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23 hours ago · The renminbi is held in a floating exchange-rate system managed primarily against the US dollar. On 21 July 2005, China revalued its currency by 2.1% against the US dollar and, since then has moved to an exchange rate system that references a basket of currencies and has allowed the renminbi to fluctuate at a daily rate of up to half a percent.
- 1,411,750,000 (31 December 2022 est.)
23 hours ago · Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Nodes in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network verify transactions through cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight.
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- Bitcoins
- ₿, (Unicode: .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+20BF ₿ BITCOIN SIGN)
23 hours ago · Sustainable Development Fee of USD 200 per day for almost all visitors to Bhutan. Yes/No Bolivia: Online Visa / Visa on arrival: 30 days: No Fee if visa obtained prior to arrival (consular visa). 160 dollar fee payable by US dollars that must be clean, and not wrinkled or torn or local currency if obtaining at border; No
23 hours ago · The US dollar saw gains against major currencies Tuesday morning as minor employment data, including a stronger-than-anticipated Employment Cost Index (ECI) of 1.2% in Q1 2024, emerged. This uptick, occurring just before significant events like the FOMC meeting and Nonfarm Payrolls release, bolstered expectations of robust US data and a ...
23 hours ago · By 2009 the cost of the work had risen from $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion with some estimates saying it would take up to $3 billion. Officials hoped the renovated buildings would achieve a LEED Silver rating. Despite some delays and rises in construction costs, renovation on the entire UN headquarters progressed rapidly.
- September 14, 1948;, 75 years ago
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23 hours ago · Adjusted (in million USD) Original (in million USD) Painting Image Artist Year Date of sale Rank at sale Seller Buyer Auction house $559.7 $450.3 Salvator Mundi: Leonardo da Vinci: c. 1500: November 15, 2017: 1 Dmitry Rybolovlev: Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud: Christie's, New York ~$386 ~$300 Interchange: Willem de Kooning: 1955 September 2015: 1
23 hours ago · The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648.Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%.
