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09.08 / 00:39

business Hash Rate Australia-based crypto miner doubles hash rate after energizing Canadian rigs

Australian Bitcoin miner Iris Energy said it had increased its hash rate to more than 2.3 exahashes per second following the completion of phase two of its operations in Mackenzie, Canada.

15.03 / 20:41

security students Universities show social Department International How Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian origin Columbia student, fled to Canada after immigration agents came looking for her

Three federal immigration agents showed up at a Columbia University apartment searching for Ranjani Srinivasan, who had recently learned her student visa had been revoked. Srinivasan, an international student from India, did not open the door. She was not home when the agents showed up again the next night, just hours before a former Columbia student living in campus housing, Mahmoud Khalil, was detained, roiling the university. Srinivasan packed a few belongings, left her cat behind with a friend and jumped on a flight to Canada at LaGuardia Airport.

01.07 / 09:47

Action Airlines Parke President students reports travelers WestJet’s union ends strike after over 800 flight cancellations and deal with carrier – All you need to know

Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has cancelled 829 flights from Thursday, June 27 to Monday, July 1, which is also considered to be the busiest travel weekend of the season. The reason for this is a strike by 680 workers who are engaged in the daily inspections and repair tasks for the airline. However, as per the recent development, the union representing WestJet Airlines’ striking mechanics has negotiated a contract with the carrier, ending their strike immediately on Monday, July 1.

14.05 / 17:47

COST UPS Citi Auburn reports Here are the locations that Red Lobster is closing in the US

Red Lobster says it is closing nearly 50 of its restaurants in the U.S. The locations span across more than 20 states — cutting back on Red Lobster’s presence in cities like Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis and Sacramento

29.04 / 16:39

UPS Discover Experts Investigations London Drugs shuts all its stores after cybersecurity incident

Pharmacy chain London Drugs Ltd. shut dozens of stores in western Canada on Sunday following a cyber incident.

06.10 / 08:21

Asia Fidelity equity funds Unit trusts/OEICs Fidelity closes £7m Asia absolute return fund

Managed by Nipun Sharma, the fund held long and short positions across Asia excluding Japan, using a bottom-up stock picking approach.

21.08 / 03:55

Lowe's Forrester performer Low Rupee outperforms EM Asia peers even as it approaches record low

rupee is within a whisker of a record low, but it’s still a favored emerging-market currency with some investors. A reserves stockpile of $600 billion, more than $16 billion worth of foreign inflows for stocks this year and economic growth forecast at 6.5% are among the reasons behind the optimism for Neuberger Berman Singapore and Columbia Threadneedle Investments. “The reserve number is very comfortable right now,” said Prashant Singh, senior portfolio manager for emerging-markets debt at Neuberger Berman Singapore, who favors the rupee.

02.12 / 16:59

Booking The unbearable uselessness of crypto

Andrés Velasco, a former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile, is dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics. He is the author of numerous books and papers on international economics and development, and has served on the faculty at Harvard, Columbia and New York Universities

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