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Bankers told to return to desks as restrictions end
Standard Chartered and HSBC ask staff to come back as business groups welcome end of home working.

Morgan Stanley Data Show How Retail Meme Fixation Became a Curse
(Bloomberg) — Live by the meme, and die by it. That’s the lesson from Morgan Stanley research about how quickly small-time investors went from world-beaters to also-rans in the post-pandemic stock market.  Using exchange and public price-feed data, a chart from the bank’s trading desk estimated overall gains and losses

Tales from the crypto: lira crisis fuels Bitcoin boom in Turkey
Lack of trust in official currency has led to surging interest in cryptocurrencies – despite their volatility and government opposition In the offices of AltCoin, a cryptocurrency hub tucked away in a sidestreet in Istanbul’s bustling Kadiköy neighbourhood, two wall-mounted TV sets showed the live value of currencies bitcoin and

Bitcoin faces Russian ban as crypto mining fuels energy crisis

Worst Christmas on record for retailers as sales slump by 3.7%
Retail sales suffered their worst December slump on record last month as the Omicron variant was blamed for keeping shoppers away.

Banker pay: Wall Street pays up for technology even as human talent reigns supreme
Automation may be more widespread but well-paid professionals are still very much in demand

Rising number of blank-cheque companies call it quits before listing
Spacs cancel IPO registrations in fresh sign of fading investor enthusiasm