Bitcoin [BTC] traders were finally in joy after the coin witnessed a 10% surge over the last 24-hours. The coin took a massive plunge from a low of $32K all the way to $38K. While several have been linking this jump to El Salvador’s recent crypto-positive move, a few others speculate that Bitcoin could get…
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El Salvador has been making news lately after openly embracing Bitcoin [BTC]. The country’s president seemed to be weighing in on the advancement of crypto in the region. Just as El Salvador garnered a thumbs up from Congress, its president, Nayib Bukele, revealed his plans to spruce up crypto adoption efficiently. The crypto community was…
THE RETURN to the office is well under way, just as summer in the northern hemisphere begins. Pretty soon, people will be able to resume the habit of staring wistfully out of the window, hoping it will still be sunny at the weekend. As many workers embrace a hybrid pattern, perhaps commuting 2-3 days a…
BUYOUT SHOPS are neck-deep in dry powder. Earlier this year the world’s private-equity firms were sitting on $1.9trn in unspent capital. This month three of the biggest, Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman, reportedly agreed to pay $34bn for control of Medline, a supplier of medical equipment. It will be the biggest leveraged buyout since…
FOR 27 YEARS Concorde epitomised jet-setting glamour. Yet its elegant delta wings came with the ear-splitting noise of thirsty military-derived engines; champagne was served in a cramped cabin with small seats; and cruising at twice the speed of sound, which just about halved the time for an Atlantic crossing, cost twice the regular business-class fare.…
UNTIL EARLY 2020 Seegene was a medium-sized South Korean purveyor of medical diagnostics with around $110m in annual sales. On January 27th that year Chun Jong-yoon, Seegene’s boss, and his counterparts at other biotechnology firms were summoned to an emergency meeting by the government. Officials asked if they could produce tests for a novel coronavirus…
ANOTHER DAY, another antitrust case against big tech. In May alone the attorney-general of the District of Columbia filed a complaint against Amazon, Germany’s competition authority went after Amazon and Google to determine whether they have “paramount significance for competition across markets”, and its Italian counterpart hit Google with a €100m ($122m) fine for restricting…
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