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Putin’s threatens to let Europe ‘freeze’ raising energy rationing risk

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits remote Arctic islands of Franz Josef Land on March 29, 2017. Sergei Karpukhin | Afp | Getty Images Europe was already facing a difficult and unpredictable winter when it came to its energy supplies as it looks to phase out all Russian imports. But Russian …

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Nio says Nvidia chip restrictions won’t hurt them

Chinese electric car company Nio said it doesn’t expect U.S. restrictions on Nvidia to affect the start-up’s business operations. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Li said Wednesday there are many companies in China with artificial intelligence training chips, and that Nio is evaluating opportunities to work with …

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Andy Jassy says he won’t force Amazon workers to return to the office

Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.Com Inc., during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company doesn’t plan to order corporate employees to return to the office. “We don’t have a …

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Delaware court denies Musk request to delay Twitter trial but approves request to add whistleblower claims

This illustration photo taken on August 5, 2022 shows a cellphone displaying a photo of Elon Musk placed on a computer monitor filled with Twitter logos in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | AFP | Getty Images A Delaware court denied Elon Musk’s request to delay the trial over his attempt …

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U.S. aims to preserve ‘dictatorship’ while Europe is sacrificed

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West has been reluctant to recognize “irreversible tectonic shifts” in international relations and that the Asia-Pacific region has become a magnet for human resources, capital and production capacities. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused …

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Bitcoin (BTC) price falls below $19,000 as crypto market drops below $1 trillion

Bitcoin continues to trade in a tight range of $18,000 to $24,000 mark, keeping investors on edge about where the price is going next. The crytpo market has been plagued with a number of issues from collapsed projects to bankruptcies. Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin traded below $19,000 on Wednesday …

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European Central Bank could unleash a jumbo rate hike

With inflation in the euro zone projected to rise to at least 10% in the coming months, a “jumbo” rate hike of 75 basis points on is certainly a possibility. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank is expected to frontload a series of …

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Nomura cuts its China GDP forecast — again

Shoppers buy groceries at a wet market as Chengdu imposes a lockdown to curb a new Covid-19 outbreak on Sept. 1, 2022. Chen Yusheng | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Nomura has cut its China GDP forecast again due to new Covid lockdowns. Several cities including the …

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This millennial couple’s vegan ice cream business brings in 6 figures per month

When Ishpal and Serina Bajaj approached a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to open a vegan ice cream store, they were met with disapproval.  “They pretty much laughed, like nobody’s going to eat plant-based ice cream,” said Ishpal. “I think the whole perception of it was that plant-based [desserts] …

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Germany to keep two nuclear plants available as a backup, burn coal

An aerial view shows Isar nuclear power plant, which includes the Isar 2 reactor, on August 14, 2022 in Essenbach, Germany. Isar 2 is one of the last three still operating nuclear power plants in Germany and all three were scheduled to shut down by the end of this year. …

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