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UK’s Austerity Guru Shows Better Timing As Banker
George Osborne is perhaps best-known for cutting government spending far too quickly as British finance minister…
Portugal’s Economy Fell 7.6% In 2020, Biggest Drop Since 1936
LISBON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Portugal’s economy shrank 7.6% last year, its biggest annual slump since 1936, and the…
GameStop Slides, Silver Spree Stalls As Retail Traders Run Out Of Road
GameStop shares sank on Tuesday and a silver buying spree led by small investors subsided as the Reddit-driven…
Euro Zone Fourth-Quarter GDP Falls Less Than Expected, Another Fall Seen In First…
The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said that according to its preliminary flash estimate, gross…
Young, Confident, Digitally Connected – Meet America’s New Day Traders
James Villalobos, a communications consultant for an insurance company in New York, downloaded the Robinhood online…
Wall St. Opens Higher Ahead Of Amazon, Alphabet Earnings; Stimulus In Focus
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, building on the previous session’s momentum, as investors…
As U.S. Warns On Withdrawal, Data Shows Taliban Attacks Climb In Past Year
The number of attacks in Afghanistan by the Taliban in the last quarter of 2020 were higher than the same period…
Democrats Ready $1.9 Trillion Budget Measure For COVID Relief: Schumer
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that congressional Democrats would file a $1.9 trillion…
Biden Official Says Some Doctors Are Holding Back Needed Covid Vaccine Doses As A…
Some health-care providers have been regularly holding back Covid-19 vaccine doses to ensure there will be supply…
COVID-19: Why Pfizer Vaccine Is Delayed –FG
The Federal Government blamed the delay in the arrival of the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech…
Trump Says Hires New Impeachment Defense Lawyers
Former US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he had hired two new lawyers to head his defense team for…
Treasury Yields Climb Following Key Economic Data
U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Friday morning, following the release of key economic data in the previous…
UK Says It Expects No Vaccine Interruption From EU; Brussels Admits Irish…
EU officials confessed on Saturday to a “blunder” in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a…
Biden Says Action On COVID-19 Stimulus Needed ‘Now’
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Congress needs to take immediate action on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19…
Exclusive: China Gene Firm Providing Worldwide COVID Tests Worked With Chinese…
BGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company, has worked with China’s military on research that ranges from mass…
U.S. Consumer Spending Decreases Further; Inflation Creeping Up
U.S. consumer spending fell for a second straight month in December amid renewed business restrictions to slow the…
Goldman Sachs Loses Legal Fight Against EU Cartel Fine
U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs on Wednesday lost its fight against an EU cartel fine handed down to its former…
US Stock Market Weird Week Explained
Here’s how ordinary investors, spurred on by a Reddit message board, took on the big Wall Street funds and sent…
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 27 Deaths In One Day
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday reported 27 coronavirus -related deaths, bringing the total…
Bitcoin To Online Petwear: ‘Papa Musk’ Lures Investors
A “#bitcoin” tag on Elon Musk’s Twitter profile page led to a 14% jump in the cryptocurrency on Friday, the latest…
Losses On Short Positions In U.S. Firms Top $70 Billion – Ortex Data
Short-sellers are sitting on estimated losses of $70.87 billion from their short positions in U.S. companies so far…
GE Gets Dismissal Of Most Of Shareholder Lawsuit Over Accounting, Disclosures
A U.S. judge in Manhattan has dismissed most but not all of a shareholder lawsuit accusing General Electric Co of…
UEFA Insists European Championship To Hold In 12 Cities As Planned
UEFA President, Aleksander Ceferin, yesterday reiterated the ruling body’s commitment to holding the rescheduled…
FEC Approves Policy To Stop Rejection Of Nigerian Goods
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the National Quality Policy to stop rejection of Nigerian…
South Africa President Blasts Vaccine Hoarding At Davos Forum
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday lashed “vaccine nationalism,” accusing rich countries of…
U.S. Economy Likely Logged Its Weakest Performance In 74 Years In 2020
The U.S. economy likely contracted at its sharpest pace since World War Two in 2020 as COVID-19 ravaged services…
NASDAQ Temporarily Shuts Down Stock Trading After Internet Trolls Destroy Hedge…
The NASDAQ has paused trading after internet “degenerates” spotted Wall Street gearing up to make a killing, beat…
New Normal: Coronavirus Spurred Changes to Global Workforce To Be Permanent
Sweeping changes to the global labour market caused by the coronavirus pandemic will likely be permanent,…
Us Capitol Violence: PayPal Blocks Site That Helped Raise Funds For Those Who…
PayPal Holdings Inc said on Monday it had blocked a Christian crowdfunding site, GiveSendGo, after it…
US Stocks Pause For Breath As Bond Selloff Extends
Stocks took a breather on Tuesday, easing from record highs as political turmoil in Washington and…