways to reduce their costs through tax breaks on their monthly health insurance premiums. If you are enrolled in
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How Does Sling TV Work? Those interested in ditching their cable TV service may wish to consider Sling TV, a service that streams live TV from the Internet but without needing a television or clunky cable box. Rather, viewers can use practically any Internet-connected device, including iOS and Android devices, Xbox Ones, Roku boxes, and
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London’s population has swelled by nearly 40 per cent since the late 1980s. But the pandemic has applied the brakes. An estimated 700,000 city dwellers have already moved out. More may follow as people re-evaluate where they want to live. Big employers are dabbling with hybrid models that involve working from home. Staff who do
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Investors who took an early interest in Bitcoin and held on to their stakes in the cryptocurrency while its price skyrocketed often stood to make an incredible amount of money. Indeed, stories of “bitcoin millionaires” who happened to hold on to an early stockpile of tokens that were acquired before the cryptocurrency phenomenon have inspired countless new investors
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The head of the Catholic Church met Iraq’s most eminent Shia Muslim cleric on Saturday in an iconic interfaith meeting on the second day of his historic visit to Iraq. During a 45-minute meeting at Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s simple home in Najaf, which the hermetic cleric rarely leaves, Pope Francis thanked the 90-year-old “for
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The US Senate has voted to approve Joe Biden’s $1.9tn stimulus legislation, taking the president’s plan to stoke America’s economic recovery a big step closer to its final passage in Congress. The upper chamber of Congress passed the fiscal stimulus legislation by 50 to 49, following party lines with all Democrats voting in favour and
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Capturing trending movements in a stock or other type of asset can be lucrative. However, getting caught in a reversal is what most traders who pursue trendings stock fear. A reversal is anytime the trend direction of a stock or other type of asset changes. Being able to spot the potential of a reversal signals
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The row of two-story tall 3D printer bays at the company’s headquarters. Relativity Space The founders of two private rocket-building companies met today – one, the richest person on Earth; the other, leader of a venture pushing the boundaries of manufacturing. Jeff Bezos stopped by the gleaming new “factory of the future” of Relativity Space
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The lockdowns have been hard on old friends, banning meetings and turning them into virtual realities. In the garden they have done the opposite. Each week brings old friends back in the flowery calendar. Their reappearance is wonderful, one of the sustaining sights in this hard year. Snowdrops, winter sweet, hellebores and aconites are among
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US securities regulators have charged AT&T and three members of its investor relations team with selectively disclosing information to analysts covering the US telecoms company to avoid falling short of Wall Street’s forecasts.  The three executives made private one-to-one calls to analysts at about 20 different research groups, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged on
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More than 24 million households in the U.S. have Roth individual retirement accounts, which accounted for $810 billion in retirement assets as of 2019, according to the Investment Company Institute.  The retirement savings vehicles are funded with after-tax dollars, which means distributions are tax-free. Key Takeaways Roth IRAs are retirement savings vehicles that are
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Joe Biden’s $1.9tn stimulus bill faced an unexpected hurdle in the US Senate on Friday after Joe Manchin, the centrist Democratic senator, sowed confusion over his willingness to back a compromise on jobless benefits in the legislation. The uncertainty over Manchin’s position meant that progress towards approving Biden’s plan in the upper chamber of Congress
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