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  • NewsReuters

    Dutch government to launch plan to keep ASML in Netherlands

    The Dutch government is expected to lay out initial plans on Thursday to keep the country's largest company ASML, from moving operations outside the Netherlands over concerns ranging from anti-immigration policies to infrastructure problems. Semiconductor equipment maker ASML, Europe's largest tech company, shocked the Dutch government into action after CEO Peter Wennink went public with complaints about policy, including ending a tax break for skilled migrants which would make it harder for th

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  • NewsBBC

    Heavy rain: Further yellow warning issued for counties Down and Antrim

    Another yellow rain warning has been issued for Down and Antrim from Thursday to Friday.

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  • BusinessReuters

    US cryptocurrency ETF inflows pick up as bitcoin price recovers

    Inflows into the nine recently launched exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to bitcoin have resumed their upward trajectory this week after the cryptocurrency's price bounced back from its dip last week. "The resumption in bitcoin's strong performance is sparking renewed interest in the ETFs," said Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, an analysis firm. The nine funds that made their debut in January pulled in nearly $1 billion in assets in the first two days of this week, according to d

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  • NewsBBC

    River Blackwater blockage was 'half size of football pitch'

    Volunteers have spent weeks removing a river blockage of waste and debris from the River Blackwater.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Italy's Azimut to create fintech bank through spin-off, Ipo

    Italian asset manager Azimut Holding plans to spin-off part of its network of financial advisors and merge it into a new digital bank to be listed within 6-9 months, it said on Thursday. The financial advisors of the new, independent, fintech bank will be given 2% of the share capital each year, for the first five years, replicating the shareholding model of Azimut. Azimut Holding will benefit from a 20-year revenue guarantee on the income generated by the company's existing assets.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

    Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire cryptocurrency wunderkind, is set to be sentenced on Thursday over his conviction for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX exchange he founded. Bankman-Fried, 32, faces the prospect of decades behind bars after a jury found him guilty in November on seven fraud and conspiracy counts. The hearing will mark the culmination of Bankman-Fried's downfall from an ultra-wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur and major political donor to U.S.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the onetime crypto mogul facing decades in prison?

    A few years after graduating from college, Sam Bankman-Fried grew worried he was not taking enough risks. So the son of two Stanford Law School professors quit his Wall Street job and in 2017 started a cryptocurrency hedge fund, setting off a sequence of events that will culminate on Thursday with his sentencing over what federal prosecutors have called one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history. Prosecutors are seeking 40 to 50 years behind bars for 32-year-old Bankman-Fried, while h

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