With investors becoming more amenable to digital assets, Goldman Sachs Group predicts that the cryptocurrency bitcoin will continue to eat into gold’s market share. The likelihood of bitcoin’s value breaking beyond the $100,000 barrier has increased as a result of… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Japan Australia sign Reciprocal Access Agreement for economic and defense cooperation
Following the cancellation of a trip to the United States and Australia due to rising COVID-19 cases, Japan and Australia are set to sign a treaty to beef up defence and security cooperation at a virtual summit on Thursday. Japanese… Read More ›
Jury finds Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, guilty of defrauding investors
A U.S. jury has convicted Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, of being guilty of defrauding investors in the blood testing startup. The jury convicted Holmes of of investor fraud and conspiracy, but acquitted her on three counts of defrauding… Read More ›
Germany will offer tax relief to companies and individuals worth $34.1 billion from 2023
In a statement Germany’s new Finance Minister said, the government will offer tax relief to individuals and companies worth $34.1 billion (30 billion euros) in this legislative period. “We will relieve people and small and medium-sized businesses by significantly more… Read More ›
European Commission releases draft green investment rules
In a major development, the European Union has drawn up plans which labels nuclear energy and some natural gas projects as “green” investments. The development comes in the wake of a year-long battle between governments over which investments are truly… Read More ›
Morgan Stanley agrees to settle proposed data security class action lawsuit with $60M
US banking giant Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $60 million to settle a lawsuit brought by customers who have alleged that the bank exposed their personal data when it failed – twice – to properly retire its legacy information technology…. Read More ›
AT&T & Verizon reject request to delay 5G wireless services, offer to adopt temporary safety measures
In a significant development, the CEOs of Verizon Communications and AT&T have rejected a request to delay the planned introduction of 5G wireless services over aviation safety fears. They have however offered to temporarily adopt new safety measures. Earlier last week, U.S…. Read More ›
28.9% Drop In Its 2021 Revenue Expected By Due To US Sanctions
Huawei, the Chinese telecoms giant, stated on Friday that sales for this year will be 634 billion yuan ($99 billion), down 28.9% from the previous year. Sanctions imposed by the United States, a semiconductor scarcity, and a global decline in… Read More ›
UK Bank Santander Pays Out $175 Million On Christmas Day by ‘Mistake’
The British bank Santander got into the Holiday spirit this year by paying out £130 million ($175 million) in error to customers on December 25. Santander stated in a statement released Thursday that the total amount was spread among 75,000 transactions… Read More ›
US Appeals Court revives Libor rigging claims against big banks
In a significant development a U.S. appeals court has revived a litigation wherein large banks had been accused of conspiring to rig the Libor interest rate benchmark, including during the 2008 financial crisis, to boost their profits at investors’ expense… Read More ›