德国总理朔尔茨16日未能通过信任投票。
德国联邦议院（议会下院）当天对总理朔尔茨领导的政府进行信任投票。717票中共有信任票207张、不信任票394张、弃权票116票，信任票未过半。
朔尔茨随即要求总统施泰因迈尔解散联邦议院。如果解散，需要在60天内举行新选举。施泰因迈尔此前已同意朔尔茨在2025年2月23日提前举行选举的提议。
（德新社）
BY 竹新社
The S&P 500 slumped 1.8% on Monday and Tuesday, thanks to China Evergrande, the Chinese property company that looks like it is ready to default on its more-than $300 billion in debt. Cries of the next Lehman Brothers—or maybe the next Silverado?—echoed through the canyons of Wall Street as investors prepared for the worst.
n the U.S. people generally use Bitcoin as an alternative investment, helping diversify a portfolio apart from stocks and bonds. You can also use Bitcoin to make purchases, but the number of vendors that accept the cryptocurrency is still limited. Big companies that accept Bitcoin include Overstock, AT&T and Twitch. You may also find that some small local retailers or certain websites take Bitcoin, but you’ll have to do some digging. That said, PayPal has announced that it will enable cryptocurrency as a funding source for purchases this year, financing purchases by automatically converting crypto holdings to fiat currency for users. “They have 346 million users and they’re connected to 26 million merchants,” says Spencer Montgomery, founder of Uinta Crypto Consulting. “It’s huge.”
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