Bitcoin breaks above $16,000 for the first time since January 2018
Bitcoin briefly climbed above the $16,000 mark on Thursday, hitting a level not seen since early January 2018. The cryptocurrency’s price
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Africa
Ethiopia aims to remove leadership of defiant Tigray region
Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership in the country’s northern Tigray region, where clashes between regional forces and those
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Wall Street slides as Mnuchin says stimulus difficult before election
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Wednesday as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said it was difficult that a
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Bank of England asks banks how ready they are for sub-zero rates
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England asked banks on Monday how ready they are for zero or negative interest
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Wall Street’s IPO enemies ready one-two punch
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There have only been two direct listings on the New York Stock Exchange in the last
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Vanguard, BlackRock add new climate-focused ETFs as demand soars
BOSTON (Reuters) – Top asset managers Vanguard Group Inc and BlackRock Inc BLK.N on Thursday introduced new exchange-traded funds that exclude oil
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Ghana plans $500 million London listing of gold royalty fund: sources
LONDON/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ghana, Africa’s largest gold producer, is planning an up to $500 million listing of its gold royalty
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Record flooding hammers the African Sahel, the latest in a series of shocks
KHARTOUM, SUDAN – SEPTEMBER 8: A view of the site damaged by flood during heavy rains in Al Lamab of
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Tech rout deepens, Nasdaq set for worst two-day fall since March
(Reuters) – The Nasdaq was on track for its worst two-day fall since March on Friday as investors dumped heavyweight
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How banana skins and manure are being re-used to help power homes
Blessed with a wide variety of landscapes, the African country of Uganda produces everything from bananas and coffee to tea
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Tesla launches $5 billion capital raise, tapping in on share surge
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Tuesday unveiled its biggest program of new share sales as a public company, seeking
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South Africa’s Denel not planning to seek further bailouts
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African state defence firm Denel is not planning to seek new government equity injections despite a
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How Rwanda slowed the spread of the Coronavirus
From imposing the first nationwide lockdown in Africa to enlisting robots in its fight against Covid-19, Rwanda has managed to
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S.Africa’s Absa says full-year dividend unlikely after interim profit tumbles
The lender, in the midst of a turnaround drive when the pandemic struck, had already warned that bad loans would
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S.Africa’s Nedbank says half year profit will fall by over two-thirds
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Nedbank Group Ltd said on Thursday that its headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the
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