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US Trade Rep Nominee Says She will Fight ‘unfair’ Chinese Trade
President Joe Biden’s US nominee for trade representative, Katherine Tai, says she will work to fight a range of…
China Is Sounding The Alarm About A Global Market Bubble
One of China's most powerful financial officials is sounding the alarm over a bubble in global markets.
Guo…
Imperial Acquires SA E-commerce Startup ParcelNinja
Logistics company Imperial recently announced that it has acquired 60% of ParcelNinja. The deal took effect on 1…
Dollar Clings To Three-Weeks High As Yields Steady
The dollar held on to three-weeks highs against major currencies on Monday as U.S. and euro zone bond yields…
Forex Trading: A Beginner’s Guide
Forex is a portmanteau of foreign currency and exchange. Foreign exchange is the process of changing one currency…
German Retail Sales Tumble In January As Lockdown Bites
German retail sales tumbled more than expected in January as the COVID-19 lockdown and the withdrawal of a…
Palm Oil In Focus As Swiss Vote On Trade Pact With Indonesia
Swiss voters will decide on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Indonesia on Sunday, with lower tariffs on palm oil…
Ebay, Adevinta To Divest Smaller British Units To Salvage $9.2 Billion Tie-Up
Norway’s Adevinta and U.S. e-commerce group eBay aim to sell three smaller British units in order to obtain…
European Central Bank Has Flexibility To Counter Undesired Yield Rise: De Guindos
The European Central Bank has the flexibility to counter any undesired rise in bond yields, the bank’s vice…
Walmart’s Flipkart Expands Grocery Sales To More Indian Cities
Walmart-owned Flipkart will sell groceries online in more Indian cities, as it seeks to compete better with Amazon…
Betting On Death Of Petrol Cars, Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030
Volvo’s entire car lineup will be fully electric by 2030, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday, joining a…
Asian Shares Fall Amid China’s Asset-Bubble Warning
Asia stocks dropped on Tuesday and European equity futures fell as a senior Chinese official expressed wariness…
China Aims To Vaccinate 40% Of Population By End-July: Senior Adviser
China aims to vaccinate 40% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of July, a senior health adviser told…
Mining Magnets: Arctic Island Finds Green Power Can Be A Curse
In the tenth century, Erik the Red, a Viking from Iceland, was so impressed with the vegetation on another Arctic…
To Go Electric, America Needs More Mines. Can It Be Built?
Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died…
Tyme Raises $110 Million To Grow Digital Bank For Underserved In South Africa,…
After raising $110 million in a Series B capital raise, Tyme plans to expand its digital bank for the underserved…
CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Johnson & Johnson Vaccine For People 18 And…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice voted on Sunday to…
Canada ‘Disturbed’ By Charges Against Hong Kong Democrats: Foreign…
Canada is ‘disturbed’ by charges brought against 47 Hong Kong democrats and activists for conspiracy to commit…
Emerging Capital Partners Crosses The Threshold Of 5% Of SAH Lilas Capital
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), a pan-African leader in private equity, announced on February 3, 2021 that it had…
Sarkozy Ex-French President Found Guilty Of Corruption, Jailed
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption by a Paris court on Monday.
He was found…
‘Freedom, Justice’: Why Hong Kong People Are Moving To The UK
After spending half his life building his career as an art director at a Hong Kong magazine, Edmond Kwok never…
Wall Street Is Kicking Out Yet Another Big Chinese Company
A major Chinese oil company that has traded on Wall Street for decades has become the latest casualty of tensions…
Asian Equities Face Outflows In February Due To Rise In U.S. Bond Yields
Foreigners were net sellers of Asian equities for a second consecutive month in February, hit by a jump in U.S.…
Saudi Plans To Order 70 Airbus, Boeing Jets: Report
State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) plans to order 70 airliners from Airbus and Boeing, Saudi news outlet…
Banks In EU To Publish World’s First ‘Green’ Yardstick From Next…
Banks in the European Union would have to publish a groundbreaking “green asset ratio” (GAR) as a core measure of…
China Studies Boeing 737 MAX Recertification, Wants Safety Concerns Fully…
China’s aviation regulator said on Monday that its major safety concerns with the Boeing Co 737 MAX have to be…
SoftBank’s Internet Business To Invest $4.7 Billion In Tech Over Five…
SoftBank’s internet subsidiary Z Holdings on Monday outlined plans to invest 500 billion yen ($4.7 billion) in…
How A 10-Second Video Clip Sold For $6.6 Million
In October 2020, Miami-based art collector Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile spent almost $67,000 on a 10-second video artwork…
Texas Electricity Firm Files For Bankruptcy Citing $1.8 Billion In Claims From…
Texas’s largest and oldest electric power cooperative on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court…
Biden Urges Workers To ‘Make Your Voice Heard’ As Amazon Employees…
President Joe Biden defended workers’ rights to form unions and warned against intimidation of workers in a video…