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The Body Shop rescued from administration after deal
The Body Shop rescued from administration after deal
by  AFP

Growth capital firm Aurea on Saturday announced the completion of its acquisition of UK-based cosmetics group The Body Shop, renowned for ethical hair and skin products. Soon after, The Body Shop announced it would shutter almost half of its 198 stores in Britain.

How a taxi driver in El Salvador got rich with Bitcoin
How a taxi driver in El Salvador got rich with Bitcoin
by  AFP

Napoleon Osorio is proud of being the first taxi driver to have accepted payment in bitcoin in the first country in the world to make the cryptocurrency legal tender: El Salvador. Osorio credited the US founder of the NGO My First Bitcoin, John Dennehy, with encouraging him to accept payment in the cryptocurrency.

US warns of growing risks of business in Hong Kong
US warns of growing risks of business in Hong Kong
by  AFP

The United States on Friday warned businesses of growing risks operating in Hong Kong, saying that routine activities could run afoul of the financial hub's new national security regulations. The United States has repeatedly warned that Beijing-led security regulations are putting at risk the openness that allowed Hong Kong to flourish as a trading hub.

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