Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Crypto firm Fireblocks buys payments tech platform for $100 million
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fireblocks, an infrastructure provider for cryptocurrencies, has acquired First Digital, a stablecoin and digital asset payments technology platform. F...
Feb 16, 2022
U.S. mortgage interest rates top 4% for first time since 2019
(Reuters) - The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan surged by the most in nearly two years last week, shooting above the 4% level for the first time since 2019 as financial markets antici...
Feb 16, 2022
Russian Finance Minister hopes government will help regulate crypto market
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian finance ministry does not want to ban circulation of cryptocurrencies as advocated by the central bank and hopes the government will help solve the crypto market regulat...
Feb 16, 2022
NATO says Russia still adding troops to Ukraine build-up
By Phil Stewart and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO accused Russia on Wednesday of sending more troops to a massive military build-up around Ukraine, even as Moscow said that it was withdrawi...
Feb 16, 2022
Olympics-Cross-country skiing-Norway’s tactical sprint plan ends in team gold
By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - The Norwegian pairing of Johannes Klaebo and Erik Valnes executed a perfect tactical plan, taking down their rivals from Finland and the Russian Olymp...
Feb 16, 2022
Russia says troops in west of country to resume normal positions in 3-4 weeks -RTE
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's armed forces in the west of the country will return to their normal positions within three to four weeks, Moscow's ambassador to Ireland told Irish broadcaster RTE. Russia ...
Feb 16, 2022
Heavy rain leaves at least 34 dead in Brazil’s Petropolis
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - At least 34 people died after heavy rain hit Petropolis, a city in the mountainous region of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, local government said on Wednesday. City streets ...
Feb 16, 2022
Exclusive-Paraguay soy crushers, hit by drought, risk running out of beans
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's soybean crushing industry will run out of beans to process by the middle of the year due to a drought hammering production, the country's trade indu...
Feb 16, 2022
Guatemala earthquake triggers rockfalls and uproots trees
GUATEMELA CITY (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwestern Guatemala early on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, uprooting trees and causing lan...
Feb 16, 2022
Exclusive-Lithuania warns banks of cyber attacks, power cuts amid fears of war in Ukraine
By Andrius Sytas (Reuters) - Lithuania's central bank has told the country's banks to prepare for power cuts and cyberattacks as Russia's standoff with Ukraine risks spilling over into a military conf...
Feb 16, 2022
