LONDON: Bitcoin on Friday slumped as much as 5% to its lowest since late September, tumbling under

Bitcoin tumbled almost eight per cent on Friday after the discovery of a new, potentially vaccine

More steep losses for technology stocks pushed major indexes lower on Friday, leaving them with

company in recent days but the slump in the share price could impact investor sentiment at the EGM

12. This year, the authorities imposed onerous quarantine and testing rules to dissuade roughly 300 million migrant workers from traveling home.... In May, economists estimated that the G.D.P. would not reach its pre-pandemic level until well into 2022.... Now, most forecasters expect it to hit that benchmark this year. Airlines: American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways reported steep annual losses in the billions on Thursday and none of the airlines expect a rebound to materi

NEW YORK/ LONDON: Wall Street's SP 500 posted a slim gain on Friday while major European markets

further than it already has following the Taliban's takeover, Fitch Solutions said on Friday." It is

yields moved solidly higher on heavy selling.... They will also close early on Friday....

405.78) a barrel after climbing 2.3% on Friday, the first gain in four sessions. Virus cases continue

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks sank on Monday and bond yields ticked higher as red-hot inflation reignited worries about even more aggressive U.S. interest rate increases while new mass COVID-19 testing in China sparked concerns of more crippling lockdowns. The heightened expectations about Federal Reserve rate hikes drove the Japanese yen to a more than two-decade low against the dollar, prompting more concern from authorities about the sharp moves down. MSCI's benchmark Asia-Pacific equity index slum