Pound Under Pressure After UK GDP And Trade Data
The pound came under pressure on Friday after new data showed a decline in trade and the size of the…
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5 Arrested In South Africa’s Biggest Banking Scandal
South African Police, on Thursday, arrested five persons in connection with the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank, the country’s biggest…
Bridging Gender Gap To Boost Economic Prosperity In Post-Covid Era
Women across the world face tougher economic prospects than men and the coronavirus pandemic has only made things worse. Women…
The Corporate Taxman Cometh
Global investors are obsessing about borrowing costs, discount rates and inflation risks as the world emerges from the shocking pandemic…
Netflix May Crack Down On Password Sharing
If you’re using your sister’s boyfriend’s dad’s Netflix account — listen up. The streaming giant is testing a new feature that could…
Trump, Estranged From Presidents Club, Excluded From Predecessors’ PSA
When President Donald Trump received his Covid-19 vaccine at the White House in January, it was not recorded by official photographers or videographers, according to a…
Six Coal Miners killed In Blast In Pakistan’s Southwest
Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan,…
Investors Dump Bonds And Gold, Pile Into Equities
Investors piled into equities, while pulling money out of gold and bonds in the week up to March 10, data…
Exclusive: Posco’s Steel Plant In India Faces Disruption, Hampering Auto Supply Chain
Operations at South Korean steelmaker Posco’s plant in India’s western state of Maharashtra have been disrupted by protests over labour…
Britain’s Burberry To Beat Forecasts After Sales Rebound
British luxury group Burberry said on Friday it would beat market forecasts for profits and revenues in its final quarter…
Power To The Beeple: Digital Art Fetches $69.3M At Auction
American artist Beeple became the first to sell a purely digital piece of artwork at auction, fetching more than $69.3m…
Syria: Oil Refinery Attacks Raise Fears Of ‘Grave Escalation’
Attacks on rural Aleppo that caused severe damage to oil facilities have been described as “state terrorism” by the Syrian…
UK Exports To EU Slump In First Month Of New Brexit Trade Ties
Exports and imports from Britain to the European Union plunged during the first month of the country’s new trade relationship…
ECB’s Villeroy Flags Flexibility On Bond Purchases
The European Central Bank will be flexible at all levels in its bond purchases, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau…
Southeast Asia’s Grab In Talks For U.S. Listing Via $40 Billion SPAC Deal: Sources
Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab Holdings is in talks to go public through a merger with…
As vaccine Nationalism Deepens, Governments Pay To Bring Production Home
In the German town of Dessau, one of the sites of the Bauhaus art school, an institute was set up…
Swiss Bank Rahn+Bodmer In U.S. Settlement Over Clients Defrauding IRS
Zurich private bank Rahn+Bodmer will pay $22 million to settle U.S. criminal charges it helped American taxpayers who were exiting…
Rakuten To Sell 8% Stake To Japan Post In Amazon Battle
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc said on Friday it would sell an 8.32% stake to postal and banking giant Japan…
Deutsche Bank 2020 Bonuses Jump 29% As Bank Turns Profit
Deutsche Bank paid 29% more in bonuses for the past year, the lender said on Friday, rewarding staff for a…
UK Economy Shrinks By Monthly 2.9% In January
Britain’s economy shrank by 2.9% in January from December as the country went back into a coronavirus lockdown, official data…
Hempburger To Go? Thai Consumer Goods Firms Pile Into Legal Cannabis Trade
If the bets of Thailand’s farmed cannabis promoters pay off, Thais could soon be chowing down on hempburgers, washed down…
From $318K To $0: Bitcoin Price Predictions For 2021
What will be the price of Bitcoin in one year? Ten years? Twenty years? Watch our latest video for our…
Asian Stocks Up On Dovish ECB As Biden Signs Stimulus
Asian shares rose on Friday after U.S. President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law, and after…
Biden: All U.S. Adults To Be Eligible For Vaccines By May, Some Normalcy Coming By Summer
President Joe Biden told U.S. states on Thursday to make all adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by May 1…
China’s JD.com In Talks To Purchase Stake In Brokerage Worth $1.5 Billion – Sources
JD.com Inc is in talks to buy part or all of a stake in brokerage Sinolink Securities worth at least…
European Central Bank To Step Up Pace Of Stimulus Program
The European Central Bank said Thursday it will step up its bond-buying stimulus in the coming months, a step aimed…
Commodities Trader Buys $36 Million Of Copper And Gets Painted Rocks Instead
Commodities trader Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. struck a deal last summer to buy $36 million of copper from a Turkish…
Stakeholders Canvass Policies to Regulate Cryptocurrency
The Nigerian Technology Industry Group has said there should be core policies that would help in regulating cryptocurrency providers in…
Smarter Dressing In Store For Hugo Boss As Lockdowns Lift
Hugo Boss expects its business will continue to suffer in the first quarter but forecast a gradual recovery from April…