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Chinese Tech Stocks Fall As U.S. SEC Begins Rollout Of Law Aimed At Delisting
Shares in dual-listed Chinese companies fell sharply on Thursday in Asia after the U.S. securities regulator…
COLUMN-Central Banks Left Flat-Footed By Flexible Fed: Mike Dolan
This time it is probably different - or at least for monetary policymakers and markets trying to track them.…
Tesla Now Accepts Bitcoin As Payment For Cars, Musk Says
Having stunned the market with its audacious bet on Bitcoin earlier this year, Tesla Inc. will now start accepting…
Warnings As Crypto, Digital Yuan Fraudsters Run Wild In China
Chinese media outlets are reporting a sharp rise in bogus crypto, blockchain and digital yuan-related schemes in…
Sterling Dips As UK Vaccination Drive Faces Bump In The Road
Sterling fell on Wednesday after the European Union raised the prospect of blocking COVID-19 vaccine shipments to…
Yuan Going Global: China Tests Its Digital Currency On E-Commerce Platforms
As part of a push to internationalize the yuan, China has been testing its digital currency on trading platforms…
Bank Of Canada Sees More Investor Activity, Flipping In Housing -Deputy Governor
The Bank of Canada is seeing evidence of investor activity and “a lot more flipping” in some Canadian housing…
Nigeria Will Receive 84 Million Doses Of AstraZeneca Vaccine This Year –Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said Nigeria would receive 84 million doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine…
Massachusetts Court Reverses Order Requiring Facebook To Disclose App Records In…
The top court in Massachusetts on Wednesday reversed an order requiring Facebook Inc to turn over to state Attorney…
Financials lift S&P 500, Dow; Powell, Yellen On Deck
The S&P 500 and the Dow rose on Wednesday as economy-linked financial and energy stocks gained amid another day…
Suez Canal Blocked By Traffic Jam After Massive Container Ship Runs Aground
A large container ship remains stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking other vessels from moving in both directions…
US Stocks Set For A Rebound
There has been a surge in air travel with this year's spring break, but a recovery in flights by business travelers…
China May Just Have Doomed Its Trade Deal With Europe
China and the European Union rang in the new year by striking a major investment deal intended to strengthen…
Futures Rise Ahead Of March Business Surveys; Intel Shines
U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as Intel’s shares surged on plans to expand advanced chip making…
Google Signs News Content Deals With Italian Publishers
Alphabet Inc’s Google has sealed its first licence agreements in Italy with several publishers to offer access to…
Taiwan To Ration Water For 1million People, Tech Hub Unaffected
Taiwan will from next month ration water for more than one million people in the centre of the island because of a…
Euro Zone Economy Back To Growth In March As Factories Roar: PMI
Euro zone economic activity made a surprise return to growth this month as factories ramped up production to its…
TSMC Shares Slide, As Taiwan Plays Down Intel’s $20 Billion Expansion…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) shares fell nearly 4% on Wednesday after Intel Corp announced a…
Tencent’s Quarterly Profit Jumps 175%, Above Forecast
Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday reported a forecast-beating 175% rise in…
UAE Finance Minister And Dubai Deputy Ruler Sheikh Hamdan Dies
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai’s deputy ruler and the United Arab Emirates’ long-serving finance…
China’s Didi Leans Towards New York Over Hong Kong For IPO, Eyeing At Least…
China’s top ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is leaning toward picking New York over Hong Kong for its initial public…
Locked-Down Europe -Cash To Spend, Nowhere To Spend It
Only a few weeks ago, many European countries were hoping their more affluent citizens would by now have started…
Musk Says ‘Can Now Buy A Tesla With Bitcoin’
Tesla Inc's Elon Musk tweeted here on Wednesday, "you can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin."
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UK Inflation Unexpectedly Falls in February
British consumer price inflation fell to 0.4% in February from 0.7% in January, reflecting unusual patterns of…
Asian Shares Hit Two-Week Lows, Dollar Gains As Investors Scurry For Cover
Asian shares skidded to a two-week trough on Wednesday and the dollar neared four-month highs as coronavirus…
Bank Lending To Fossil Fuel Industry Down 9% In COVID-Hit Year
- The world’s biggest banks cut lending to fossil fuel firms by 9% in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, although…
Toyota To Reinvest In Isuzu To Partner On Connected Commercial Vehicles, Fuel…
Toyota Motor Corp will reinvest in Isuzu Motors Ltd to work together on connected commercial vehicles and fuel…
Nigerian Central Bank Leaves Benchmark Rate Unchanged, Denies New FX Policy
Nigeria’s central bank held its benchmark lending rate at 11.5% on Tuesday, said Governor Godwin Emefiele, who also…
IMF Likely To Revise Higher Its Nigeria Growth Forecast – IMF Nigeria…
The International Monetary Fund is likely to revise higher its growth forecast for Nigeria, its mission chief said…
UN Agency Criticizes Lack Of Women On Covid-19 Task Forces
Women worldwide are being shut out of decisions regarding the coronavirus pandemic due to unequal representation on…