Bitcoin exceeds US$100,000 and the Ibex reaches 12,000 points. The markets digest the fall of the French Government smoothly. The euro and France’s risk premium falter even with timid improvements. The mini-truce from abroad allows the Ibex to activate a sixth consecutive rise and hit 2010 highs above the 12,000 point barrier. Banks shine at ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of a cryptocurrency supporter to be the next head of the US securities regulator lifted Bitcoin to $100,000 for the first time.as traders warmed to the prospect of relaxed regulations. The digital asset rose up to 6.3% to US$102,598 on Thursday. The overall cryptocurrency market is up approximately $1.3 trillion since ...
The World Health Organization, WHO, reported Friday that it is deploying experts to assist health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. to investigate an as yet undiagnosed disease linked to multiple deaths in a remote area of the country. WHO experts head to Panzi, a town in the southwestern province of Kwango, where ...
Financial Diary – Santiago A marathon day of negotiations was experienced this Thursday between the Government and public officials. The meeting, which began during the afternoon, only ended around 3 in the morning with an agreement for the salary increase. “We have consolidated an agreement that has been attended by all the organizations of the ...
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to join forces with the Socialist Party, a strategy that would split a large left-wing coalition in the National Assembly and It would potentially return enough power to the centrists to break the country’s political deadlock. Outgoing Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu, a close ally of the president, called on ...
Cuba’s national electrical system collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday after the failure of the country’s largest power plant, the Government reported. the latest of several such failures amid fuel shortages, natural disasters and an unprecedented economic crisis. The Ministry of Energy and Mines said that the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, the ...
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will arrive in Uruguay to attend the Mercosur summit, as the bloc seeks to conclude a long-sought trade deal with key Latin American nations. Technical talks are underway with Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay on what would be the largest trade agreement ever concluded by ...
France appeared headed for more political turmoil after so much the far-right National Rally party and the left-wing socialists said they would vote to overthrow the government. National Rally President Jordan Bardella said in a radio interview Wednesday that his party would support a vote of no confidence scheduled for this afternoon. Boris Vallaud, the ...
Economic activity rose slightly in November after little change in previous months, and U.S. businesses showed signs of more optimistic about demand prospects, the Federal Reserve said in its latest Beige Book survey. “Although growth in economic activity was generally small, growth expectations increased moderately in most geographies and sectors,” according to the report published ...
Despite widespread concern that generative AI could interfere in this year’s major elections around the world, The technology had a limited impact on Meta Platforms’ applications, the technology company reported Tuesday. In a press conference, Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, explained that coordinated networks of accounts that sought to spread propaganda or ...
