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      23 June 2026
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      22 June 2026
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      17 June 2026
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    Bitcoin could be laid low by miners’ malady

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    Bitcoin miners are feeling the heat – and the pain’s rippling downstream to pressure prices.

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    By Agency Staff22 February 2022

    The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple €5-million on Monday, the fifth such penalty in successive weeks in a row.

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    Bitcoin dropped to a more than two-week low, tumbling along with equities as escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine weighed on risk appetite.

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    By The Conversation21 February 2022

    A revised Integrated Resource Plan is needed, especially in view of the rapid developments in energy-generating technologies. By Hartmut Winkler.

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    Tencent denied talk that it’s facing a major regulatory crackdown in China, issuing an unusually aggressive public response. Shares in Naspers still tanked.

    Salesforce establishes South African ‘legal entity’

    By Staff Reporter21 February 2022

    Many South African companies already use software from US CRM specialist Salesforce.com. Now the company has officially established a “legal entity” in the country.

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