Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Article content SINGAPORE — Asian shares rose on Thursday on investor hopes for China’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, while the dollar stayed under pressure even as the U.S. Federal Reserve had a warning against market bets on interest rate cuts this year. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside … Read more
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Targeted ads by Facebook and Instagram violated EU privacy law, the Irish data regulator has found Facebook parent firm Meta has been fined $414 million by Ireland’s data regulator for tracking Facebook and Instagram users’ online activity for advertising purposes. The fine, imposed on Wednesday, brings the total penalties handed to Meta by Dublin to … Read more
Tunisian President Kais Saied. File | Photo Credit: AP The main coalition against Tunisian President Kais Saied said Tuesday his administration was using the judiciary to close down opposition to his rule, after several inquiries were opened against its members. In July last year, Mr. Saied sacked the government, froze parliament and seized far-reaching executive powers, … Read more
The pressure on the Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Grayscale continues to mount. The Winklevoss twins have given DCG an ultimatum of January 8th to return the $900 million Gemini Earn customer funds, while the users themselves have filed a class action lawsuit against both companies. In addition, in what is believed to be a … Read more
Bills players gather to pray after Damar Hamlin was taken to the hospital following receiving CPR.Image: Getty Images In the middle of the first quarter of Monday Night Football, Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle against Cincinnati. Hamlin completed the tackle, stood up for a few moments and fell to the turf. … Read more
A third of the global economy will be in recession this year, the IMF chief has said, and warned that 2023 will be “tougher” than last year as the US, EU and China will see their economies slow down. Kristalina Georgieva, the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made these grim assertions on Sunday … Read more
The pace of store closures in the UK accelerated in 2022 as Covid-era support measures were withdrawn, with rationalisation rather than insolvency the main reason for shops shutting, according to a study. The Centre for Retail Research found that more than 17,000 shops closed last year, equivalent to 47 a day, the highest total in … Read more
The 2022 College Football Playoff semifinals, which will send Georgia and TCU to the national championship, scored for ESPN networks. Saturday’s Georgia-Ohio State CFP semifinal at the Peach Bowl averaged 22.1 million viewers on ESPN networks, according to ESPN and Nielsen fast-nationals, marking the most-watched CFP semifinal since the Georgia-Oklahoma Rose Bowl five years ago … Read more
