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  • Argentines seek soup kitchens, barter markets amid crisis

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Men wait outside the metal-grill door of a soup kitchen in a slum, hoping to get a small serving of beef and mashed potatoes. At a barter market on the capital's outskirts, a woman tries to persuade another to exchange for her granddaughters' tiny shoes.
  • Bartering community Bunz faces questions about ethos with cryptocurrency plan

    TORONTO - Bunz, the Canadian online bartering community known for promoting a cash-free economy, is not abandoning its ethos with plans to launch its own cryptocurrency, company CEO Sascha Mojtahedi said Monday in the wake of some user revolt.
  • if you sold or used Bitcoin last year, the CRA needs to collect its due

    TORONTO - It may seem early to start thinking about filing taxes, but this year's return could be particularly time-consuming for Canadians who have flocked to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, especially those who don't realize they owe the government money.
  • The real revolution in NKorea is rise of consumer culture

    PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of - Like all North Korean adults, Song Un Pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather pinned neatly to her left lapel, above her heart. But on her right glitters a diamond-and-gold brooch.
  • The real revolution in NKorea is rise of consumer culture

    PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of - Like all North Korean adults, Song Un Pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather pinned neatly to her left lapel, above her heart. But on her right glitters a diamond-and-gold brooch.
  • Digital currency dealers grapple with big banks and murky financial rules

    OTTAWA - Canadians buying and selling an emerging digital currency are running afoul of established banks and operating in uncharted territory for financial regulators.

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