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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the step saying it had determined services offered by Google Payment had posed a risk to consumers. The regulator's step and the subsequent lawsuit marked a government tussle with a Silicon Valley behemoth in the final weeks of President Joe Biden's administration. The regulator's move could be reversed after President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.

The signs at Nippon Steel read: “The world through steel,” underlining why Japan’s top steelmaker is pursuing its $15 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel

China has banned exports of key materials used for a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and CT scanners, swiping back at Washington after it expanded export controls to include dozens of Chinese companies th...

Donald Trump on winning the 2024 election. But for humorous reasons, one post stood out. French President Emmanuel Macron is among the world leaders who have congratulated Donald Trump on his recent victory in the US election. However, one word in Macron's statement has undoubtedly caused some people to take notice. The French leader stated on social media that he is ready to work together with Trump, just as they did during the 78-year-old's previous term in office, which lasted from 2017 to 2020.

Barack Obama praises the 'power of pluralism' while some Democrats try to pass the torch. In the weeks following Vice President Kamala Harris' election defeat, former U.S. President Barack Obama has largely remained silent. However, on Thursday, he urged a new generation of American leaders to engage in dialogue with those they disagree with, as quoted in a report by Reuters. The former president expressed his conviction that a renewed dedication to pluralist principles was necessary to secure democracy's survival during a speech at a Democracy Forum organised by his foundation. The alternative is what we've witnessed in the US and many other democracies across the world: not only more deadlock but also a greater willingness on the part of politicians and their supporters to flout democratic norms and do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.

The European Union has reached a blockbuster free trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina and the three other South American nations in the Mercosur trade alliance

China is fine tuning its policies aimed at revving up its economy as it braces for an uncertain future in relations with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump

Vancouver could move to integrate bitcoin into city finances in the slipstream of the digital token’s surge to an all-time high above US$100,000, a rally fuelled by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s support for crypto.

Ether (ETHUSD) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their best day of net inflows Thursday, just a day after bitcoin (BTCUSD) crossed $100,000 and then promptly fell below that level.

Bitcoin (BTCUSD) soared past $100,000 for the first time Wednesday night, and analysts think it could stay there.

Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, crossed the $100,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, December 5. The surge is fuelled by expectations of a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment under President-elect Donald Trump. Trump embraced digital assets during his campaign, promising to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet” and to accumulate a national stockpile of Bitcoin.

cryptocurrency entrepreneur and founder of the blockchain platform Tron, Justin Sun— with a net worth of at least $1.4 billion— has spent $6.2 million on Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork «Comedian»—a banana duct-taped to a wall— amid a historic boom for digital assets. The high-profile purchase underscores how crypto wealth is reshaping investment trends and cultural value. The conceptual work created by the Italian artist was sold at an auction in New York on November 20, with Justin Sun comparing that conceptual art to NFT (non-fungible token) art and decentralised blockchain technology, The Guardian had reported.

The UN trade and development agency UNCTAD said global exchanges of goods and services are expected to reach a record level of nearly $33 trillion in 2024. «This $1 trillion increase, reflecting 3.3 percent annual growth, highlights resilience in global trade despite persistent challenges,» the UN agency said in a statement.

Bank of Japan is staying guarded on the timing of the next rate hike with December hardly a done deal given soft consumption, its governor's cautious decision-making style and anxiety over U.S. economic policy in a second Trump presidency. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda signalled that December will be a live meeting in an interview with the Nikkei newspaper last week, when he said another rate hike was approaching.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it concluded more than 1,850 civil cases this year, a 3.4% increase over 2023, and charged 121 criminal defendants, a 17.6% increase over the previous year

U.S. stocks slipped below their records in the runup to a big jobs report due on Friday

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is triumphant about his big bet on bitcoin as the cryptocurrency reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first time

Crypto-focused companies' shares had a volatile Thursday as bitcoin traded above $100,000 and then retreated.

Bitcoin (BTCUSD) traded above $100,000 for the first time ever late Wednesday, then kept rising.

Smartmatic is not required to give Fox News a trove of information about U.S. federal charges against the voting machine company’s co-founder over alleged bribery in the Philippines

It’s DOGE time at the U.S. Capitol