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The global fast food chain is among the first to participate in a crypto-friendly experiment in the town of Lugano. 9099 Total views 1485 Total shares Multinational fast food chain McDonald’s started to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment method in the 63,000-populated city of Lugano in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, which is becoming […]

U.S. stocks finished sharply higher on Tuesday, with the Dow rising about 826 points and posting its longest streak of back-to-back gains of more than 2% since May 2020, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The blue-chip index surge about 2.8% to end near 30,316, while the S&P 500 index SPX, +3.06% rose 3.1% and […]

Oil futures rose Tuesday, with U.S. prices marking their highest settlement since mid-September. Reports said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies will consider a production cut of 2 million barrels per day at their meeting Wednesday, higher than previous expectations for a 1 million-barrel reduction. November WTI crude CLX22, +2.92% rose […]

Shares of Carnival Corp. CCL, +13.15% soared 13.7% in afternoon trading, to bounce off the previous session’s 30-year closing low, and enough to be the S&P 500’s SPX, +2.76% third-biggest gainer. The two bigger gainers were fellow cruise operators, as shares of Royal Caribbean Group RCL, +16.41% ran up 15.4% and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a likely Republican presidential contender, will brief President Joe Biden on hurricane recovery efforts when Biden visits the state on Wednesday, the White House said. DeSantis, a sharp critic of the Biden administration, will give the president “an operational briefing on the current response and recovery efforts,” White House press secretary […]

DXC Technology Co. DXC, +5.53% confirmed Tuesday that it has been approached by a “financial sponsor” about a potential acquisition. The technology consulting and outsourcing services company, with a market capitalization of $6.54 billion, did not provide any details about the potential buyer or the potential value of the deal. “Consistent with its fiduciary responsibility […]