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Wirecard filed for insolvency after a devastating scandal in which $ 2 billion went missing and its former CEO was arrested.

CHRISTOF STACHE / Getty Wirecard, a valuable German financial technology firm, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday as it battles a major accounting scandal. According to auditors, more than $ 2 billion disappeared from the company’s balance sheet, and Wirecard later admitted that the money never existed. In a statement Thursday, …

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Stocks wear thin as coronavirus surge destroys hopes of recovery

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks posted their biggest decline in eight sessions, bonds rose and the US dollar held firm on Thursday due to growing cases of coronavirus in the United States and the International Monetary Fund’s downgrade to economic projections reduced confidence in a recovery. FILE PHOTO: Passers-by wearing …

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