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BlackRock, VanEck among asset managers that submitted updated filings for spot bitcoin ETF
By Suzanne McGee and Hannah Lang (Reuters) - Asset management firms hoping to be among the first to win regulatory approval to launch exchange traded funds (ETFs) tied to the spot price of bitcoin upd...
Dec 29, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried will not face a second trial, U.S. prosecutors decide
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors said on Friday they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankru...
Dec 29, 2023
BuzzFeed president Marcela Martin to resign
(Reuters) - BuzzFeed's Marcela Martin has announced her intention to resign as president effective Jan. 12 to pursue other opportunities, the digital media firm said on Friday. The company is unlikely...
Dec 29, 2023
Conservative Cardinal Burke says he is ‘still alive’ after rare pope meeting
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Conservative American Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of Pope Francis' fiercest critics, had his first private audience with the pontiff in seven years on Frida...
Dec 29, 2023
Special Report-U.S. wants to contain China’s chip industry. This startup shows it won’t be easy
By John Shiffman and Joshua Schneyer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WASHINGTON-Last year, a veteran Silicon Valley software executive took the helm of a startup in his native China, company records show. The ...
Dec 29, 2023
Electricity in the air for one Cuban couple’s two-wheeler wedding procession
By Mario Fuentes and Alien Fernandez HAVANA (Reuters) - Wedding processions on wheels are nothing new along Havana's famous seafront drive, the Malecon, but this week electric motorcycles and scooters...
Dec 29, 2023
JD.com wins antimonopoly lawsuit against Alibaba
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese online retailer JD.com said on Friday that it won a lawsuit against rival Alibaba, which was fined 1 billion yuan ($140.68 million) for monopolistic practices. The High Peop...
Dec 29, 2023
Nvidia launches new gaming chip for China to comply with US export controls
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Nvidia on Thursday launched a modified version of an advanced gaming chip designed to comply with U.S. export controls targeting China. The chip, which the company s...
Dec 29, 2023
Huawei forecasts 9% revenue growth in 2023 as smartphones surge
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies expects to report revenue exceeding 700 billion yuan ($98.5 billion) for 2023, according to comments from rotating chairman Ken Hu in an inte...
Dec 28, 2023
Australia braces for heatwave, thunderstorms on New Year’s holiday weekend
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is bracing for an intense heatwave across its north and west during the New Year's holiday weekend with temperatures forecast to touch more than 45 degrees C...
Dec 28, 2023
