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Israel’s One Zero Digital Bank Gains Full Licence
One Zero Digital Bank has received final regulatory approval for a full banking licence, the Bank of Israel said on…
Testing Firms To Lose Revenues As U.K. Abolishes Pre-Arrival Covid Tests
The United Kingdom has abolished the requirement for a negative PCR result to enter the country dealing a blow to…
Shares of Chinese developer Shimao jump on report that it’s selling all of its…
Shares of Shimao spiked nearly 7% on Monday after Chinese business publication Caixin reported the embattled…
Sonos Wins Google Import Ban Ruling In U.S. Patent Fight
A U.S. trade court barred Google late Thursday from importing products that infringe home-audio company Sonos'…
Goldman-Backed Digital Bank Starling Boycotts Meta Over Scam Ads
British digital bank Starling says it is boycotting Facebook parent company Meta over its failure to tackle…
Google Acquires Israel-Based Cybersecurity Startup, Siemplify For $500 Million
American multinational technology company, Google has acquired Siemplify, an Israel-based cybersecurity startup…
Google To Improve ‘Android To Windows PC’ Integration
Google has announced it is investing in more helpful ways to make android and windows PC devices work better.…
Tech Company STMicro Reports Higher Than Expected Q4 Sales, Lifting Its Shares
Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics said its preliminary fourth-quarter revenues were slightly above the…
GameStop Shares Surge On Plan To Enter NFT, Crypto Markets
GameStop Corp is launching a division to develop a marketplace for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and establish…
Singaporean Richest Billionaire, Forrest Li, Loses $10 Billion Of His Fortune
Forrest Li, Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Sea Ltd recently lost a huge chunk of his fortune. Li lost…
Walmart Halves Paid Leave For COVID-Positive Workers
Walmart workers in the United States who must isolate or who have tested positive for COVID-19 will receive one…
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Drops Nearly 3% As Asia-Pacific Markets Largely Fall
Shares in Asia-Pacific declined on Thursday following losses overnight that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Grammy Awards Postponed Indefinitely Amid Omicron-Fueled Covid Surge
The 64th annual Grammy Awards show has been postponed indefinitely amid a resurgence of Covid cases, fueled by the…
Nike Sues Lululemon Over Mirror Home Gym
Nike on Wednesday filed a lawsuit accusing Lululemon Athletica of patent infringement for making and selling the…
Meta Sets Out Grounds For UK Appeal On Giphy
Facebook-owner Meta has applied to appeal a British competition watchdog ruling that it must sell Giphy on grounds…
Tencent’s WeChat Mini Daily Users In China Grew 13% To 450 Million Last Year
Tencent Holdings' (0700.HK) Weixin, China's dominant messaging app which is known as WeChat outside the country,…
Tencent Raises $3 Bln By Trimming Stake In Shoppee-Owner Sea
Chinese gaming and social media company Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) has raised $3 billion by selling 14.5…
China’s Market Regulator Fines Alibaba, Tencent For Failing To Report Deals
China's top market regulator said on Wednesday it has fined units of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK), Tencent…
Foxconn India iPhone Plant Extends Closure, Workers’ Hostels Inspected…
A Foxconn iPhone factory in India at the center of a mass food-poisoning incident will extend a week closure by…
Turkish Lira Slips As Inflation Seen Soaring Higher
The lira slid as much as 4% against the dollar on Tuesday as Turkey girded for inflation to rise further after…
Dubai’s Global Ventures Close To Raising $100 Mln Target For Second Fund
Dubai-based Global Ventures is close to meeting a $100 million target for its new fund after attracting investments…
China Central Bank Launches Digital Yuan Wallet Apps For Android, iOS
China has released pilot versions of its digital yuan wallet application on mobile phone app stores as the…
Apple Makes History, Hits $3trn Market Capitalisation
Apple Inc. yesterday became the first company with a $3 trillion stock market value. Lifted by investors’…
The Evergrande Debt Crisis, Explained
Roselyn Hsueh, associate professor of political science at the College of Liberal Arts, talks about the…
EU Countries Seize 82% Of Nigeria’s Agro Products Exported Illegally – FG
About 80 per cent of agro-products from Nigeria that are intercepted and seized by the European Union member…
The European Commission has said it has approved Germany’s ‘H2Global’ $1.1bn…
U.S. crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, while U.S. oil production rose to the…
EC Approves Germany’s $1.1bn Green Hydrogen Programme
The European Commission has said it has approved Germany’s ‘H2Global’ $1.1bn programme to subsidise the…
United States Federal Bureau Of Prisons: Invictus Obi Will Be Released In…
According to a statement on the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons website, Obinwanne Okeke will be released…
Spain’s Annual Inflation Jumps To 6.7% At End Of 2021, Highest Since 1989
Spanish consumer prices in December rose 6.7% from the same month last year. The fastest annual pace of inflation…
Defensives And Tech Lend Support To STOXX
On the last full trading day of the year in Europe, investors are opting for a defensive allocation with sectors…