IG Group acquires cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve for A$178m

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US House Passes Temporary Funding Bill, Sends to Senate for Review House passes GOP bill to avert a shutdown, but Senate looks likely to reject it The Republican-controlled House on Friday passed a stopgap bill to fund the government until just before Thanksgiving, daring Democrats in the Senate to reject the measure and risk a shutdown at the end of this month. The vote was 217-212, with one Democrat joining Republicans voting yes. Two Republicans, and all other Democrats, voted against the bill. The short-term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR, now heads to the Senate, where Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democrats have vowed to defeat it and have offered their own competing funding plan. Both measures are expected to be rejected when they come to the Senate floor later Friday. What happens next is uncertain. To overcome a filibuster, 60 votes are needed in the Senate, meaning any bill to avert a shutdown and buy appropriators more time to strike a longer-term funding deal must be bipartisan. The House bill extends federal funding at current levels without any other policy changes. It would keep the government open through Nov. 21. The Senate Democratic bill w

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