NewsWatch: Bitcoin prices tumble 50% from peak and Mark Cuban calls the crypto crash the ‘great unwind’

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Bitcoin prices on Sunday afternoon are in free fall anew, with the world’s No.1 crypto spiraling down more than 50% from a peak in around the middle of April, amid another bout of turbulence in the digital-asset sector. See full story.

If it’s not enhanced unemployment benefits, why are people turning down jobs?

Some people are finding it difficult to get a job, while others need to find affordable child care, home help or even transportation. See full story.

More investors than ever are borrowing to buy stocks. Here’s what this really means for the market

Total margin debt has nearly doubled since March 2000. See full story.

Why the future for Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple and other pricey growth stocks isn’t so bright

Earnings growth won’t be robust enough to justify current stock prices, new research suggests. See full story.

Apple v. Epic: Tim Cook offers strong defense of App Store

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook offered a strong defense of the App Store in federal court early Friday to rebuff Epic Games Inc.’s claims that the digital platform is a monopoly. See full story.

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‘My father, who passed away in 2009, and my mother had a joint will leaving all they owned to my sister and me’ See full story.