Managing Risk Associated With Capital Market Investment
The capital market is, generally, regarded as a safe haven for investment. There, your money works for you. The market…
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Oil Price Rebounds To $66 Ahead Of OPEC Meeting
Oil price rose from its biggest slump since November 2020, ahead of a key meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum…
2m Urban Youths To Benefit From USAID $15m Project
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a new activity designed to empower as many as two million…
Abercrombie & Fitch Profit Beats On Lower Costs, Higher Holiday Pricing
Abercrombie & Fitch Co reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it would resume share buybacks, as the…
Brazil Monthly Producer Price Inflation 3.36% In January, Second Highest Since 2014
The monthly rate of producer price inflation in Brazil kicked off this year at its second highest since comparable records…
Hertz Set To Ride Out Of Bankruptcy With $4.2 Billion From Investment Firms
Two investment firms will buy a majority stake in Hertz Global Holdings Inc for $4.2 billion under a restructuring plan…
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 “unfair”…
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 Shuqing, the…
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 February. The…
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 steadied,…
Forex Trading: A Beginner’s Guide
Forex is a portmanteau of foreign currency and exchange. Foreign exchange is the process of changing one currency into another currency for a…
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 temporary cut…
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 regulatory approval…
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 president told…
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 and Reliance…
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 growing number…
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 about the risk…
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 mysteriously…
Tyme Raises $110 Million To Grow Digital Bank For Underserved In South Africa, Asia
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 Older
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice voted on Sunday to recommend the Johnson &…
Canada ‘Disturbed’ By Charges Against Hong Kong Democrats: Foreign Minister
Canada is ‘disturbed’ by charges brought against 47 Hong Kong democrats and activists for conspiracy to commit subversion, Foreign Minister…
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 crossed the…
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 guilty…
‘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 between…
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 Maaal reported on…