Bitcoin Rises 6.8 % To $56,852.03
Bitcoin rose 6.8% to $56,852.03 by 1000 GMT on Wednesday, adding $3,622.23 to its previous close. However, the world’s biggest…
Day: May 5, 2021
Exclusive China’s Tencent In Talks With U.S. To Keep Gaming Investments -Sources
Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) is negotiating agreements with a U.S. national security panel that would allow it to keep its ownership stakes…
U.S. SEC chair says reviewing short-selling, swap rules after GameStop, Archegos sagas
The U.S. securities regulator is considering measures to require big investors to disclose more about short positions, or bets that…
CDC Advances Plan For Resumption Of U.S. Passenger Cruise Operations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun a key step for the eventual resumption of U.S.…
Dow Ends At Record High As Tech Slides
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at a record high on Wednesday, while Nasdaq gave up its earlier gains and…
U.S. Backs Waiving Patent Protections For Covid Vaccines, Citing Global Health Crisis
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines, as countries struggle to…
Cramer Says He Sold Some Ether After Record Highs To Put Toward An All-Electric Hummer
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he trimmed some of his ether holdings after the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market value notched a series of record…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin To Launch First Space Tourism Passengers On July 20 And Auction Off A Seat
Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin will launch its first astronaut crew to space on July 20, flying on its space…
Mark Zuckerberg Can No Longer Deflect Blame For Trump’s Facebook Suspension
Facebook’s self-created “supreme court” refused to do the company’s dirty work when it handed down a decision on the platform’s indefinite ban…
Uber Partners With Softbank-Backed Gopuff To Deliver Everyday Essentials, From Snacks To Toothpaste
If you order potato chips, toothpaste or over-the-counter medication through the Uber Eats app, it will soon be fulfilled and delivered by…
Uber Losses Dramatically Improve Thanks To Sale Of Self-driving Unit
Uber beat estimates on the top line and dramatically improved its net losses in its first quarter, but missed on revenue. Shares…
Google Relaxes Remote Work Plan, Will Let 20% Of Employees Telecommute
Google on Wednesday said it now expects 20% of its employees to work from home after its offices reopen later this…
Two Wall Street Firms Say To Buy The Dip In Peloton After Treadmill Recall
Peloton shares were under pressure on Wednesday after announcing a recall, but Wall Street firms Baird and Stifel said the sell-off was…
Moderna Says Covid Booster Shot Generates Promising Immune Response Against Variants Found In South Africa, Brazil
A booster shot of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine generated a promising immune response against the B.1.351 and P.1 variants first identified in…
Peloton stock sheds $4 billion in market value in 1 day over its treadmill debacle
Peloton shares closed Wednesday down nearly 15%, wiping $4.1 billion off its market value in one day, after the fitness equipment…
More than 1 million new $1,400 stimulus checks have been sent. Here’s who got a payment
A new set of $1,400 stimulus checks has been sent, bringing the total number of payments issued to approximately 164…
PayPal beats as revenue grows 31% from last year
PayPal shares rose as much as 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after reporting first-quarter earnings that were stronger than…
Bank Of England Preview: Will The BoE Taper QE?
GBP 895bln. As such, given the significant improvement in the UK outlook amid a successful vaccination program and gradual easing of…
Inflation, Interest Rates, And The CBN’s Quest To Defend The Naira
A higher debt burden has meant more pressure on an already tenuous government revenue-to-debt service ratio in the country. The…
Facebook Relaunches WhatsApp Money Transfers In Brazil
Facebook’s (FB.O) WhatsApp messaging service relaunched on Tuesday its transfer money services between individuals in Brazil, after it was blocked by the…
Sterling Steady As Markets Eye ‘Super Thursday’ Status Quo
Sterling ticked up against the dollar on Wednesday as a poll showed Scotland’s main pro-independence party was unlikely to win…
High-Level Visit To Nigeria Signals Strength And Importance To UK-Nigeria Partnership
The UK’s Minister for Africa, James Duddridge MP, visited Nigeria for high-level discussions with senior members of the Government of…
Hong Kong Citizens Rush To Buy London Houses After UK Government Opens Doors
The number of people from Hong Kong purchasing homes in the capital has shot up since the UK government announced…
Nigeria’s Spending Structure Unsustainable, Budget Head Says
Nigeria’s current trend of spending more money on running the government than on building new infrastructure is unsustainable, the country’s…
MBA Forex Is Illegal, We Warned Nigerians – SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has said it warned Nigerians against investing in the now troubled MBA Forex scheme. The…
West African Cocoa Giants Report Progress In Deforestation Fight
Cocoa giants Ivory Coast and Ghana reported progress in goals to end deforestation as they prepare for stricter European…
Dollar Struggles To Extend Rally, Traders Eye Major Euro Bulwark
The dollar tried to extend a rally on Wednesday as chatter about the possibility of higher U.S. interest rates and…
Nigeria Beams Searchlight On Vessels From India, Brazil, South Africa
To curtail the import of COVID-19 to Nigeria through the seaports, the Federal Government has begun plans to give special…
KLT Customs Collects N7.9b Revenue
Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) Command of Nigeria Customs Service collected a total of N7,968,865,907 as revenue and N55.7million worth of…
MPC Meeting: The Hawks Likely To Remain In The Minority
Although it left its benchmark rate of 11.50% and other parameters unchanged, the last meeting of the monetary policy committee…