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March 8, 2021
U.S. Coronavirus Cases Post Slowest Spread Since Pandemic Began
With the U.S. vaccination effort picking up speed, new coronavirus cases in the U.S. rose 1.5% in the week ended Sunday, the slowest increase since...
March 8, 2021
PayPal to Acquire Curv to Further Its Push Into Cryptocurrencies
PayPal Holdings Inc. said it will acquire the cryptocurrency firm Curv as it seeks to beef up its talent pool for handling digital currencies.
March 8, 2021
‘I’m Innocent,’ UBS Bankers Say at Start of $5 Billion Appeal
UBS Group AG’s appeal of a 4.5 billion-euro ($5.3 billion) penalty began with the Swiss lender and bankers in the case proclaiming their innocence.
March 8, 2021
New York City Will Reopen High Schools on March 22
New York City will reopen high schools for in-person learning on March 22, bringing students in the U.S.’s largest public-school system back into...
March 8, 2021
Yellen Says Stimulus Unlikely to Cause Inflation Problem
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dismissed fears that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief bill is so big that it will cause an...
March 8, 2021
Trump Rejected by Supreme Court in Final Election Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider former President Donald Trump’s challenge to the presidential election results in Wisconsin, rejecting...
March 8, 2021
South Africans Invested Most in 55 Years as Virus Crisis Raged
South Africans invested the most last year in more than half a century -- even as the coronavirus crisis ravaged the economy and unemployment rose to...
March 8, 2021
Top Energy Trader Vitol Says OPEC+ Has Control of Oil Market
Oil’s surge following OPEC+’s surprise move to maintain cuts in supply shows the producers’ group is in charge of the market, Vitol Group said.
March 8, 2021
Lufthansa Embraces Rail Alternative Amid Emissions Pressure
Deutsche Lufthansa AG and German state railway Deutsche Bahn AG will cooperate on express-train services that could replace short-haul flights amid...
March 8, 2021
Smartphone Lobby Wants Conference for 50,000 People in June
The global wireless industry is planning to allow tens of thousands of international visitors to congregate for its flagship event in Barcelona in...