The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that there will be a greater fall in demand than was previously expected by it for the current year as well as for 2021 because of a surge in new infections of the… Read More ›
Day: August 13, 2020
German companies expect business to normalize in 11 months: Ifo
In a statement on Thursday, Germany’s Ifo economic institute said, German companies expect business conditions to normalize in an average of 11 months. Germany’s services sector expect business to return to normal at 11.7 months, while the manufacturing sector sees… Read More ›
Chevron Corp invests in nuclear fusion startup Zap Energy
In a statement Chevron Corp said, it is in the process of investing in nuclear fusion startup Zap Energy Inc, joining its peers Norway’s Equinor and Italy’s ENI, who have also backed the startup in order to reduce their carbon… Read More ›
China’s banking industry likely to write-off bad debts worth $490 billion in 2020
According to a report from China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s banking industry is expecting to expecting to write-off $489.91 billion (3.4 trillion yuan) of bad debts in 2020. These bad loans have cropped up due to Wuhan coronavirus. “The sector… Read More ›
Thyssenkrupp sees first signs of stabilization in businesses
On Thursday, German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp said, some of its businesses were stabilising in the current quarter after taking heavy hits from the coronavirus pandemic. Thyssenkrupp has reported a fiscal third-quarter adjusted operating loss from continuing operations, minus the elevator business… Read More ›
