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HACKERS demanding a ransom of four bitcoins have shut down the City of Johannesburg’s digital network. The city’s systems were breached in the early hours of this morning, bringing the digital operations of an authority serving four-and-a-half million people to a grinding halt. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

The pound slumped against the US dollar this afternoon, with the pairing currently trading around $ 1.287 as the UK awaits a formal decision from the EU on a Brexit extension. Sterling was left under pressure as Prime Minister Boris Johnson waited for the European Union’s decision to grant an extension to Article 50. Daily Express :: City and Business ...

The pound euro exchange rate held steady today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.158 as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cabinet showed division over their next Brexit move. The government must now choose between forcing through their UK-EU withdrawal deal or risk the uncertainty of a pre-Christmas general election to the detriment of the pound. Daily Express :: City and ...

Despite putting up a commendable fight, bitcoin finally gave up holding its ground at $ 8,000 yesterday. The world’s most dominant cryptocurrency had spent more than a month weaving a snaking path between $ 8,200 and $ 7,800, but any effort to use the line as a springboard to the highs of 2017 or indeed earlier this year fell shy ...

UNLEASH packs of spine-chilling zombies on customers craving to be scared witless and revenues will rise faster than the undead on Halloween, events company Ultimate Recreation has found. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

THE sky is the limit for aerospace interiors manufacturer Percival Aviation which has secured a £6.85 million funding package from Santander bank to support its global expansion plans. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

BELEAGURED Facebook is drifting into Vladimir Putin’s crosshairs over its controversial Libra cryptocurrency project. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

THE pound euro exchange rate held steady today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.157 after Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn failed to reach a consensus on a timetable for the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement bill. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

THE pound was left flat against the US dollar this afternoon, with the pairing currently trading around $ 1.289 as Brexit uncertainty continues to haunt markets. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

The pound euro exchange rate eased today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.159. Brexit uncertainty is on the increase after Downing Street threatened to abandon the current deal and seek a general election before Christmas. Speaking in the House of Commons today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned MPs that a vote against his “programme motion” would result in a ...