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September 20, 2021 (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc is testing new crypto wallet and cryptocurrency transfer features for its app which would allow customers to send and receive digital currencies such as bitcoin, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. A beta version of its iPhone app showed the company’s work on such features, the report said. […]

September 20, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate and prosecute unruly air passengers in the face of a rising number of incidents. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Senator Maria Cantwell called on the Justice Department and Federal Aviation Administration to coordinate efforts […]

September 20, 2021 By Mohamed Argoubi TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Monday he had instituted transitional governing rules and would introduce a new electoral law, in a speech that came eight weeks after he seized executive power in a move his foes called a coup. Addressing supporters in Sidi Bouzid, the […]

September 20, 2021 By Michelle Nichols and Valerie Volcovici UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged leaders of the world’s major economies including the United States to deliver on their commitments toward a $100 billion per year climate fund with less than six weeks to go before a U.N. climate summit. Johnson and […]

September 20, 2021 By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – In a new take on vaccine diplomacy, a free mobile COVID-19 testing and vaccination station is welcoming world leaders and delegates at this week’s U.N. General Assembly, seeking to avoid a super-spreader event. After a virtual meeting last year, about a third of the 193 […]

September 20, 2021 By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of prominent women athletes including soccer star Megan Rapinoe and basketball standouts Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to protect abortion rights in a case involving Mississippi’s Republican-backed bid to ban the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy. […]

September 20, 2021 (Reuters) – Trayvon Bromell banished his Olympic disappointment and beat his own world-leading time in the 100 metres on Saturday, winning the Kip Keino Classic in 9.76 seconds in Nairobi. The American was a favourite heading into the Tokyo Olympics but failed to reach the final in the event last month, coming […]

September 20, 2021 (Reuters) – Chelsea’s American forward Christian Pulisic is still recovering from an ankle injury sustained on international duty this month and Wednesday’s League Cup game against Aston Villa will likely come too soon for him, manager Thomas Tuchel said. The 23-year-old picked up the problem in the United States’ 4-1 win over […]

September 20, 2021 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency investment products and funds saw inflows for a fifth consecutive week as market sentiment on the sector continued to improve, data from digital asset manager CoinShares showed on Monday. Crypto inflows amounted to $41.6 million for the week ended Sept. 17, with bitcoin getting […]

September 20, 2021 (Reuters) – Basketball great Michael Jordan will increase his investment in Sportradar Group AG and will serve as a special advisor to the company’s board, the sports gambling data company said on Monday. (Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri) Source Link Michael Jordan increases investment in Sportradar […]

September 20, 2021 By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell 2% on Monday as investors grew more risk averse, which hurt stock markets and boosted the U.S. dollar, making oil more expensive for holders of other currencies Brent crude fell $1.42, or 1.9%, to settle at $73.92 a barrel after sinking […]

A new report from Pew Research finds that around a third of U.S. adults continue to get their news regularly from Facebook, though the exact percentage has slipped from 36% in 2020 to 31% in 2021. This drop reflects an overall slight decline in the number of Americans who say they get their news from […]

When you are the founder of a young startup, it is always very hard to gauge the right amount of effort to dedicate to marketing. Botch it and you risk looking unprofessional. Hire a traditional agency and you might be wasting time and money. Australian growth marketing agency Ammo, in contrast, wants to make sure […]

Kai-Fu Lee Contributor Share on Twitter Kai-Fu Lee is a co-author of AI 2041: Ten Visions For Our Future. The global pandemic has heightened our understanding and sense of importance of our own health and the fragility of healthcare systems around the world. We’ve all come to realize how archaic many of our health processes […]

General Motors said Monday it will replace battery modules in recalled Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV vehicles as soon as next month now that supplier LG Chem has restarted production of cells at two Michigan factories. Replacement modules, which are made up of lithium-ion battery cells, will begin shipping to dealers as soon as mid-October, […]

September 20, 2021 By Norihiko Shirouzu and Scott Murdoch BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s sweeping regulatory crackdown of recent months does not aim to rein in the country’s private enterprises or decouple from the United States or international financial markets, a top Chinese regulatory official told Wall Street leaders last week. The actions instead intend […]

September 20, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Illumina Inc expects an EU order to keep recently acquired Grail Inc as a separate company, the U.S. life sciences company said on Monday, hours after EU antitrust regulators warned of interim measures for closing the deal before their approval. The company is likely to face […]

September 20, 2021 By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren MONTREAL (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may cling to power in Monday’s election, but he is likely to lose his bid for a parliamentary majority after a tough campaign that dashed his ruling Liberals’ hopes for a convincing win. Trudeau heads a minority government that […]

September 20, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it had put Guatemala’s attorney general and five Salvadoran Supreme Court judges on a list of “undemocratic and corrupt” officials, in a sign of the Biden government’s frustration with Central American authorities. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the move on […]

September 20, 2021 By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks are experiencing the biggest wave of volatility in months but options traders are showing little appetite for more protection, a sign that at least some of them believe the current selloff will be short-lived. The Cboe Volatility Index, known as Wall Street’s […]