Since May, Ethereum has outperformed bitcoin, largely due to the decentralized finance (DeFi) frenzy, which saw numerous DeFi tokens with unaudited code and sometimes anonymous founding teams, boom in price. Ethereum has largely outperformed …
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WASHINGTON — U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages fell this week amid signs that the halting economic recovery slowed over the summer. The key 30-year mortgage again marked an all-time low. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that …
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Nestle wants to wipe out peanut allergies—and it’s buying a biotech to help make that happen. The maker of Goobers—those chocolate-covered peanuts popular at the movies—is acquiring the rest of Aimmune Therapeutics it doesn’t own. Aimmune makes …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Oil rose on Monday, with Brent touching the highest in five months, underpinned by a 30% cut in Abu Dhabi crude supplies and encouraging Chinese data even as global demand struggles to return to pre-COVID levels in a well supplied …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory output rose for a second straight month in July, signaling a gradual recovery from the blow delivered by the coronavirus pandemic. But retail sales fell for a fifth straight month and at a somewhat faster pace, a worrying sign …
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