Building a blockchain company? Don’t forget the legal implications
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Exclusive: Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate America
By Christopher Bing, Chris Prentice and Joseph Menn (Reuters) – A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the..
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COVID-19 impact could hit Japanese automakers’ output in Oct
TOKYO (Reuters) – Disruptions to parts and components suppliers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could force fresh production cut..
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U.S. markets regulator takes aim at Coinbase lending product
WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has told Coinbase Global Inc that it plans to sue the cryp..
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How people envision becoming an entrepreneur in North Korea
Despite the fact most forms are illegal, entrepreneurial engagement is still possible and desirable in North Korea, according to new r..
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Only 2% Of Homes & Businesses in Wales Have Claimed Relevant Broadband Funding
77,000 premises in Wales are not maximising the availability of government grants to access new broadband technology. There have been ..
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Iraq and Total sign $27 billion energy projects deal
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – France’s Total will build four giant energy projects in southern Iraq under a $27 bil..
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Cargill opens new Brazil pectin factory, first outside Europe
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian unit of U.S. commodities trader Cargill has finished building a new facility to ..
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BLOCKCHAIN TO SAVE THE FOOD INDUSTRY $31 BILLION BY 2024, DRIVEN BY IOT PARTNERSHIPS
Blockchain to Reduce Food Fraud, Including Mislabelled, Diluted or Substituted Foodstuffs Hampshire, UK : New data from Juniper Resear..
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BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CROSS-BORDER B2B TRANSACTIONS TO SKYROCKET TO $4.4 TRILLION BY 2024
Transaction Value to Increase by 90% Between 2019 & 2024 Hampshire, UK :New data from Juniper Research has shown that the total va..
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Conversion of cryptocurrency into a franchise
Fantastic Services, a number one domestic services franchise in the UK, has come up with an innovative scheme that allows potential pa..
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(ISC)² Makes Security Congress 2021 An All-Virtual Event
With increasing COVID-19 concerns, annual security conference to be hosted virtually for the second year Clearwater, FL, – (ISC)² – th..
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The Blockchain Revolution Won’t Take Place on a Public or Private Chain
By: Matthew Niemerg, Ph.D., co-founder of the Aleph Zero Foundation As blockchains become increasingly integrated ..
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U.S. labor market powers ahead as weekly jobless claims fall, layoffs hit 24-year low
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, while la..
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Ryanair passenger numbers rise in August to 11.1 million
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair on Thursday said it flew 11.1 million passengers in August, 75% of the number the budget airline carr..
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Exclusive-Apple hit with antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Apple Inc is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant pos..
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France’s Vivendi sells 2.9% of Universal to Pershing Square for $1.15 billion
PARIS (Reuters) – Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman’s Pershing Square fund has committed to acquire an additio..
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EIG Global Energy Partners submits offer for Petrobras pipelines in Brazil, source says
By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners submitted a binding offer worth ..
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Beyond CryptoKitties: NFTs are poised to permanently transform the art world
By: Alan Vey CEO and Co-Founder – Aventus Non-Fungible Tokens (or NFTs) are revolutionising how we represent the ow..
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Digital sea change for shipping and global supply chains
By Mohan Naidu, FPT UK Managing Director The international shipping industry is responsible for the carriage of around 90%..
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Taking the block out of Blockchain: a clear path to supply chain transformation
By: Mark Crowne, general manager at Nexer Insight UK In the post-pandemic world, consumers are increasingly demanding integrity and au..
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Toshiba in talks with four investment firms for strategic ideas -sources
By Makiko Yamazaki and Scott Murdoch TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Toshiba Corp is in talks with at least four global private equity firm..
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S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean parliamentary committee voted early on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward..
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McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues
LONDON (Reuters) – McDonald’s said it had taken milkshakes and bottled drinks off the menu at all of its British restauran..
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New Aerospike Petabyte Scale Benchmark Runs Real-Time Operational Workloads on Just 20 AWS Nodes with Intel Processors
New NoSQL Industry Benchmark Shows Sub-Millisecond Performance at Petabyte Scale on a Fraction of the Servers of Traditional Databases..
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UK economic growth slowed again in August as post-lockdown shortages bite – PMI
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s post-lockdown economic bounce-back slowed sharply in August as companies struggled with unpre..
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Shares in UK chain Sainsbury’s jump 11% on report of buyout interest
(Reuters) – Shares in Sainsbury’s jumped 11% to a three-year high on Monday after a report over the weekend said private e..
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Factbox-How Big Tech is faring against U.S. lawsuits and probes
(Reuters) – Big Tech platforms Facebook Inc and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal gov..
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Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said it will probably launch the prototype of a humanoid robot cal..
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Global Crypto Exchanges Begin Phased Deployment of Veriscope: The Decentralized Solution to the FATF Travel Rule
Bridgetown, Barbados, Today, Shyft Core, in collaboration with Binance, Deribit, Bitfinex, BitMEX, Tether, Huobi and other collaborati..
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Robinhood sees retail traders taking a breather in third quarter
By Sohini Podder, John McCrank and Sinéad Carew (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc expects retail investors to become less active..
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Automobile shortages, spending shift to services hurt U.S. retail sales
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in July as shortages depressed motor vehicle ..
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British Airways not currently using Afghanistan airspace
LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways is not currently using Afghanistan’s airspace, the airline said on Sunday as Taliban in..
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BHP in talks to sell global oil, gas business to Australia’s Woodside
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP Group Ltd is in talks to sell its petroleum business to Australia’s top independe..
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Break in case of emergency – plan early, plan now, for effective crisis comms
Kat Jackson, Associate Director, The Media Foundry Want to know the best way to make a complete drama out of a crisis? Not being prep..
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The future of working from home – and other benefits that candidates want
By Kelley Morse, VP, Talent & Business Partnering, Bullhorn The coronavirus pandemic has proven that working in an office isn’t n..
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How the pandemic has driven a rise in virtual tours
By Mark McCorrie, Made Snappy The pandemic has changed so much about the way we think about our homes – not just obvious things like a..
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