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Crypto Update: Major cryptocurrencies trade up despite Central Bank of Russia’s proposed crypto ban
Major cryptocurrencies trades up Thursday morning despite that the Central Bank of Russia proposed a ban on the use, issuance and mining of all cryptocurrencies.
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Outside the Box: We need a decisive pivot on COVID-19: Double down on treatments for those at high risk instead of boosters and tests for everyone
Failed efforts to contain COVID have come at huge economic, social and health costs.
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Paul Brandus: Biden’s in a race against time to get his presidency on track after his first year in office
The president faces a number of challenges, including high inflation and an upheaval in investing markets, before midterm elections later this year.
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: Ukraine, China and climate in focus as ‘Doomsday Clock’ holds at 100 seconds to midnight — that matches riskiest view ever
The symbolic measure known as the Doomsday Clock continues to hover at 100 seconds to midnight, unmoved from last year and 2020, when COVID-19 first spread.
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Economic Report: Existing-home sales decline amid listings shortage
Economists had anticipated that home sales would remain flat, following the emergence of the omicron variant.
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Europe Markets: European airlines set for multi-year recovery, JPMorgan says as it upgrades Ryanair
European aviation should be set for a multi-year recovery, say JPMorgan Cazenove analysts, as COVID-19 moves from a pandemic to an endemic.
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Market Pulse: Nasdaq Composite rises 1.1% after sinking into correction and the broader stock market attempts Thursday turnaround
U.S. stock indexes rose on Thursday, staging a modest rebound after an equities selloff tied to a surge in bond yields pushed the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite into correction territory a day ago.
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Economic Report: U.S. jobless claims jump 55,000 to three-month high of 286,000 as omicron bites
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits surged by 55,000 last week to 286,000 and hit a more than three-month high, suggesting the omicron outbreak spurred more layoffs or people not working in early January.
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Economic Report: Philly Fed factory index rebounds in January
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s index of manufacturing conditions rose by 8 points in January to 23.2 n a sign that businesses are still growing despite the omicron outbreak and persistent labor and supply shortages.
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: Taco Bell launching a business school for prospective franchisees
Taco Bell announced that it is launching a business school to educate future franchisees in partnership with the University of Louisville