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Largest bitcoin exchange to open in US
29 Nov 2017
Tokyo-based BitFlyer becomes the fourth digital currency exchange to receive a `BitLicense’ to operate in New York after the state’s Department of Financial Services granted licence to Coinbase, Circle and Ripple
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos now worth $100 bn
25 Nov 2017
Bitcoin breaks $8,000 barrier for the first time
18 Nov 2017
GE to shrink operations, focus on three core businesses: report
13 Nov 2017
GE will close its research and development centers in Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro and Munich, leaving the company with R&D facilities only in New York and Bangalore
China opens up its financial sector for foreign investors
10 Nov 2017
China has decided to allow foreign firms to hold up to 51 per cent equity in financial sector joint ventures in the futures, securities and funds business while relaxing controls on foreign ownership in Chinese banks, insurance companies and asset management firms
$300 mn worth of cryptocurrency lost due to bug
09 Nov 2017
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos sells stock worth $1 bn
04 Nov 2017
Rising digital revenues help New York Times offset losses in print sales
02 Nov 2017
The New York Times Co reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on the back of rising revenues from digital advertising, which helped the newspaper publisher offset losses in its print ad sales
CME Group announces launch of Bitcoin futures
01 Nov 2017
General Electric profit down 10% at $1.8 bn in July-Sept quarter
21 Oct 2017
GE’s new CEO John Flannery vowed to shed more than $20 billion worth of assets and hold executives accountable for failing to deliver after what he called “horrible” results in the third quarter
Baidu’s iQiyi eying IPO in US next year: report
26 Sep 2017
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