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Bitcoin could hit $100,000 by end-2024, Standard Chartered says
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Top cryptocurrency bitcoin could reach $100,000 by the end of 2024, Standard Chartered said on Monday, saying that the so-called "crypto winter" is over. Bitco...
Apr 24, 2023
Italy plans looser rules on short-term jobs, tax cuts on wages
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy plans contested legislation that will make it easier for firms to hire workers on short-term contracts, as part of a set of measures aimed at boosting jobs and...
Apr 24, 2023
Climate change fight a ‘core duty’ for central banks – ECB’s Villeroy
LONDON (Reuters) - France's central bank governor Franois Villeroy de Galhau has pushed back against recent criticism of central banks' increasing involvement in the fight against climate change, call...
Apr 24, 2023
Russia’s Sberbank releases ChatGPT rival GigaChat
(Reuters) - Russian lender Sberbank said on Monday it had released technology called GigaChat as a rival to ChatGPT, initially in an invite-only testing mode, joining the artificial intelligence chatb...
Apr 24, 2023
Vivat Rex! Pupils prepare to be first to hail King Charles at coronation
LONDON (Reuters) - When King Charles is crowned at London's Westminster next month, scholars from the next door school will be the first to formally acclaim the new monarch by singing out "Vivat Rex",...
Apr 24, 2023
U.S. oil refiners to post strong Q1 earnings, but demand outlook dims
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - U.S. fuelmakers are expected to post higher first-quarter earnings in coming days on strong fuel exports and margins even as domestic diesel demand slumped during the per...
Apr 24, 2023
Brazil woos sceptical foreign investors with new fiscal plan
By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil's business and political leaders are on the road, pressing the case for investment in the Latin American oil producer as they seek to quell concerns over left...
Apr 24, 2023
Japan considering expanding fields in which skilled foreign workers can receive long-term work visas – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering expanding the number of fields in which skilled foreign workers can receive long-term work visas to 12 from the current three, the Nikkei reported on Monday. Sho...
Apr 24, 2023
Hong Kong’s January-March unemployment eases to 3.1%
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 3.1% in the January to March period, improving for the eleventh consecutive quarter as economic activity continued to p...
Apr 24, 2023
German business sentiment improves slightly in April
BERLIN (Reuters) - German business morale rose slightly in April due to an improvement in companies' expectations, adding to positive signs as Europe's largest economy hopes to have dodged a winter re...
Apr 24, 2023
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