For Johnson, passing the deal is a do-or-die situation: he has banked on the phrase repeatedly, saying he will get the deal through by October 31, no matter what. On Saturday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s last-minute plan to secure… Read More ›
Month: October 2019
South Korean Economy Still Sluggish Due To Weak Exports And Investments
Amidst the slowing global business environment, and the uncertainty surrounding the trade wars between the United States and China and the scheduled departure of the United Kingdom form the European Union, growth in the South Korean economy remained sluggish because… Read More ›
The Major EU Goods Targeted By US Tariffs After WTO Airbus Ruling
Price of many products exported to the United States from the European Union have increased because of the tariffs imposed by Washington. Following the ruling by World Trade Organization in favor of the US earlier this month, Washington imposed tariffs… Read More ›
Concern Over Its Negative Rate Policy Of ECB Voiced By Some Of Its Members
The current negative rate policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) could result in “unintended consequences” on the financial system of the region, said two members of the ECB while expressing concerns about the current interest rate regimen. The policy… Read More ›
DUP’s Sammy Wilson calls on rebel lawmakers to torpedo Boris Johnson’s deal
Saturday’s extraordinary parliamentary sessions is promising to be an extraordinary thriller. Sammy Wilson, a lawmaker for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) stated, voting down British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will open up better opportunities for the government and… Read More ›
Bank of England to push result of 2019 Bank Stress Test on Dec. 10
The test was to see whether banks have enough capital to take on stressful economic conditions. On Friday, UK’s central bank, the Bank of England said, it would publish the results of its annual assessment of banks’ readiness for financial… Read More ›
Italy’s biggest bank will need to take extraordinary measures to boost share performance
Fondazione Cariverona, UniCredit’s biggest Italian shareholder with a stake of 1.8% has called upon UniCredit to take measures to boost the share’s performance. On Friday, the head of a leading shareholder in UniCredit, he hoped Italy’s biggest bank would take… Read More ›
Tim Cook met China’s chief market regulator in Beijing
China is a crucial market for Apple, one in which it has been steadily losing market share. On Friday, China’s chief market regulator Xiao Yaqing disclosed, he had met up with Tim Cook, Apple Inc’s Chief Executive, in Beijing on… Read More ›
‘Limited Ammunition’ To Fight Recession Left With Central Banks, Warns IMF
The International Monetary Fund has warned that policy blunders of the central banks of the world have pushed the global economy to its weakest point since the global financial crisis of 2008 and the central banks are now wasting scarce… Read More ›
China’s Huawei Not Completely Banned From Bidding In Germany’s 5G Network Building
Germany has effectively not banned Huawei, the Chinese tech giant and the largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in the world, from participating in the construction of 5G mobile networks in the country according to a draft proposal prepared by the… Read More ›