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Cryptocurrency market cap hits record $2 trillion; bitcoin’s at $1.1 trillion
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cryptocurrency market capitalization hit an all-time peak of $2 trillion on Monday, according to data and market trackers CoinGecko and Blockfolio, as gains over the last seve...
Apr 05, 2021
Biden says he does not think higher corporate taxes would harm U.S. economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday defended his proposal to increase corporate taxes to help pay for a big ramp up in U.S. infrastructure spending, saying he is not at all worried th...
Apr 05, 2021
England to open shops, gyms and outdoor pubs, PM Johnson says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday a planned reopening of the economy would take place next week, with the opening of all shops, gyms, hairdressers and outdoor hosp...
Apr 05, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen calls for global minimum corporate tax
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday that she is working with G20 countries to agree on a global corporate minimum tax rate to end a "30-year race to the bottom o...
Apr 05, 2021
Stocks draw the news but housing remains the preferred investment: NY Fed
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The breakout of Bitcoin and meme stocks may have captured the headlines during the pandemic, but people still see buying a primary residence as a better and ...
Apr 05, 2021
World Bank chief expects G20 to extend debt payment freeze through end-2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Monday said he expects China, the United States and other Group of 20 major economies to extend a freeze in bilateral debt service payments...
Apr 05, 2021
Mexico’s factories contract at slowest pace in a year, still hurting
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Business conditions for Mexico's manufacturing sector deteriorated at their slowest pace in a year, though the rate of contraction was still sharp as the COVID-19 pandemic hamp...
Apr 05, 2021
U.S. factory orders decline in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-made goods fell in February, likely weighed down by unseasonably cold weather, though manufacturing remains strong as the economic recovery regains steam ami...
Apr 05, 2021
Ukraine inflation seen hitting 1.5-year high for March
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's annual inflation probably hit a 1.5-year high of 8% in March, exceeding the central bank's forecast of 7.6%, a monthly Reuters poll of Ukrainian analysts showed on Monday. I...
Apr 05, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court sides with Google in major copyright dispute with Oracle
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet Inc's Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle Corp's software code to build the Android operating system that ...
Apr 05, 2021
