El Salvador scales back bitcoin bet to get $1.4bn loan
In 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to make bitcoin acceptance mandatory.
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The mega trade deal that has French farmers in uproar
The EU wants a trade deal with four South American nations, but France is strongly opposed.
Bank of England expected to hold interest rates
Analysts are forecasting rates will stay at 4.75% after inflation rose for the second month in a row.
Spanish firm expected to announce Harland & Wolff deal
Spain’s state-owned shipbuilder is expected to confirm on Thursday that it is buying Harland and Wolff.
Hampshire water outage likely to last until weekend
Some 58,000 properties have been affected by an outage after a fault at a water supply works.
News24 Business | Namibia halts Chinese miner amid claims of illegal lithium mining
Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy is investigating Xinfeng Investments for alleged illegal mining in the lithium-rich Erongo region.
News24 Business | ‘Secret Level’ seizes opportunity to get people into video games
Director Dave Wilson feared there would be hesitation from Hollywood surrounding the idea for the video game anthology TV series “Secret Level.”
News24 Business | Business brief | Old Mutual Insure gets permanent MD; Dutch data watchdog fines Netflix R90m
An overview of the biggest business developments in SA and beyond.
News24 Business | Panic sweeps Brazilian markets amid deepening fiscal crisis
First it was a collapse in the currency. Now the rest of Brazil’s financial markets are in the cross-hairs as investors lose faith in the government’s ability to contain a deepening fiscal crisis.