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Is Bitcoin the currency of the future?
04/05/2013 - WEBNEWS

Is Bitcoin the currency of the future?

Have you heard of Bitcoin? The electronic currency all the media are talking about was not worth a penny when it was launched in 2009. This year its value skyrocketed, reaching up to 266 dollars. Bitcoin’s astonishing increase in value may have been caused by savers looking to safeguard their money during the Cyprus financial crisis.
Bitcoins = Big Business
22/04/2013 - TECH 24

Bitcoins = Big Business

Feted as the currency of the future, Bitcoins have become a major industry for hoarders and speculators alike. But what exactly are they and how do we get our hands on them? Check out our guide to the digital money. And in Test 24, we take a look at the Magic Cube - the virtual keyboard for people on the go.
Bitcoin getting a boost from euro crisis
19/03/2013 - WEBNEWS

Bitcoin getting a boost from euro crisis

Today on the net, digital currency Bitcoin is soaring amid the euro crisis. Online uproar over plans to shut down Google Reader. And a Holocaust survivor is tracking down his long lost twin brother via social media.
G20 vows to crack down on corporate tax evasion
16/02/2013 - G20

G20 vows to crack down on corporate tax evasion

The G20 group of nations ended a two-day summit in Russia on Saturday, rejecting talk of a "currency war" and vowing to crack down on corporations seeking to avoid taxation in their home countries.
Protests erupt as Iran's currency plummets
04/10/2012 - IRAN

Protests erupt as Iran's currency plummets

Riot police in Tehran fired teargas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the plummeting Iranian currency, which has lost 40% of its value against the dollar in a week as Western sanctions undercut the country's oil export revenues.
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French police crack currency-counterfeiting ring
14/06/2012 - FRANCE

French police crack currency-counterfeiting ring

French police have raided a factory east of Paris churning out counterfeit euro banknotes worth millions, a police source said Thursday, in what is described as the biggest cash-counterfeiting ring France has ever seen.
'The children of Houla will be forgotten'
28/05/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

'The children of Houla will be forgotten'

Is the Houla massacre Syria's Srebrenica? And what, if anything, can the international community do about the situation now? We also look at the Irish town where they have gone back to spending punts.
China Human Rights: Dissidents and diplomacy (part 2)
02/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

China Human Rights: Dissidents and diplomacy (part 2)

They call him the blind lawyer, and Chen Guangcheng certainly blindsided the Chinese government this week. After years of harassment at the hands of local officials, the dissident managed to give his guards the slip. He is now thought to be at the US embassy in Beijing - all this just days before Hilary Clinton arrives in China for a summit on trade and foreign policy. Laura Baines and her panel discuss how this issue could affect US-China relations.
China Human Rights: Dissidents and diplomacy
02/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

China Human Rights: Dissidents and diplomacy

They call him the blind lawyer, and Chen Guangcheng certainly blindsided the Chinese government this week. After years of harassment at the hands of local officials, the dissident managed to give his guards the slip. He is now thought to be at the US embassy in Beijing - all this just days before Hilary Clinton arrives in China for a summit on trade and foreign policy. Laura Baines and her panel discuss how this issue could affect US-China relations.
Parisians queue on last day to trade francs for euros
17/02/2012 - FRANCE

Parisians queue on last day to trade francs for euros

Hundreds of people queued outside France's central bank on Friday for their last chance to exchange their old franc notes for euros. France replaced its national currency with the euro in 2002.
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