January 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc has reached a $100 million settlement with New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), the exchange and the regulator said in statements on Wednesday. The settlement, which includes a $50 million penalty, caps the regulator’s investigation into the firm’s compliance with requirements to prevent money laundering. The department…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc has reached a $100 million settlement with New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), the exchange and the regulator said in statements on Wednesday. The settlement, which includes a $50-million penalty, caps the regulator’s investigation into the firm’s compliance with requirements to prevent money laundering. DFS found…

By Shubham Batra (Reuters) -Wall Street’s main indexes were set to open higher on Wednesday on hopes of an economic recovery in China, while focus was also on minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December policy meeting for clues on the outlook for interest rate hikes. Minutes from the Fed’s previous meeting, when it raised interest…

(Reuters) -Salesforce Inc said on Wednesday it would lay off about 10% of its employees and close some offices, becoming the latest tech firm to undertake cost cuts amid an economic slowdown. The company expects the move to lead to about $1.4 billion to $2.1 billion in charges, of which about $800 million to $1…

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Walmart and other shareholders of digital payments app PhonePe will have to pay tax worth around $1 billion after the fintech firm shifted its headquarters to India from Singapore last year, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru)

BERLIN (Reuters) -The BMW Group more than doubled its fully-electric vehicle sales in 2022 and plans on raising the share of battery electric vehicles in total sales to 15% in 2023, the carmaker said in a post on LinkedIn on Wednesday. Total sales for 2022 were around 100,000 fewer than the previous year at 2.4…

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar fell broadly on Wednesday, losing out to commodities currencies like the Australian dollar and against the euro, which got a lift from a raft of data that suggested European inflation may finally have peaked. The dollar was already under pressure from investors who have grown more optimistic over…

(Reuters) – More U.S. consumers want to buy an electric vehicle (EV) but are concerned about rising prices, while fewer aimed to purchase gasoline-powered vehicles, a survey by consulting firm Deloitte showed on Wednesday. Nearly 7 in 10 prospective EV buyers in the United States expect to pay less than $50,000 for their next vehicle,…

By Carolina Mandl, Nell Mackenzie and Summer Zhen NEW YORK/LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Having weathered a dire 2022, many global hedge fund managers are preparing this year for persistent inflation and seeking exposure to commodities and bonds that perform well in such an environment. A majority of the 10 global asset and hedge fund managers…

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian equities rose sharply on Wednesday, boosted by Hong Kong shares, while the dollar was on the back foot, with investors keenly awaiting minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting to gauge the path forward for interest rates. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 1.3%…