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Crypto as currency: managing your financial life using digital coins
Many people have bought and sold cryptocurrencies as an investment, yet trying to live on a salary paid in crypto is tricky. Alyssa Howell spent much of her career in the gold-mining industry before joining a crypto-wallet company last fall that pays all of its employees in bitcoin. The Denver-area resident said learning the ins […]
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Asian grocery start-up Weee! draws shoppers with tradition, tech and a dash of Hollywood
Online grocery delivery start-up Weee! encourages customers to share videos of recipes and favorite items on its app. It specializes in hard-to-find Asian foods, along with fruits, vegetables and other staples. Weee! Online grocery start-up Weee! specializes in hard-to-find foods from Asian and Hispanic cuisines. It nabbed another kind of rarity earlier this year: A […]
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These 10 companies help pay for their employees’ vacations
Michelle and Jeremy Warren’s recent trip to the Galapagos Islands was paid for, in part, by her company, FullContact. Michelle Warren When Michelle Warren traveled to the Galapagos Islands for 10 days this spring, her bosses helped foot the bill. It’s one of the many benefits offered by her employer, Denver-based tech company FullContact. Warren’s […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Foot Locker, Deere, DoorDash and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Foot Locker (FL) – The athletic footwear and apparel retailer reported an adjusted quarterly profit of $1.60 per share, 5 cents above estimates. Revenue was slightly below forecasts, and same-store sales fell by less than half of what was anticipated by analysts. Foot Locker shares added […]
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Russia will shut off gas to Finland from Saturday, Finnish energy provider says
A drilling rig at a gas processing facility, operated by Gazprom. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Russia may have just made its first retaliatory move against Finland after lawmakers in Helsinki officially applied to join the military alliance NATO. Gasum, Finland’s state-owned gas wholesaler, said in a statement Friday morning that natural gas imports from Russia […]
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China quietly increases purchases of low-priced Russian oil
China is quietly ramping up purchases of oil from Russia at bargain prices, according to shipping data and oil traders who spoke to Reuters, filling the vacuum left by Western buyers backing away from business with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in February. The move by the world’s biggest oil importer comes a month […]
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Vaccinated and tested, the rich and powerful descend on the snowless hills of Davos
The World Economic Forum is returning to Davos in May after cancelling previous meetings because of the coronavirus pandemic. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images The rich, famous and most powerful are once again returning to the Alpine retreat of Davos, Switzerland, next week following a two year coronavirus-induced hiatus that had forced the […]
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UK retail sales jump unexpectedly, but big picture bleak
A shopper wearing a face mask in Regent Street, London, after the second national lockdown ended and England has a strengthened tiered system of coronavirus restrictions. Victoria Jones – PA Images | PA Images | Getty Images British retail sales jumped unexpectedly in April as shoppers loaded up on alcohol and tobacco, likely a blip […]
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Zelenskyy says Donbas region completely destroyed; Russia likely to swiftly redeploy Mariupol forces
12 killed in Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, Luhansk governor says The governor of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region said 12 people have been killed in Severodonetsk as a result of Russian attacks, with more than 60 homes destroyed. Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk regional military administration, said via Telegram that at least five high-rise buildings […]
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Australia’s election will be a tight race. Whoever wins will struggle to manage rising costs
Australians will be voting for a new prime minister on Saturday. Opinion polls so far show that the race is too close to call, but whoever wins will have to grapple with hot-button issues like the rising costs of living and increased borrowing costs after the country raised rates for the first time in more […]
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