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Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Restarts Fiat Deposits Claiming 'Improved' System

Amid this heightened nervousness about Tether's ability to maintain a peg with the United States dollar, and thus perform the task for which it was created, t...

French finance minister cancels trip to Saudi conference

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday said he would no longer attend next week's investment conference in Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of ...

Brexit - edging closer to a deal or a cliff-edge

I fully support David Davis as an interim leader. She told reporters in Brussels that negotiations were "always going to get tougher as we got to the closin...

Canada legalises cannabis for recreational use

Interested in Marijuana? Add Marijuana as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Marijuana news, video, and analysis from ABC News. "We've won and my gut ...

What Trump Says Is the Biggest Threat to His Presidency

Trump has repeatedly criticized the Fed for rate increases, ratcheting up his rhetoric in recent days. But Trump in the past week has called the Fed "crazy", "l...

Massachusetts Powerball player wins $1 million

Seven-time lottery game grand prize victor Richard Lustig tips on his advice to win the Mega Million and Powerball jackpots. One player in Florida won the $2 ...

Treasury Declines to Label China a Currency Manipulator

Since 1969, poor and developing countries - including China - have been assessed lower rates than have wealthier countries in Europe and North America. A 1-po...

Saudi considers admitting Khashoggi died in botched op

Earlier, US media reported that the Turkish authorities had identified five suspects in the case of Khashoggi's vanishing, four of whom had ties to the Saudi ...

Trump says Saudi prince vows 'full' probe into missing journalist

NBC News reported that the Saudis are discussing issuing an explanation that would admit that Khashoggi was killed in the consulate while giving bin Salma...

Volkswagen's Audi fined more than a billion dollars over diesel emissions scandal

Volkswagen AG's Audi unit will pay a fine of $927m (R13bn) to settle an investigation by German prosecutors into the carmaker's cheating on emissions regulat...

Canada legalises recreational use of cannabis

The prime minister repeated his oft-stated view that a regulated market for marijuana - a pillar of his 2015 election campaign - will keep cannabis out of the h...

Saudis Preparing to Admit Journalist Killed By Mistake During Interrogation

Mr Khashoggi was once an adviser to the Saudi royal family but fell out of favour with the Saudi government and went into self-imposed exile. Secretary of Sta...

Mega Millions winning numbers tonight for $667 million jackpot

The jackpot had swelled because nobody has won since July 24. The $667 million is up for grabs in Tuesday's drawing. To win the jackpot, tickets must match ...

Lyft’s New All-Access Monthly Subscription Plan Costs $300 Per Month

Lyft announced the wide release of its All-Access Plan on Tuesday, giving frequent Lyft riders an opportunity to save money by spending more up front. Essenti...

Iran says Trump cannot bring oil prices down by 'bullying'

The Times of Israel reported that Iran also may have reached a deal with Russia last month to take delivery of Iranian crude oil and then refine it and sell i...

Saudi Arabia rejects 'threats' as diplomatic pressure mounts

I mean, who knows? "We're going to get to the bottom of it, and there will be severe punishment ". "To help clarify recently issued Saudi statement, the King...

Video site YouTube experiencing a worldwide outage

Everyone tweeting at YouTube support has been given a similar message that the team are aware of the issue and are working to fix it. Aussieoutages.com repo...

Elon Musk Eyes The Liquor Industry, Files Trademark For Teslaquila

But the August 7 claim that he had the funding to take Tesla private, and a subsequent U-turn, stunned Wall Street and came as Musk was filmed briefly smoking m...

Donald Trump warns Honduras to stop migrant caravan headed for U.S.

This new massed movement of migrants fleeing Central America mirrors a similar caravan in April that was assembled by a US -based group known as Pueblo Sin Fron...

Saudi oil output expected to rise next month: Falih

After the revision of the rates, diesel in Delhi is being retailed at Rs 75.46 per litre and Rs 77. "We could have another (round of) unanticipated disruption...

Mega Millions, Powerball, Hoosier Lotto jackpots soaring

Powerball officials announced that Wednesday's jackpot reached $ 345 million . No one won the drawing Saturday night, so the jackpot is now at an estimated...

How to check what Facebook hackers accessed in your account

Breaking into accounts News of the hack emerged on 5 October when Facebook said it feared 50m users had been affected. The hackers didn't access all of the ...

Air Hostess Falls Out Of Plane

Air India said it is investigating. Citing sources, a Times of India report said the woman's right leg had a fracture and she underwent a CT scan at the hos...

Saudi Could Admit Jamal Khashoggi Died During Interrogation

A Turkish diplomatic source had earlier said a joint Turkish-Saudi team would search the building - the last place Khashoggi was seen before he vanished on Octo...

Sears, the Amazon of its day, files for bankruptcy

In a statement Monday, Whirlpool said it does not anticipate Sears' bankruptcy filing to have any impact on its full-year 2018 EPS guidance or financial resul...

Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey 'to search Saudi consulate' in Istanbul

The Saudi-US diplomatic clash over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is stirring memories of the most traumatic event in the history of oil. Oil...

Rescue plan for Patisserie Valerie

The probe is being led by the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office, a spokeswoman for the Hertfordshire Constabulary said in an email Friday. "We can give no further...

Sears bankruptcy could make these 5 big companies multi-million-dollar losers

Sears listed assets in the range of US$1 billion (RM4.16 billion) to US$10 billion and liabilities in the range of US$10 billion to US$50 billion, according to ...

Trump calls United States stock sell-off 'a correction'

Trump has levied or threatened tariffs on goods from economies around the world, notably China, but also on traditional allies such as the European Union. "I th...

Rubio: Trump must respond with 'more than words' over Jamal Khashoggi

A delegation from Saudi Arabia has arrived in Turkey as part of a joint investigation into Khashoggi's disappearance. 'In this spirit, light must be shed on t...

Saudi Arabia says it will respond to any economic sanctions

Trump said he would be calling King Salman of Saudi Arabia to discuss the Khashoggi matter. Turkey's government believes he was deliberately killed inside t...

WTI Crude Oil and Natural Gas Forecast

Oil stockpiles in the world's biggest economy are swelling amid International Energy Agency warnings about growing threats to global energy demand. "Since M...

Plug-in auto grant cuts: how electric vehicle buyers are affected

CO₂ emissions of 50 to 75g/km and a zero emission range of at least 20 miles. It said that it would support the next 35,000 electric cars sold, but did not el...

Hong Kong stocks tumble 3.5% 11 October 2018

He said it's hard to predict how markets in China will fare next. Hong Kong retail investors who trade callable bull/bear contracts actually made a pr...

Liberty woman on board flight with emotional support squirrel that went viral

The story sparked debate over what types of animals should be allowed aboard commercial planes, as well as suggestions that some passengers might be abusing the...