LONDON – Standard Chartered’s chief executive on Thursday warned that the stock market’s valuation had reached an inadvisable level during a period he described as “speculative hype”, saying it was possible for tech-led sell-offs to enter others. Fields. Bill Charters, CEO of Standard Chartered, told CNBC, “There are indications that …
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Australia Australia passes new law to pay Facebook and Google for news
The new code, approved by the Australian Parliament on Thursday, will “ensure that news media businesses receive a fair return for the content they create,” Australian Australian Treasurer Josh Friedenberg said in a statement. The country’s unprecedented new law has been hotly debated in recent months. Facebook (FB) And Google …
Read More »New public report blaming Saudi Crown Prince for killing Jamal Khashoggi in 2018
The Biden administration will release an intelligence report on Thursday that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman authorized the assassination of 2018 journalist Jamal Khashoggi, three US officials are aware of. Jamal Khashoggi during a news conference in Bahrain in 2014.Mohammed Al-Sheikh / AFP – Getty Images File …
Read More »Researchers have found an emerging COVID-19 strain in New York
New York City is experiencing a new coronavirus strain sharing some of South Africa’s characteristics with different species, researchers said Wednesday. As of mid-February, a new variant named B..5.526 was present in 12 percent of coronavirus samples collected in and around the Big Apple Pal, said researchers at Columbia University …
Read More »NASA astronauts ‘too busy’ ahead of International Space Station spacewalk Sunday
Sometimes the people who take care of the house come a little behind the maintenance. The same thing sometimes happens with people who take care of the International Space Station. According to NASA, two astronauts are preparing a spacewalk this week to prepare for the next replacement of a solar …
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