Incoming Chief Executive John Lee focuses on other issues in a policy speech as businesses seek a clear road map to removing Covid-19 border restrictions...
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The economy continued to grow at a modest pace in the first three months of the year, but faces the threat of a slide into recession as the war in Ukraine keeps energy costs high and squeezes household spending power...
XRP has been on a downtrend owing to a lack of demand for over a week now. The coin has retouched a multi-month low at the time of writing. Broader market weakness also remains to be blamed along with a whirlwind of regulatory roadblocks owing to SEC vs Ripple’s lawsuit...
Updated Apr 27, 2022, 08:49pm EDT Topline A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to wind down Title 42, a pandemic-era rule through which U.S. Customs and Border Protection can quickly turn away or expel migrants, after several states demanded the contentious Trump-era policy remain in place. Key Facts Judge Robert…
Apple leaks have already revealed what everyone knows to be the most shocking change in the iPhone 14 range: the notch-less redesign . Right? Wrong . New information reveals it will be their prices... In an exclusive report , Bloomberg's excellent Apple guru Mark Gurman reports that Apple's decision to replace the iPhone 13 mini…
Updated Apr 28, 2022, 07:44am EDT Topline Italian energy firm Eni is preparing to set up an account in Gazprombank to make ruble payments for Russian gas, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, after the European Union criticized Russia’s decision to shut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as “blackmail,” and warned companies against breaching sanctions…
Topline Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said Wednesday that Twitter’s soon-to-be owner, Elon Musk, incited harassment against the social media company’s top lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, targeting her in a series of viral tweets as part of his promise to increase “free speech” on the social media platform. Key Facts Responding to Musk’s satiric Twitter post…
Updated Apr 27, 2022, 01:48pm EDT Topline A State Department spokesman said WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was detained in Russia in February and faces up to 10 years in prison in the country on drug charges, remains a “top priority” as another U.S. prisoner, Marine veteran Trevor Reed, was released Wednesday as part of…
Nikola Inc., which aims to be a leader in battery- and hydrogen-powered heavy trucks, has begun production of electric semis at its new Arizona plant, getting to market at least a year ahead of Elon Musk’s delayed Tesla Semi. The company’s Coolidge plant, about an hour southeast of its Phoenix headquarters, marked the start of…
Updated Apr 27, 2022, 05:57am EDT Topline SpaceX successfully launched four astronauts towards the International Space Station early Wednesday in a mission that features one of the most diverse crews sent to space. Key Facts The launch of the Crew-4 mission took place from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 3:52 a.m. ET…