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February 13, 2021
Elon Musk says he wants new Tesla Roadsters to fly ‘without, you know, killing people’

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk says he is considering the possibility of making the forthcoming Tesla Roadster capable of flight using SpaceX technology. According to Musk, a rocket thruster...

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February 13, 2021
Elon Musk says he wants new Tesla Roadsters to fly ‘without, you know, killing people’

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk says he is considering the possibility of making the forthcoming Tesla Roadster capable of flight using SpaceX technology. According to Musk, a rocket thruster...

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February 13, 2021
Google to pay French media $76mn to end long-running copyright spat, but not everyone is pleased

Alphabet's Google has reportedly agreed to pay $76 million in compensation to a group of French news publishers to settle a year-long dispute over copyright rules enacted by the French...

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February 13, 2021
Google to pay French media $76mn to end long-running copyright spat, but not everyone is pleased

Alphabet's Google has reportedly agreed to pay $76 million in compensation to a group of French news publishers to settle a year-long dispute over copyright rules enacted by the French...

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February 13, 2021
Google to pay French media $76mn to end long-running copyright spat, but not everyone is pleased

Alphabet's Google has reportedly agreed to pay $76 million in compensation to a group of French news publishers to settle a year-long dispute over copyright rules enacted by the French...

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February 13, 2021
Google to pay French media $76mn to end long-running copyright spat, but not everyone is pleased

Alphabet's Google has reportedly agreed to pay $76 million in compensation to a group of French news publishers to settle a year-long dispute over copyright rules enacted by the French...

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February 13, 2021
Google to pay French media $76mn to end long-running copyright spat, but not everyone is pleased

Alphabet's Google has reportedly agreed to pay $76 million in compensation to a group of French news publishers to settle a year-long dispute over copyright rules enacted by the French...

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February 13, 2021
Flying taxis to hit the skies in 2024

Remember the grubby flying taxi Bruce Willis drove in "The Fifth Element"? That was a very 90s view of the future. In reality, we may soon be taking up to...

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February 13, 2021
Flying taxis to hit the skies in 2024

Remember the grubby flying taxi Bruce Willis drove in "The Fifth Element"? That was a very 90s view of the future. In reality, we may soon be taking up to...

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February 13, 2021
Flying taxis to hit the skies in 2024

Remember the grubby flying taxi Bruce Willis drove in "The Fifth Element"? That was a very 90s view of the future. In reality, we may soon be taking up to...

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February 13, 2021
Flying taxis to hit the skies in 2024

Remember the grubby flying taxi Bruce Willis drove in "The Fifth Element"? That was a very 90s view of the future. In reality, we may soon be taking up to...

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February 5, 2021
Oil climbs closer to $60 on growth hopes and OPEC+ supply cuts

Crude prices hit their highest level in over a year on Friday, closing in on $60 a barrel amid economic revival hopes and supply curbs by OPEC and allied producers....

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February 5, 2021
Down the drain: Covid-19 lockdowns forces British pubs to dump 87 million pints of beer

Closures during Covid-19 lockdowns will force pub owners across the UK to dump nearly 87 million pints of beer, according to the latest calculations by the British Beer and Pub...

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February 5, 2021
Can Big Tech afford antitrust violations after new law comes into force? RT’s Boom Bust finds out

US Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is now the chair of the senate judiciary subcommittee, has announced a new sweeping antitrust legislation that would significantly raise the risk for companies such...

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February 5, 2021
Chinese TikTok rival Kuaishou share price nearly triples in IPO debut

Shares in the Chinese short video app Kuaishou almost tripled on their Hong Kong debut on Friday, surging to HK$338 ($43.60) upon opening, from an IPO price of HK$115 ($14.80)....

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February 5, 2021
China partners with SWIFT to boost global use of yuan & cut reliance on US dollar

The People's Bank of China has agreed a partnership with the global interbank settlement organization SWIFT, as part of an effort to internationalize the yuan and develop a digital Chinese...

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February 5, 2021
Tesla proposes investment in Indonesia as carmaker seeks reliable source of nickel

Indonesia has received an investment proposal from US electric car maker Tesla, according to the country's deputy head for investment and mining coordination, Septian Hario Seto, as quoted by Reuters....

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February 5, 2021
Canada’s oil heartland wants to make US pay for scrapped Keystone XL pipeline

Alberta, Canada's oil heartland, may seek compensation from the United States after newly inaugurated President Joe Biden moved to nix the Keystone XL Pipeline, Bloomberg said on Thursday. Alberta spent...

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February 5, 2021
Yellen cheers ‘RESILIENT’ markets, calls for ‘timely study’ into GameStop craze, as Wall Street crushes Reddit rebellion

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, central bankers and financial regulators essentially declared victory over a populist investor uprising, agreeing that markets proved “resilient” through a trading rally that is now...

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February 4, 2021
One-word tweet from Elon Musk launches crypto dogecoin into the stratosphere

Two days after Elon Musk's self-proclaimed break from Twitter, the eccentric billionaire took to the microblogging platform to set off another crypto craze that evoked an unprecedented surge for dogecoin...

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February 4, 2021
GameStop frenzy was ‘the most fun I’ve EVER had trading,’ entrepreneur tells Boom Bust

As US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is meeting officials to discuss the GameStop saga, Boom Bust explores why such Reddit activity is deemed to be wrong when hedge funds have...

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February 4, 2021
Going in for a kill: Redditors going after targets they perceive to have stolen their money in 2008, says Max Keiser

The hosts of RT's Keiser Report, Max and Stacy, look at the ‘revolt of the public' as ordinary "schmucks" learn Wall Street tricks that deliver an advantage over the rest...

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February 4, 2021
American Airlines may send 13,000 workers on unpaid leave as Covid-19 decimates travel demand

The US' biggest carrier, American Airlines, said nearly 13,000 employees could be furloughed after the second round of federal payroll aid for airline workers ends on April 1, if lockdowns...

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February 4, 2021
Sale of state-owned firms could make India a $5 trillion economy

The Indian government's efforts to privatize state-owned companies provide a “great opportunity” for the country to become a $5 trillion economy, a top Indian business leader told CNBC. This week...

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February 4, 2021
Big Oil books one of worst years on record

Big Oil recorded one of its worst years in history because of the coronavirus pandemic that pushed their financial results deep into negative territory. Earlier this week, BP reported a...

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February 3, 2021
Sharpest decline in aviation history: Passenger traffic plunged 66% last year due to pandemic, IATA says

The number of global air passengers declined “dramatically” last year due to travel restrictions imposed over the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Wednesday. “The year...

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February 3, 2021
Oil rallies beyond one-year highs on inventory draw & supply cuts

Crude prices continued to rally after hitting their highest level in over a year, as production cuts by Russia and Saudi Arabia in an effort to boost the pandemic-hit market...

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February 3, 2021
Is Reddit crowd behind silver short-squeeze? RT’s Boom Bust investigates

A buying frenzy has swept the silver market as the Reddit community rushed over to commodities, with the price of the white metal soaring to an eight-year high this week....

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February 3, 2021
China stocking up on chips & high-tech equipment to negate US sanctions

China is increasing imports of computer chips and equipment required to manufacture them in a bid to mitigate the impact of a US ban on high-tech exports, as Beijing's semiconductor...

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February 3, 2021
Russian grain exports hit historic high

Grain exports by Russia in the current agricultural year, from last July to June 2021, have already hit 34.3 million tons, 25 percent more than during the same period last...

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February 3, 2021
Indian stocks soar to record highs as economic recovery picks up

India's key stock indices extended their winning streak to reach new record highs on Wednesday. The rally is driven by positive economic data and government plans to boost spending to...

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February 2, 2021
Jeff Bezos says he’ll leave role as Amazon CEO this summer to head up company board

Amazon's Jeff Bezos will step down as the company's CEO in the third quarter of 2021, handing the position to Andrew Jassy as he transitions to serve as executive chair...

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December 24, 2020
Russia avoided critical economic contraction in face of coronavirus crisis – Putin

The coronavirus pandemic did not result in a critical downturn for the Russian economy thanks to the support measures implemented by the government, President Vladimir Putin has stated. Despite the...

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December 24, 2020
Gliding around the world in your own solar-powered airship… Keiser Report explores the future of air travel

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert spend Christmas Eve with Abe Cambridge of The Sun Exchange. They discuss the solarpunk ethos of a decentralized, peer-to-peer, anti-fragile energy grid. The future of...

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December 24, 2020
No matter how much money Americans get under stimulus bill, it’s not enough to deal with their financial problems – Prof. Wolff

US lawmakers have finally agreed on a coronavirus relief package to help struggling businesses and workers, but President Donald Trump has criticized it, calling on the bill to give Americans...

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December 24, 2020
No matter how much money Americans get under stimulus bill, it’s not enough to deal with their financial problems – Prof. Wolff

US lawmakers have finally agreed on a coronavirus relief package to help struggling businesses and workers, but President Donald Trump has criticized it, calling on the bill to give Americans...

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December 24, 2020
India negotiating trade pacts with Brazil & Argentina

New Delhi is in talks with Argentina and Brazil to sign trade agreements with the two largest markets in South America as it aims to strengthen commerce with the region....

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December 24, 2020
India negotiating trade pacts with Brazil & Argentina

New Delhi is in talks with Argentina and Brazil to sign trade agreements with the two largest markets in South America as it aims to strengthen commerce with the region....

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December 24, 2020
Alibaba stock plunges after China launches anti-monopoly probe into online retailer

China's antitrust regulator has kicked off an investigation into alleged monopolistic practices of internet giant Alibaba. One of Jack Ma's other crown jewels, Ant Group, has been summoned for a...

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December 23, 2020
Biden will remain tough on China but will leave room to repair relationship, economics professor tells Boom Bust

The Trump administration has continued to ramp up hostilities with Beijing in its final days in power, having published a new list of restricted Chinese companies. RT's Boom Bust is...

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