A decade ago, few people believed Elon Musk could pull off a manned space launch, just as skepticism surrounds fintech and crypto today. What can the financial industry learn from SpaceX, asks …
Bitcoin Options Growth Outpaces Futures, Swaps
On today’s episode of The Breakdown, we introduce the Breakdown Brief – a look at three key topics in bitcoin and crypto. Today, the Brief covers: Brave browsers auto adding ref links to Binance.us …
Mumbai most expensive Indian city for expats, 19th most expensive in Asia: Survey
Mumbai is the most expensive among Indian cities surveyed, followed by New Delhi (101st globally) and Chennai (143rd globally). Bengaluru (171) and Kolkata (185) are the least expensive Indian cities …
Full annexation would cost Israel $15 billion per year, study says
David Brodt, former Finance Ministry director-general, warns of cost of Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank.
Israel’s El Al airline seeking financial help to stay afloat
El Al extended unpaid leave for employees and said Monday that it needs financial help to continue operating. Israel’s flagship airline extended unpaid leave for 5,800 employees until the end of July.
Israel Aerospace IPO Gains Momentum in Effort to Finance Deficit
Israel’s Finance Ministry is discussing an initial public offering of a stake in one of the country’s largest companies, state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., to help fund a budget stretched …
MegaFon opens Russia to Tajikistan remittances
Operator MegaFon began offering remittances between its home market of Russia and a subsidiary in Tajikistan, with cash transferred from bank accounts directly to its mobile wallet application. We use …
Israel Defense Giant’s $1 Billion IPO Gains Momentum to Fill Gap
Israel’s Finance Ministry is discussing an initial public offering of a stake in one of the country’s largest companies, state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., to help fund a budget stretched …
Azerbaijani ministry discloses number of taxpayers appealing for financial support
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 9 By Fidan Babayeva – Trend: A total number of 142,609 Azerbaijani taxpayers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, of which 28,319 are taxpayers and 114,290 private (micro) …
Masdar seals 500MW wind farm project deal in Uzbekistan
Abu Dhabi-based Masdar said it has signed an agreement with the Uzbeg Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade and JSC National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan to design, finance, build and operate a 500 …