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Michigan Bitcoin Reserve Bill Moves Forward After Months of Delay

Michigan Bitcoin Reserve Bill Moves Forward After Months of Delay

Michigan’s stalled bid to create a state-run Bitcoin reserve sprang back to life this week, with lawmakers moving House Bill 4087 to the Government Operations Committee after seven months of inact...

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Japan’s central bank holds steady on key interest rate

Japan’s central bank holds steady on key interest rate

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5% Friday, in a decision that was widely expected, given recent inflation trends that have stayed above target. The Bank...

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Asian shares slide after Intel helped push Wall Street to more records

Asian shares slide after Intel helped push Wall Street to more records

Asian shares mostly retreated on Friday after a rally of technology stocks led by Nvidia and Intel pushed Wall Street to more records. Japan’s Nikkei 225 switched from gains to losses and w...

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Technocrats Get Key Roles in Thai PM Anutin’s New Cabinet

Technocrats Get Key Roles in Thai PM Anutin’s New Cabinet

Anutin Charnvirakul (Bloomberg) — Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul unveiled his cabinet lineup on Friday, tapping technocrats to head key ministries to steer an economy grappling...

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Analysis-Global economy takes Trump shocks in stride, for now

Analysis-Global economy takes Trump shocks in stride, for now

By Howard Schneider and Mark John WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Threats to the global economic order have come at a furious pace during President Donald Trump‘s first eight months in office ...

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Apple’s iPhone 17 launch draws hundreds in long queue at its Beijing store

Apple’s iPhone 17 launch draws hundreds in long queue at its Beijing store

By Che Pan and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – Hundreds of people lined up at Apple’s flagship store in Beijing on the launch day of the iPhone 17 on Friday in a sign that sales of the series...

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