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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A logo of Turkey’s Central Bank is pictured at the entrance of its headquarters in Ankara, Turkey October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan/File Photo 2/3 By Karin Strohecker and Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – The top policymaker picks of Turkey’s re-elected president Tayyip Erdogan are taking centre stage as markets try to gauge whether he will change course towards economic orthodoxy or double down on policies widely viewed as unsustainable. Erdogan is widely expected to use his victory in Sunday’s election to embark on a wide cabinet reshuffle, potentially changing the finance and economy portfolios as…
Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission concluded its consultation about crypto trading platforms regulation a week ago. Meanwhile, the move has opened the doors for retail investors to participate in crypto trading, concurrently promoting cryptocurrency adoption. However, Hong Kong highlighted that retail players could only trade top assets, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, citing volatility. Also, investors would only access trading offerings on selected cryptocurrency exchanges. Meanwhile, these development comes as the United States exhibit an unwelcoming atmosphere for crypto, considering regulation uncertainty. Nonetheless, that has been positive for China-related projects as they witness a substantial demand surge. Hong Kong’s move…
New generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as OpenAI’s viral chatbot ChatGPT have taken the world by storm in the last few months, with users shocked at the AI-powered bot’s ability to process information, problem-solve and generate high-quality human-like responses to queries.Indeed, ChatGPT has almost immediately hailed as a breakthrough technology that could radically transform the way information workers and businesses operate.ChatGPT’s capabilities include, but are not limited to, varied content creation, text summarization, business idea generation and brainstorming, code production, social media engagement analysis, CV and cover letter generation and much, much more.And one area where AI is already…
The last time the United States came perilously close to defaulting on its debt, a Democratic president and a Republican speaker of the House cut a deal to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and tightly restrain some federal spending growth for years to come. The deal averted default, but it hindered what was already a slow recovery from the Great Recession.The debt deal that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have agreed to in principle is less restrictive than the one President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner cut in 2011, centered on just two years of cuts and caps…
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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, speaks to members of the media at the … [+] US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Republican and White House negotiators are moving closer to an agreement to raise the debt limit and cap federal spending for two years, according to people familiar with the matter, as time grows short to avert a catastrophic US default. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg© 2023 Bloomberg Finance LP It is good that President Biden and Speaker McCarthy reached a US debt ceiling deal. If a compromise involves both sides being disappointed,…
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in … [+] the Oval Office of the White House on May 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden and McCarthy were meeting to discuss raising the debt limit in an effort to avoid a default by the federal government. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Getty Images It may be that the nearly last-minute debt deal has, at least for now, stopped the U.S. from careening into default. (Assuming that the various political factions don’t scuttle the agreement.) Putting aside the question of whether the deal…
The writer is a contributing columnist, based in ChicagoIt’s been a rough few decades for American horseracing — and the past few weeks could mark a new low point for the sport of kings.This should be prime time for the sport: for a magical few weeks in spring and summer, three-year-olds compete in the Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing, starting with the iconic Kentucky Derby.But the headlines this Triple Crown season — my 60th — have been dominated by death. A dozen horses have died over the past month at Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby track, and one horse, Havnameltdown,…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with members of his “Investing in America Cabinet” in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is rapidly approaching the deadline for Congress to pass a deal, reached over the weekend by Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy, to suspend the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling or risk a catastrophic default. WHEN WAS THE DEBT CEILING REACHED? Washington regularly sets a limit on federal borrowing. Currently, the ceiling is roughly equal…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security detail depart the company’s local office in Washington, U.S. January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla (NASDAQ:) Chief Executive Elon Musk is expected to visit China this week, three people with knowledge of the matter said, in what would be his first trip to the country in three years. Musk is expected to meet senior Chinese officials and to visit Tesla’s Shanghai plant, two of the sources said. It was not immediately clear who Musk would meet and what they would discuss. The people…