(Reuters) – Crypto outlet CoinDesk Inc is exploring a full or partial sale of its business and has hired investment bank Lazard Ltd to lead the process, the media company’s chief executive said on Wednesday. The crypto industry is going through one of its worst phases, with prices of major tokens at two-year lows and […]
Tesla slashes prices in China, other Asian markets as sales stumble
Reuters | January 7, 2023
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla cut prices in China for the second time in less than three months on Friday, fuelling forecasts of a wider price war amid weaker demand in the world’s largest autos market. The U.S. automaker also cut prices on its best-selling Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles in Japan, South Korea […]
Tesla deliveries miss estimates due to logistical issues, slowing demand
Reuters | January 3, 2023
By Akash Sriram and Baranjot Kaur (Reuters) -Tesla Inc said quarterly deliveries fell short of market estimates on Monday, held back by ongoing logistical issues and growing demand concerns that rounded off a tumultuous 2022 for the Elon Musk-led firm. The company is still the world’s most valuable automaker even after losing 65% of its […]
FTX’s Bankman-Fried, charged with ‘epic’ fraud, released on $250 million bond
Reuters | December 23, 2022
By Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried was released on a $250 million bond package on Thursday while he awaits trial over the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange, which a U.S. prosecutor called a “fraud of epic proportions.” Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have accused the FTX founder of stealing […]
Russian mobile calls, internet seen deteriorating after Nokia, Ericsson leave
Reuters | December 21, 2022
By Supantha Mukherjee and Alexander Marrow STOCKHOLM/MOSCOW (Reuters) -When telecoms gear makers Nokia and Ericsson leave Russia at the end of the year, their departure could steadily cripple the country’s mobile networks over the long-term, setting off a deterioration in communication for everyday Russians. Five senior telecoms executives and other industry sources said Russian mobile […]
Cryptocurrencies at crossroads after annus horribilis
Reuters | December 20, 2022
By Vidya Ranganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – To borrow from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, 2022 is not a year on which the cryptocurrency world shall look back with undiluted pleasure. Crashes, contagion, collapses came in such quick succession that investors were, towards the end of the year, asking serious existential questions. After all, the largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, […]
FTX’s Bankman-Fried to agree to U.S. extradition in about-face after hearing -source
Reuters | December 20, 2022
By Jared Higgs, Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NASSAU, Bahamas/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried has decided to agree to be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday, just hours after the FTX founder’s lawyer told a Bahamas judge he was not ready to consent. […]
FTX founder Bankman-Fried in custody after fraud charges, bail denied
Reuters | December 14, 2022
By Jared Higgs, Luc Cohen and Chris Prentice NASSAU, Bahamas/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Bahamian judge denied FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried bail on Tuesday, hours after U.S. prosecutors accused the 30-year-old of misappropriating billions of dollars and violating campaign laws in what has been described as one of America’s biggest financial frauds. The former CEO of […]
FTX founder Bankman-Fried to testify before U.S. House panel
Reuters | December 10, 2022
By Mehnaz Yasmin and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried is set to testify before a U.S. House committee on Tuesday, the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder and the congressional panel said on Friday, as regulators investigate his role in the wake of its collapse. The chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, […]
Britain eyes trade agreements with California, Utah
Reuters | December 10, 2022
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain this week inked an agreement aimed at boosting trade and investment with South Carolina, its third such deal with a U.S. state, and is seeking similar deals with California and Utah, the UK junior trade minister, Greg Hands, said on Friday. Britain remains convinced that a comprehensive free […]