Facebook Reverses Ban on Cryptocurrency Ads, Maintains Ban on ICOs (news: 27/06/18)

Today's press

• Facebook Reverses Ban on Cryptocurrency Ads, Maintains Ban on ICOs

  Facebook has updated its policy to allow cryptocurrencies to once again be advertised, while upholding its ban on the promotion of initial coin offerings (ICOs), in an announcement published Tuesday, June 26.

• Sterling falls as dollar rises, doubts return over interest rate rise

  LONDON (Reuters) - The pound fell against the euro and the dollar on Wednesday as imminent Brexit talks and doubts the Bank of England will raise interest rates this year darkened the outlook for the currency.

• Worsening trade row deepens chill felt by Chinese dealmakers seeking to do U.S. takeovers

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - The rapidly deteriorating trade and investment relationship between Washington and Beijing is sending a further chill through Chinese dealmakers who have already seen the number of Chinese acquisitions of American assets take a big hit.

• U.S. Pending Home Sales Fell 0.5% in May

  Investing.com - Contracts to buy previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in May, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

• UK house prices in June grow at slowest rate for five years

  UK house prices have grown at the slowest rate in five years in June, with London remaining the weakest spot as strained household finances and economic uncertainty kept buyers away.