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Dow Lacks Conviction as Coronavirus Threatens Consumer Spending

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) lacked conviction during the week’s final trading session. U.S. consumer spending slowed significantly in January as the coronavirus epidemic began to filter into consumer behavior. Health officials warned Americans to brace for a U.S. outbreak, meaning coronavirus could weigh on the economy for months to come. The

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China’s Tech Giant Tencent: Facebook Libra Threatens Digital Payment Systems Too

The renowned Chinese internet-based technology conglomerate, Tencent Holding, joined the queue earlier in the week when it released its blockchain whitepaper for 2019 that suggests Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra poses as much threat to the current digital payment systems as much as it does to the traditional financial world.Before now, Facebook’s

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