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    Bitcoin rose 9 000 000% in a decade – and the sceptics are aghast

    By Agency Staff31 December 2019

    Emerging out of the ashes of the financial crisis, bitcoin was created as a bypass to the banks and government agencies mired in Wall Street’s greatest calamity in decades. It proved to be the decade’s best-performing asset.

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    MTN Group said on Monday that it is facing a lawsuit over alleged contravention of the US Anti-Terrorism Act in Afghanistan where it is accused of paying protection money to the Taliban.

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    MTN has opted over the years to enter parts of the world seen as too risky by many other carriers. That’s left it vulnerable to legal entanglements, unpredictable politics and regulatory crackdowns.

    Netflix’s 10-year, 4 000% rally underlines shift to streaming

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    Over the past 10 years, Netflix Inc. has led a revolution in the way the world consumes entertainment, and in doing so, it ruled over Wall Street.

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