Brazil’s top bank Itau Unibanco launches bitcoin trading
Brazilian lender Itau Unibanco launched a cryptocurrency trading service on Monday. Initially, the new service will allow trading of Bitcoin as well as Ether, but the lender intends to add…
Pfizer sued by Texas over COVID vaccine effectiveness
Pfizer is being sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drug maker of misrepresenting the effectiveness of the widely used COVID-19 vaccine. The pharmaceutical giant…
OPEC+ reached consensus to cut oil production by 2 million bpd
OPEC+ members agreed to make 1 million barrels a day of additional oil-supply cuts to go alongside Saudi Arabia’s extension of a voluntary reduction of the same size, Bloomberg and…
JPMorgan’s S&P 500 outlook for 2024 is grimmest among peers
While a number of Wall Street strategists are calling for record highs for US stocks next year, JPMorgan Chase & Co. stands apart by issuing the gloomiest forecast among its…
China limits graphite exports, impacting 90% of world’s production
China, the world’s top graphite producer and exporter, will impose temporary restrictions on the export of some types of natural and man-made forms of graphite from December 1, aiming to…
Cost of living squeeze: visualized
US prices in 2020 have shown the kind of growth that previously took 10 years: groceries and electricity have risen by a quarter, used cars by a third, and rent…