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Banking Finance

Investors pull cash from classic risk plays as Fed rate picture shifts

Investors turned more cautious in the week to Wednesday, according to data from Bank of America, as a run of data prompted many to raise their forecasts for how high the U.S. Federal Reserve will take interest rates. BofA Global Research’s weekly “Flow Show”, released on Friday, showed the largest outflows from technology funds since […]

Business Finance

Exclusive: Crypto giant Binance moved $400 million from U.S. partner to firm managed by CEO Zhao

 Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance had secret access to a bank account belonging to its purportedly independent U.S. partner and transferred large sums of money from the account to a trading firm managed by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, banking records and company messages show. Over the first three months of 2021, more than $400 million flowed […]

Technology

Exclusive: Tencent scraps plans for VR hardware as metaverse bet falters – sources

 Tencent Holdings is abandoning plans to venture into virtual reality hardware, as a sobering economic outlook prompts the Chinese tech giant to cut costs and headcount at its metaverse unit, three sources familiar with the matter said. The world’s largest video game publisher had ambitious plans to build both virtual reality software and hardware at an […]

Banking Business Finance

India government says court should check ‘truthfulness’ of Hindenburg report on Adani

The Indian government has told the country’s top court that the “truthfulness” of allegations made by a U.S. short seller against the Adani Group should be examined, according to a government filing seen by Reuters. The Supreme Court is yet to issue an order on setting up a panel proposed to examine investor protection mechanisms in the […]

Economy World

Finland’s NATO membership is now in “Turkey’s hands”, Finnish president says

The fate of Finland’s bid to join NATO is in “Turkey’s hands”, President Sauli Niinisto said on Friday, after the Finnish parliament agreed it would ratify NATO’s founding treaties on Feb. 28. Last May, Finland and neighbouring Sweden applied to join the Western military alliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But existing member Turkey has […]

Covid-19 Economy Omicron

China declares ‘decisive victory’ over COVID-19

China’s top leaders declared a “decisive victory” over COVID-19, claiming the world’s lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned Beijing’s data as the coronovirus tore across the country after largely being kept at bay for three years. China abruptly ended its zero-COVID policy in early December, with 80% of its 1.4 billion population becoming infected, a prominent […]

Business Energy

New York’s JFK Airport terminal remains closed after power outage

A terminal at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) will remain closed on Friday due to an electrical power outage, disrupting inbound and outbound flights at one of the world’s busiest airports. The outage began on Thursday in Terminal 1, which serves several international carriers, including Air France and Lufthansa. As of […]