Bloomberg Retail punters now have another way to make risky wagers on cryptocurrencies. CMC Markets Plc, a London-based brokerage controlled by Peter Cruddas, has joined rivals including Plus500 Ltd. and IG Group Holdings Plc in allowing amateur investors to make bets on Bitcoin and Ethereum, two of the biggest digital coins. Retail traders can use contracts-for-difference, a form of derivatives ...

Bloomberg Google, Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. have taken significant steps to expunge IS propaganda and other terrorist content from their platforms. But taking no chances, the European Union (EU) is set to propose a tough new law anyway — threatening internet platforms, big and small, with fines if they fail to take down terrorist material, according to people familiar ...

Bloomberg The US is now making “absolutely amazing’’ progress toward renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), and a deal could come as early as this fall, according to White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett. “My guess is that we will see something by the fall,’’ Hassett said in an interview that aired Saturday on Fox ...