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The Indian government does not consider cryptocurrencies legal tender or coins. So, the government wants to eliminate the use of cryptocurrencies and doesn’t want such currencies to become a part of the payment system.

The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 4.59 per cent in December 2020.

After taking billions of pounds in government money and furloughing staff during the pandemic, Britain's bluechip companies are being warned by investors to rein in executive pay and perks or risk a rebellion at upcoming annual meetings.

Breakfast cereal maker Kellogg Co missed fourthquarter profit and sales estimates on Thursday, hurt by higher spending on advertising and promotions, as well as pandemicrelated costs.

U.S. tariffs could hinder a rebound in French wine and spirits exports, after a 13.9% drop in 2020, if coronavirus restrictions that shut restaurants, bars and airport duty free stores in many countries were to be lifted, industry group FEVS said.

Oil prices fell on Thursday, paring recent gains, as renewed lockdowns and emergence of new coronavirus variants weighed on the prospects for a swift demand recovery.

AstraZeneca expects profit growth to pick up this year after the COVID19 vaccine developer beat forecasts for quarterly drug sales, with demand for its cancer and other therapies cushioning the disruption caused by the pandemic.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic hammered demand last year, ArcelorMittal said it had benefited from a gradual recovery towards the end of the year, with higher steel shipments, improved margins and better mining performance.

ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, unveiled a new $1 billion cost reduction plan and restarted dividend payments after higher than expected fourthquarter earnings.

The indices on Thursday, February 11, are expected to give a negative start as the SGX Nifty was trading 69.00 points or 0.46 percent down at 15,069.00 at 7:15 am. On February 10, the BSE Sensex fell 19.69 points or 0.038 percent to close at 51,309.39.

Brad Marchand scored 36 seconds into overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 32 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night in the opener of a twogame set at Madison Square Garden.

LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the worlds largest luxury group, has put Rihanna's Fenty fashion collection on hold.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc expects to start a latestage U.S. study of its experimental COVID19 vaccine candidate in the second quarter of 2021, the drug developer's chief executive officer said on Monday.

Nasdaq Inc and the New York Stock Exchange have each sued the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to block a plan by the regulator to overhaul public data feeds that broadcast stock prices to investors, court filings show.

Boeing delivered an improved 26 aircraft in January, boosted by the clearing of the 737 MAX jet to fly again after a 20month ban as it also won four new orders for its 7478 freighters.

Black workers, women and others in lowpaying jobs were more likely to become unemployed during the pandemic, faced greater health risks if they did keep working and are being pushed out of the labor market at faster rates, according to research released b...