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Amazon doesnt currently sell cannabis products, but, it is supporting a bid for full Federal legalisation in America.

The shares have been one of the COVID winners due to the rise in online shopping

Wizz Air said this quarter it would run at 30% capacity with the intention to be back at full service in 2023

Bitcoin not comparable to gold says Goldman Sachs guru Over the past four weeks, bitcoin has shed around US$20,000 to US36,762 while gold has risen by 1% to US$1,837 per oz. Comparisons between gold and bitcoin are wide of the mark according to Goldman Sachs’s head of commodities Jeff Currie. A better comparison would be copper said the analyst, especially for an investor looking for an inflation hedge. Gold is a haven, he told CNBC, but bitcoin and copper are more akin to “risk-on” asset...

Standard Chartered embraces bitcoin with new trading platform Standard Chartered’s move is one of the strongest moves by a mainstream bank into the crypto space Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) is to set up a cryptocurrency trading platform in the UK and Europe in a contrary stance to Asia- focused rival HSBC (LON:HSBA). The venture will be aimed at institutions and be developed through a joint venture between its digital arm SC Ventures and BC Technology, which operates Hong Kong-license...

The eastern England broadband network has received £1bn of investment from Mikhail Fridmans LetterOne vehicle Upp said it is extensively using Openreachs infrastructure BT Group PLC (LON:BT.A) is facing increased competition from various directions, with reports that a Russian billionaire is funding the rollout of a rival superfast broadband network coming a day after newly merged rival Virgin Media O2 set out its plan to “shake up the market”. Upp, which is planning to roll ou...

Roughly 61% of retail banking customers now use only digital channels NatWest Group PLC (LON:NWG) plans for almost nine out every 10 of its staff to mostly work from home in future, after the coronavirus pandemic changed how people bank and companies operated. The FTSE 100-listed bank said expects 32% of staff will have a ‘remote-first’ role and 55% of roles will be ‘hybrid’, working a mix of working from home and from offices or bank branches. This will leave only around 13% of its wor...

The carmaker said had “some of the most difficult supply chain challenges” during the first quarter of 2021

Crowdcube set to rival PrimaryBid as it prepares IPO platform for retail investors Stockbroker and Crowdcube shareholder Numis will use the new platform, according to a report in the FT. Crowdcube is reportedly working on an online IPO platform aimed at retail investors, making it a new rival to the London Stock Exchange’s part-owned PrimaryBid. The crowdfunding firm has so far help private businesses land investment and, according to a report in the Financial Times, it has hired a capital ma...

The consequences of decades of gender pay gap and unpaid caring work build up into retirement