CFO Amrita Ahuja told CNBC on Wednesday that Square’s cash app platform saw a surge in first-time bitcoin buyers last month. “In 2020 we had 30 million people transacting in Bitcoin through the Cash app and 1 million new ones in Bitcoin in January. [2021]”A day after his company made …
Read More »Raleigh Life Science Firm PRA 12B Sold in Deals, Headquartered in Ireland
Light – PRA Health Sciences made a financial announcement on Wednesday morning exceeding Financial Street’s expectations – and then announced that it had been acquired by Ireland-based IK ON in a O 12 billion deal. As a result, Raleigh will lose the company’s headquarters. The joint ICON-PRA company will be …
Read More »House hunting in the Dominican Republic: a tropical compound for M 2.5 million
A sprawling complex outside Santo Domingo . 2.5 million The 12.5-acre property sits on top of a steep mountain range in the northwestern suburban rural Pedro Brand of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Known as the Compostela del Camino, the complex includes five bedrooms, a seven-bath main …
Read More »S.F. The school board has approved a plan with labor unions to reopen classrooms
San Francisco school officials unanimously approved a health and safety agreement with labor unions that would allow schools to reopen before the end of the academic year. The deal, approved during a school board meeting on Tuesday, is the first hurdle in bringing students back to classrooms for personal learning, …
Read More »Mining stocks have risen in a struggling market – and it has 2 more tailwinds
It has been 12 months very impressive for the world’s leading miners. FTSE 350 Mining Index 156995, -0.22% – including diverse mining giants Rio Tinto RIO, -0.13%, BHP Group BHP, + 0.35%, Anglo American AAL, -0.23%, And Glencore Glen, -0.33% – According to the fact cassette,% returned% returned to shareholders …
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