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Crypto miners halt China business after Beijing cracks down, bitcoin tumbles By Reuters

Crypto miners halt China business after Beijing cracks down, bitcoin tumbles By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Representations of the virtual currency Bitcoin and Ethereum stand on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency miners, including HashCow and BTC.TOP, have…

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Oil Up as Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Continue By Investing.com

Oil Up as Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Continue By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was up Monday morning in Asia, with investor sentiment boosted by signs of the U.S.’ continuing economic recovery from COVID-19 and the improved outlook for fuel demand.…

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Navigating a new digital era means changing the world economic order

Navigating a new digital era means changing the world economic order

COVID-19 has accelerated the growth in the digital economy through a dramatic increase in working from home, online shopping, digital entertainment, online services, among other areas. Ideas such as telemigration in which people from different…

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Vaping and e-cigarettes are glamourised on social media, putting young people in harm’s way

Vaping and e-cigarettes are glamourised on social media, putting young people in harm’s way

Despite their widespread reputation as a “safer” alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarettes (also known as electronic cigarettes or vapes) are far from harmless, particularly for adolescents, whose developing brains may suffer lifelong adverse effects from nicotine-containing…

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Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire va verser 250 millions FCFA à ses administrateurs pour 2021

Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire va verser 250 millions FCFA à ses administrateurs pour 2021

(Agence Ecofin) – Sortie presque indemne de la crise sanitaire, Ecobank CI va continuer sa politique de distribution généreuse. A l’instar de ses investisseurs, les administrateurs de la deuxième plus grosse filiale du groupe basé…

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à la suite de son audition, Moov écope d’une amende de près de 600 millions FCFA

à la suite de son audition, Moov écope d’une amende de près de 600 millions FCFA

(Agence Ecofin) – La sanction fait suite à une procédure ouverte en octobre 2020 à son encontre par l’Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP). Il était reproché à l’opérateur de téléphonie…

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Veteran stock picker to join ‘Son-chan’ on SoftBank board By Reuters

Veteran stock picker to join ‘Son-chan’ on SoftBank board By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: SoftBank Corp. placard is prepared during a ceremony to mark the company’s debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo By Sam Nussey TOKYO…

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Energy & Precious Metals – Weekly Review and Calendar Ahead By Investing.com

Energy & Precious Metals – Weekly Review and Calendar Ahead By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — The biggest farce in the oil market, one which OPEC ignores with impunity, might be nearing its end: U.S. sanctions on Iranian crude. The Biden administration is trying…

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Five ways to measure the effects of a crisis like COVID-19 on women

Five ways to measure the effects of a crisis like COVID-19 on women

Social issues and crises tend to affect women more severely than men. This is why terms like “gender mainstreaming policies”, “gender-responsive interventions” and “gender-based budgeting” have become more popular in public policy discussions in recent…

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On its first try, China’s Zhurong rover hit a Mars milestone that took NASA decades

On its first try, China’s Zhurong rover hit a Mars milestone that took NASA decades

China’s Zhurong rover landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the third country to successfully land a rover on the red planet. More impressively still, China is the first Mars-going nation to…

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