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Barcelona - Former Spain and Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has indicated he will retire from playing at the end of the season. Xavi has played for Qatari club Al Sadd since 2015 but is best known for his glittering career at Barca, where he won eight La Liga and four Champions League titles. "It's going to be my last year, in January I'll turn 39 and I think it's time to say goodbye," Xavi said in an interview with Spanish radio station Cadena Ser on Thursday night. Xavi was also instrumental in Spain's unprecedented period of success between 2008 and 2012, when La Roja won the World Cup and the European Championships twice. Regularly linked with a return to Barcelona as coach, Xavi has made no secret of his ambition to lead his former club in the future. He insists, however, he first wants to gain experience in Qatar. "The idea is to start here in Qatar to get experience, to prove myself, it's a new stage where I start from s...

Bear Market primer: What you need to know Bear Market is a term that sends fear into Wall Street and investors. What does it mean? And how does it affect both Wall Street and Main Street? Adam Shell explains. Investors have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: the broad U.S. stock market was able to mount a tepid rebound and close higher Wednesday after a big two-day selloff wiped out all of 2018's gains and left investors wondering about the future of the nearly 10-year-old bull run. The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index gained 0.3 percent to close at 2650, finishing the day 9.6 percent off its September closing high and just shy of "correction" territory, defined as a drop of 10 percent or more.   Nervous investors have been dumping shares of U.S. companies for weeks, as worries about the global economy mount due to obstacles ranging from the fallout from the U.S.-China trade dispute to signs of slowing iPhone sales to fears that ...

Marvy Bitcoin  mining operations in the US and China are facing closures after the plummeting price of bitcoin means they may no longer be profitable. The world's most valuable cryptocurrency is  currently trading at around $4,500 , having lost almost a third of its value in the space of a week. BITCOIN PRICE CRASH CAUSES BANKRUPTCY AND MASS CRYPTOCURRENCY MINE CLOSURES Tens of thousands of mining rigs have been shut down in China Anthony Cuthbertson @ADCuthbertson 8 hours ago   0 comments Click to follow  marvynews.blogspot.com Bitcoin  mining operations in the US and China are facing closures after the plummeting price of bitcoin means they may no longer be profitable. The world's most valuable cryptocurrency is  currently trading at around $4,500 , having lost almost a third of its value in the space of a week. Bitcoin mining – the process o...