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U.S. Central Bankers Are Mostly White Men. The Feds Wants To Change That
Over more than a century of the Federal Reserve’s existence, the critical job of controlling the cost of money and…
US Companies Invested A Total Of $3.8Billion In Five Years In Nigeria
Companies of United States of America (USA) origin operating in Nigeria invested a total of $3.75billion to expand…
Bitcoin Mania Triggers Fundraising Rush By Chinese Players
Bitcoin mania has fuelled a surge in fundraising by Chinese companies seeking to expand their cryptocurrency…
Three Ships Carrying U.S. Ethanol Head To China – Sources
Three ships carrying ethanol were heading to China from the U.S. Gulf Coast, three trade sources told Reuters on…
Chinese Ev Trio Eye Hong Kong Listings This Year To Raise Combined $5 Billion…
U.S.-listed Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers Li Auto Inc, Nio Inc and Xpeng Inc plan to list in Hong Kong as…
Singapore ‘Bubble’ Business Hotel Welcomes First Guests
Singapore has launched a travel “bubble” business hotel that allows executives to do face-to-face meetings without…
Oil Prices Rise On Expected Economic Recovery, Likely Drawdown In Oil Stocks
Oil prices rose on Tuesday on expectations of a recovery in the global economy after the U.S. Senate approved a…
Japan Picks Nomura Asset CEO To Join Central Bank Board
Nakagawa would join a Bank of Japan (BOJ) board split between members who see more room to ramp up stimulus, and…
Singapore’s Temasek Allots $500 Million For Impact Investing In Leap Frog…
Singapore’s Temasek Holdings is committing $500 million to a partnership with private equity firm LeapFrog…
Asian Stocks Recover On Firmer Futures, Retreat In U.S. Yields
Asian stocks recovered from earlier losses on Tuesday, lifted by firmer U.S. equity futures and central bank…
U.S. Can Deliver COVID-19 Aid Checks Quickly, But Child Tax Credit Is Hurdle
With plenty of practice sending out coronavirus relief payments, the U.S. government should be able to start…
Indian Non-Profit Challenges New Content Regulation Rules For News Media
An Indian non-profit which runs an independent news website on Tuesday challenged in court the country’s new rules…
Investors Seek $1.2 Billion In Damages From Vivendi In Fraud Lawsuit
A group of investors will urge a French court on Tuesday to back its claim for 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in…
War Crimes Court Orders Record $30 Million Compensation For Congo Victims
Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30…
Heineken Replaces Chief Financial Officer After Savings Plan Launch
Heineken NV, the world’s second largest beer maker, said on Monday it will replace its chief financial officer as…
Nasdaq Futures Slide 2% On Inflation Jitters
Futures tracking the Nasdaq 100 index sank 2% on Monday as the passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package…
French Billionaire Politician Olivier Dassault Killed In Helicopter Crash
French billionaire Olivier Dassault was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, with…
Houthis Fire Missiles, Drones At Saudi Oil Facilities
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, attacking a…
South Korea, US Agree On New Cost-Sharing Deal For Troops
South Korea and the United States have agreed on a new arrangement for sharing the cost of the US troops stationed…
#GiveHerBetaHealth: GTBank Champions Access To Health Insurance For Women On…
As the 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD21) calls on people and organisations to #choosetochallenge for a better…
Two-Thirds Of Tropical Rainforest Destroyed Or Degraded Globally, NGO Says
Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data…
Panasonic To Buy U.S. Software Firm Blue Yonder For $6.5 Billion, Says Nikkei
Panasonic Corp will buy U.S. software firm Blue Yonder for 700 billion yen ($6.45 billion), the Nikkei reported on…
Price And Policy Fears Drive Chinese Investors Into Cloistered Stocks
Worries about the frothiness of China’s stock market and steps authorities might take to rein it in are forcing…
Dollar Stands Tall As U.S. Yields Resume Climb
The U.S. dollar gained on Monday, climbing towards a 3-1/2-month high, as a broad rise in Treasury yields spooked…
Lebanon’s Deadlock Fuels Seventh Day Of Street Protests
Demonstrators burnt tyres to block main roads all over Lebanon for the seventh straight day on Monday in anger at…
Brent Hops Past $70 For First Time Since Pandemic Began After Saudi Attack
Brent crude futures climbed above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began,…
Iran Slips Record Volume Of Oil Into China, Reaches Out To Asian Clients For Trade…
Iran has quietly moved record amounts of crude oil to top client China in recent months, while India’s state…
Deliveroo Launches London Ipo After Business Surges In 2020
British food delivery firm Deliveroo announced plans to launch its hotly anticipated London listing on Monday after…
Oil, Travel Stocks Boost European Shares
European shares rose on Monday, catching up with a late Friday rally on Wall Street, while oil majors like Royal…
Shares, Dollar Celebrate U.S. Stimulus, Oil At One-Year Top
Asian shares rallied on Monday while the dollar held near three-month peaks after the U.S. Senate passage of a $1.9…