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Both companies' share price jumped shortly after the news.

ARK Investment Management has become the first ETF to invest in bitcoin

World's largest clothing retailer boosted by Spanish recovery and warm weather.

The grocer announced the closures along with its half-year results, which showed the struggle of the company.

German auto giant follows Mercedes-Benz in considering new business models emerging from autonomous cars.

Commodities trader issued 1.3 billion ordinary shares for 125 pence each and the sale was completed within a day.

IBTimes spoke to Rabobank's CIO about experiments its doing around forthcoming SWIFT smart wallet platform.

R3 announced a blockchain protocol partnership which so far includes nine of the biggest banks on the planet.

Sharp slowdown in world's biggest vehicle market blamed for the move.

US company to split into 2 separate entities in November under previously announced restructuring.

Self-employment companies have become increasingly popular with the rise of the sharing economy

Lower costs of transport and food weigh down inflation rate.

49-year-old chief fainted at his first appearance as head of the car giant.

Like-for-like sales at Kingfisher, led by female CEO Veronique Laury, were up 2% to £5.38bn (€7.34bn, $8.29).

German carmaker's plans will rival the likes of Google and Uber.

Trump sold 100% of his shares to the WME/IMG agency.

Alex Batlin of UBS's technology innovation and research team gave a candid explanation of blockchain strategy.

Sources told Reuters that some of the job cuts will be due to the spin-off of Deutsche's PostBank division.

Oil Search says 'highly opportunistic' bid 'grossly undervalues' the company.

Only two of the 11 stores up for closure are known as employees are kept in the dark.

The Square Mile representative sat down with IBTimes UK at his Mansion House residence.

Pre-tax profit at the pub chain was down 25.1%, despite a 7.4% increase in revenue to £1.5bn.

IPO is Japan's biggest since NTT Docomo's share debut in 1998.

Engine components found on the runway.

Clearmatics teamed up with UBS to develop a 'settlement utility coin'.

Innovate Finance is opening a blockchain lab in partnership with the Hartree Centre.

The company said in the long-term, the new wages will cost £27m.

NYU professor Scott Galloway says Marissa Mayer will go down as being the most overpaid CEO in history

Currys PC World owner reports 8% rise in sales, against a 4% market expectations