PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - October 30
Oct 30 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said a security breach had resulted in an estimated $6.3 billion impact, with the company saying it had suspended all deposits and withdrawals and that its customers would be made whole.
- DoorDash DASH.O said it would buy Instacart CART.O in a deal valued at about $17 billion, stepping up its push into the fast-growing US grocery delivery market as competition intensifies among app-based platforms.
- The US Department of Homeland Security asked Icelandic hosting company FlokiNET to take down or limit access to data related to thousands of agency personnel, saying the content put them at risk, after data was released on more than 41,000 workers at the department.
- European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde announced that she would step down in February, cutting short a turbulent term that spanned a series of economic crises including the Covid-19 pandemic and two energy shocks.