Bitcoin surges nearly 8% to $31,780
(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 7.93 % to $31,780.51 at 2200 GMT on Monday, up $2,334.8 from its previous close. The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency is up 25.1% from the…
(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 7.93 % to $31,780.51 at 2200 GMT on Monday, up $2,334.8 from its previous close. The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency is up 25.1% from the…
By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK – Earnings from retailers this week illustrated a split in shopping patterns of more- and less-affluent Americans dealing with the highest inflation in four decades.…
By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA – Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesia soared 31.8% on a yearly basis in the first quarter in rupiah terms, the country’s investment…
By Nigel Hunt LONDON -Soybean oil prices soared to a record high on Friday as Indonesia’s decision to effectively ban exports of palm oil heightened concerns about already depleted global…
By Kavya B and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) – Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 500 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron surges…
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval rating fell to 41% this week, a blow to his Democratic Party’s hopes of retaining control of Congress in…
By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS – In the final days of campaigning before Sunday’s first round of the French election, President Emmanuel Macron is making a sudden swerve…
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO – Chile’s consumer prices rocketed 1.9% in March, the highest monthly rise in almost thirty years, underscoring the challenge for authorities as they battle spiraling inflation…
By Julie Gordon and Ismail Shakil -Canada’s annual inflation rate accelerated in February to hit a fresh 30-year high, with broad price gains hitting consumers on all fronts, data showed…
– Tourists in the European Union more than tripled the nights they spent in short-stay accommodation in December compared with a year earlier, the EU’s statistics office said on Monday,…
By Nevzat Devranoglu ISTANBUL – Turkey’s trade deficit widened 186% year-on-year in the first two months of the year due to a surging energy bill, data showed on Wednesday, as…
WASHINGTON – U.S. construction spending surged in January, boosted by strong outlays on single-family homebuilding and private nonresidential structures. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that construction spending increased 1.3%.…
By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta – Canada’s main oil-producing province of Alberta looks set to return to a budget surplus this coming fiscal year, ending seven years of deficit, as…
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.6% in January, bringing the key inflation indicator’s year-over-year increase to 7.5%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported. The CPI remained at…
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australia’s core inflation flew to its fastest annual pace since 2014 in the December quarter as fuel and housing costs led broad-based price pressures, a…
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, surged to 9.7% on a year-over-year basis as of December 2021, marking the highest rate in history, the…
Private firms’ payrolls increased by 807,000 in December, more than doubling expectations as COVID-19 cases rise, according to a major employment report. The 807,000 jobs added marks a significant increase…
The NHL and NHL Players’ Association have agreed to postpone five games Thursday, the day before the holiday break. The two remaining games on the schedule will be played Tuesday;…
The Consumer Price Index increased 0.9% in October, bringing the key inflation indicator’s year-over-year increase to 6.2% as supply shortages continue and demand grows, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a Public Safety Alert Monday warning of the surge in illegal fake painkillers combined with illicit fentanyl or methamphetamine. The Public Safety Alert, the…