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Israeli parliament votes on new authorities and ends Netanyahu rule
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ABIR SULTAN | AFP | Getty Images The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, met on Sunday to vote on its new government – and a new prime minister for the first time in 12 years. The vote, which is supposed to usher in the leadership of a very diverse and cobbled…
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Digital greenback may push extra folks into bitcoin, fund supervisor says
A digital dollar won’t ruin Bitcoin, according to two cryptocurrency fund managers. As central banks around the world consider digitizing their fiat currencies, the trend could actually drive more investors into crypto, Grayscale’s Michael Sonnenshein and Osprey Funds’ Greg King told CNBC this week. “That will not displace market share or, if at all, compete…
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Right here’s what traders can anticipate from Invoice Ackman’s Common Music SPAC deal
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Company: Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. (PSTH) Business: Pershing Square Tontine Holdings is a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”). The firm does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or…
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Physician warns southern states susceptible to Delta variant this summer season
Dr. Peter Hotez warned that southern US states could feel the effects of the highly transmissible Delta-Covid variant as early as this summer, in part due to low vaccination rates. “I’m really holding my breath about the south and what’s happening this summer,” said Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s…
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G-7 leaders promise 1 billion doses of Covid vaccines to poorer nations
LONDON – The G-7 leaders are expected to pledge 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine to poorer nations this weekend to allay concerns about vaccine nationalism. The world’s most advanced economies – as the G-7 defines itself – have been criticized for not sharing more vaccines with countries that have fewer resources. For example, the…
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Didi Chuxing information for IPO, booked $6.four billion income in Q1
A logo of ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing displayed on a building in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. STR | AFP | Getty Images Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing on Thursday filed to go public in what could be one of the largest tech IPOs of this year, positioning large shareholders Uber and SoftBank for…
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A aerial view of The nearby town of St Ives close to The Carbis Bay Estate hotel and beach, which is set to be the main venue for the upcoming G7 summit, is seen from a drone on June 2, 2021 in St Ives, Cornwall. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON…
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Trump Bible photograph is not a motive police cleared George Floyd’s protest, the FBI claims
President Donald Trump holds a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church after walking across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP via Getty Images The Home Office’s watchdog claimed in a new report on Wednesday that police forcibly evacuated protesters from a park…
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Anthony Scaramucci on bitcoin and its potential to exchange gold
Investors will need to accept the trajectory and level of volatility in bitcoin as the digital currency becomes more widely adopted globally, according to SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci. Following a run to an all-time high above $63,000 in April, the price of bitcoin has swiftly tumbled in a matter of weeks — at one point…
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Relativity Area raises $650 million for 3D-printed SpaceX competitor
An artist’s rendition of a Terran R rocket launching to orbit. Relativity Space 3D-printing specialist Relativity Space raised $650 million to step up work on a fully reusable rocket that will attempt to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX in less than three years, the company announced on Tuesday. The money will be used “to accelerate some…