Maria Elena Vizcaino

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    Airlines’ flight cancellations near 2,400 as COVID-fueled crew crisis threatens to extend through New Year’s Eve

    By Maria Elena Vizcaino and Bloomberg
  • Workers at a cellphone accessories shop that takes accepts Bitcoin as a payment method in the Historical Center of San Salvador, El Salvador, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. The government’s new digital wallet, called Chivo, was designed to facilitate Bitcoin transactions, but the ease with which users can top up their balances and switch instantly between dollars and tiny, fractional amounts of the cryptocurrency makes it a perfect tool for speculation. Photographer: Camilo Freedman/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    El Salvador needs an IMF loan. Its central bank thinks Bitcoin can sweeten the deal

    By Maria Elena Vizcaino, Michael McDonald, and others
  • A customer hands over 100 Russian ruble banknotes to pay for a food order inside a McDonalds Corp. restaurant in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. This week Moscow introduced new rules to require proof of vaccination, recovery from Covid-19 or a recent negative PCR test in order to dine indoors. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    U.S. dollar set to strengthen as COVID delta variant hits countries with low vaccine rates

    By Colleen Goko, Netty Ismail, and others