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U.S. becomes largest bitcoin mining centre following China ban
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The United States has overtaken China to account for the largest share of the world's bitcoin mining, data published on Wednesday by the UK's Cambridge Centre for Alternative Fin...
Oct 13, 2021
Corporate travel startup TripActions raises $275 million, valued at $7.25 billion
(Reuters) - U.S. corporate travel and expense tech startup TripActions on Wednesday said it raised $275 million at a valuation of $7.25 billion, its second major fund raising event announced this year...
Oct 13, 2021
Apple warns of cybercrime risks if EU forces it to allow others’ software
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple on Wednesday ramped up its criticism of EU draft rules that would force it to allow users to install software from outside its App Store, citing the risks po...
Oct 13, 2021
Analysis-Debt ceiling crises sharpen scrutiny of U.S. safe-haven status
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. debt ceiling wrangles and the euro's growing dominance of bond issuance linked to environmental or sustainability goals could start to chip away at Treasuri...
Oct 13, 2021
Germany could raise extra $7 billion with global minimum tax rate -Ifo report
By Christian Kraemer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Germany can hope to raise an extra 5 to 6 billion euros ($5.8-$6.9 billion) in taxes from large companies under the global minimum tax deal agreed last week...
Oct 13, 2021
Russia striving to be carbon neutral no later than 2060, says Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia, the world's fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will strive to be carbon neutral no later than 2060, President Vladimir Putin said at an energy conference in Moscow ...
Oct 13, 2021
Early morning fire under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters were called to the 800 block of S. Greenlawn just after 4 a.m. Wednesday for a structure fire. Crews initially reported smoke coming from a second story window...
Oct 13, 2021
Italy’s cloud market to grow by 16% this year – study
MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian market for cloud services is set to grow by 16% in 2021 as companies and the public administration strive to build on a digital acceleration brought about by the COVID-19...
Oct 13, 2021
German economic institutes cut 2021 growth forecast to 2.4% – sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economic institutes will cut their joint forecast for 2021 growth of Europe's largest economy to 2.4% from the 3.7% they previously projected as supply bottlenecks slow re...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. NHTSA asks Tesla why it did not recall autopilot system – AP
(Reuters) - U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Tesla Inc why the electric-car maker has not filed recall paperwork after updating its autopilot driving system, the A...
Oct 13, 2021
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