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Nearly nine out of 10 workers want to be able to choose whether to work from home or the office once COVID-19 workplace restrictions ease, and have greater autonomy over their hours, according to research from Cisco Systems. The pandemic.

Oil fell below $40 a barrel as fading hopes for more fiscal stimulus before the U.S. election outweighed optimism driven by an increase in Chinese crude imports last month. Futures in New York declined 0.8% after closing up 2% on.

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday turned slightly more positive on the global economy for this year, but warned of a “long, uneven and uncertain” recovery. The global economy is now projected to contract by 4.4% in 2020 — an.

Bitcoin (BTC) is winning the battle of the safe havens as another corporate buy-in sees $115 million enter its books. Asset management giant Stone Ridge confirmed that it made the significant purchase via its spin-off New York Digital Investment Group.

European stocks edged lower with U.S. equity futures as investors weighed a potential setback on progress toward a coronavirus vaccine ahead of a busy period for corporate earnings. The dollar and Treasuries advanced. S&P 500 contracts fell as much as.

A Bitcoin (BTC) sell-off and associated price fall are “not going to happen,” a well-known the CEO of a well-known analytics tool has said. In a tweet on Oct. 12, Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, noted that average inflows.

The technology giants are pulling the markets up again. However, this time their positive impact has not yet been able to create a broader growth impulse, leaving oil behind. Slowly but surely, oil is being pressured by news that is.

Bitcoin (BTC) price had been acting inside a narrow range for the last few weeks but the momentum and trend shifted as a bullish breakout occurred on the announcement that Square had allocated 1% of its cash reserves to BTC..

Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the highest profile efforts to contain the global pandemic. The participant’s illness.

Britain’s unemployment rate rose by more than expected to 4.5% in the three months to August, up from 4.1% in the three months to July, even before the end of the government’s broad coronavirus job protection plan. Economists polled by.

China reported strong trade data in September as most business activity resumed in the world’s second-largest economy, following what was apparently the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. For September, China’s imports surged 13.2% in U.S. dollar terms, according to official.

U.S. stocks rose to an almost six-week high amid a rally in giant technology companies as traders awaited earnings from banks and news on a fresh round of economic stimulus. The S&P 500 extended gains into a fourth session as.