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In a press conference this afternoon, Donald Trump took a mandatory few moments to express his condolences to George Floyd. But that just was the sugar he used to coat the pill he was about to force down our throats..

Russia’s State Duma hates bitcoin, ether, ripple, you name it. If it is not the ruble, or a currency issued by a state, Russia’s government is not into it. The government posted an updated version of their new draft law.

Global markets are growing, and companies are trying to seize this opportunity to raise capital. US public companies have sold new shares for $60 billion in May. The share issue for more than $120 billion so far this year is.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, with traders waiting to see whether major producers agree to extend their huge output cuts to shore up prices at a virtual meeting expected later this week. Brent crude futures rose 0.94%, or 36 cents,.

China’s largest contract chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), has filed for a listing in Shanghai that will raise 20 billion yuan ($2.8 billion). The move comes as the company looks to bolster investment in its technology amid the escalating.

A global pandemic, racial strife, political upheaval — and a rising stock market amid the chaos. While it sounds a lot like 2020 it also has echoes all the way from 1968. Both years featured history-making levels of tumult, and.

How can a company be doing worse open than when it is closed? That’s the puzzle presented on Monday by the latest round of purchasing managers index readings across the globe, showing still depressed conditions. The IHS Markit eurozone manufacturing.

Even with the risk of a hard Brexit hanging over their heads, pound traders seem to be looking the other way. The currency touched a three-week high against a weaker dollar, one day before fraught trade negotiations resume between London.

Russia is preparing to provide hospitals with a coronavirus drug developed with the sovereign wealth fund’s backing after gaining initial approval from the Health Ministry amid a global race to find safe and effective treatments for Covid-19. The medicine will.

The U.S. stock market has been mostly indifferent about dire unemployment figures and plummeting consumer spending. Investors are willing to look past the terrible data because they’re expected to improve considerably as the economy continues to reopen. But new data.

Grayscale Investments has been gobbling up Bitcoin in recent months, and most of its investors are institutions — but other funds are doing it, too. While the theater world has Waiting for Godot, the crypto sphere has its own drama:.

Oil fell on Monday on worries about renewed tensions between the United States and China, although reports that OPEC and Russia were closer to a deal on extending oil output cuts lent some support to prices. Benchmark Brent crude was.