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Could a digital pound pay off for consumers?

My earliest memory of a financial transaction was taking a coin out of my savings, walking into the newspaper and exchanging a copy of Smash Hits magazine. How times have changed. In the decade since I stopped receiving pocket money,…

Russia launches fresh missile bombardment on Ukraine

Russia launched another mass airstrike against power grid targets across Ukraine, with one of the missiles flying over Moldovan airspace signaling the risk of the conflict spilling over. Russian forces fired 71 cruise missiles, 7 Iranian-supplied Shahed attack drones and…

Chinese IPOs are coming back to the U.S.

Some Chinese companies are starting to re-list in the US Eduardo Munoz Alvarez Corbis News | Getty Images BEIJING – Chinese startups are raising millions of dollars in US stock market listings again, after a dry spell in the once-hot…