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USA still sees war in Ukraine
The US dampened hopes that Moscow would seek a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis, as officials warned that the Russian military had pushed ahead with plans to invade the neighboring country over the past two days.

Markets react to fear of war
The few serene ones are likely to quote the President of Ukraine these days. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky calls on "Western partners" to provide him with evidence of an allegedly imminent "Russian seizure" - he has no information about a "deep conflict". …

Supply bottlenecks overcome?
There are growing signs that the global supply chain crisis, which has thwarted central banks' inflation forecasts, slowed the economic recovery and squeezed corporate profit margins, is finally starting to ease towards the end of this year.

Thailand legalizes cannabis
Two years after Thailand became the first country to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes, it has taken another step towards becoming the first Southeast Asian country to decriminalize the drug. Yesterday Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul …

Discovery may take over WarnerMedia
Media company Discovery Inc.'s plan to acquire long-established film and television studio WarnerMedia has cleared the US Department of Justice's antitrust review, clearing another hurdle on the way to completion, according to a filing Wednesday.

BlackRock: Commodity prices remain high
According to BlackRock Inc.'s Evy Hambro, commodity prices could remain high for decades to come as miners fail to keep up with demand from the energy transition.

Stock market showing cracks
The explosion of passive trading, fear of missing out, and blind faith in "celebrity CEOs" have contributed to the foaming at high-growth tech companies, according to Harvard lecturer and renowned writer Vikram Mansharamani.

Super Bowl without cannabis advertising
Wenn eine Marke eine große Gruppe von Amerikanern auf einmal erreichen - oder beleidigen - will, gibt es kaum eine bessere Gelegenheit als eine Super-Bowl-Werbung. In diesem Jahr werben viele Marken, die noch vor ein paar Jahren nicht für das große Spiel …

Bitcoin's recovery rally comes to a halt
Bitcoin is in danger of breaking its longest winning streak in more than four months as traders question whether the recovery from recent lows came too quickly and too soon.

Sanctions not a problem for Gazprom
Russian gas giant Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) could tap a US-sanctions-hit field off the Pacific island of Sakhalin to supply gas to China under a recently signed deal, sources and analysts said on Tuesday.
