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Boston Fed, MIT release technical research on central bank digital currencies
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) unveiled on Thursday long-awaited technical research and open-source code that coul...
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IBM partners with Canadian province of Quebec in quantum computing push
MONTREAL (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp is partnering with the Canadian province of Quebec to boost quantum computing in a collaboration that could help advance areas like battery de...
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Zuckerberg loses $29 billion in a day as Meta shares crash
By Eva Mathews (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg lost $29 billion in net worth on Thursday as Meta Platforms Inc's stock marked a record one-day plunge following a disappointing earnings forecast that shook...
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Clutch of hedge funds held Meta shares, may have been punished
By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) - Several hedge funds including Wellington Management Group, Sanders Capital and Tiger Global Management were among the funds that declared positions in Facebook owne...
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U.S. Senate panel votes to approve app store bill aimed at Apple, Google
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to approve a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, particularly...
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Meta Platforms shorts increase 2022 gains as stock plunges – S3 Partners
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short sellers in Meta Platforms Inc were poised to increase their 2022 gains with the stock's plunge on Thursday after the Facebook owner's weak forecast. With the stock down 22.3...
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Russian cenbank gives Atomyze licence to manage digital financial assets
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian central bank has given a local subsidiary of Swiss-based blockchain platform Atomyze a licence to issue and exchange digital financial assets, the bank said on Thursday,...
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Elliott-backed Italian challenger bank CF+ eyes IPO in future
MILAN (Reuters) -Italian challenger bank Banca CF+, backed by U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management, could consider a bourse listing in the next five years, its chief executive said on Thursday. The spec...
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Investor-focused social media firm Stocktwits rolls out crypto trading
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - Stocktwits.com, one of the social media sites at the heart of last year's retail trading mania, launched a crypto trading platform on Thursday, looking to tap into the growi...
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Lazard beats profit estimates on record dealmaking activity
(Reuters) - Investment bank Lazard Ltd reported a 13% jump in quarterly profit that beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday, helped by high advisory fees as a flurry of mergers and acquisitions closed ...
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