Virtual currency Bitcoin -- or "digital gold" to its fans -- has enjoyed a gravity-defying rise along with wild price swings, sparking fears it could be the latest financial market "bubble."
Bitcoin was worth just a few US cents when it began life in 2009 and last week changed hands for a staggering $17,000 despite having no central bank backingRead more
Ireland's rents are now higher than their 2008 peak, according to a report from a local property website on Tuesday.
The report from daft.ie, Ireland's biggest property website, said the average rent nationwide has risen by 39.7 percent since bottoming out in late 2011 and has for the first time exceeded its 2008 peak by 0.8 percent.
From 1997 toRead more