According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, the U.S. State Department has informed European companies that those helping to build Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline face sanction risks. “We are trying to inform companies of the… Read More ›
Month: January 2021
Chinese EV maker Xpeng Inc secures $2 billion credit facility for expanding manufacturing and sales
On Tuesday, Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc said, it has secured a $2 billion (12.8 billion yuan) credit line from five Chinese banks for expanding its manufacturing and sales. New York-listed Xpeng, which has a market value of $35… Read More ›
With Bitcoin Falling, Almost $170Bn Wiped Off Cryptocurrency Market In A Day
Market value worth more than $170 billion from the entire crypto currency market was wiped off on Monday after a fall in the value of bitcoin and other digital coins. According to Coinmarketcap, at 12:10 p.m. Singapore time, the total… Read More ›
Investigators Find Evidence Of SolarWinds Hacks Used Known Russian Spying Tools
According to researcher probing the huge cyber espionage campaign on entities in the United States which was discovered last month, claimed that the suspected group that conducted the cyber attack used malicious computer code that had links to spying tools… Read More ›
‘Unjustified’ Foreign Trade And Business Regulations To Be Countered By China
With the deteriorating relations between the United States and China, a set of new rules for countering “unjustified” laws and restrictions imposed in foreign countries on Chinese companies and citizens has been published by China’s Ministry of Commerce during the… Read More ›
Reserve Target Raised By IMF Due To Enhanced Risks Of Its Credit Exposure
Due to a sharp increase in financial risks since 2018, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the medium term target for the fund’s precautionary reserves has been agreed to be raised by its Executive Board. The IMF said in… Read More ›
Bahrain opens airspace with Doha from January 11
In a development that sees the end of a regional dispute, Bahrain’s civilian affairs authority said, it will open its airspace to Qatar from January 11. The development comes in the wake of a U.S.-backed deal by Arab states last… Read More ›
U.S. investment powerhouse KKR closes Asia Pacific infrastructure fund at $3.9 billion
On Monday, KKR & Co, a U.S.-based investment powerhouse stated, it has closed a fund targeting infrastructure-related investments in Asia Pacific at $3.9 billion. In a press release KKR said, the fund was its first in the region for the… Read More ›
U.S.-Taiwan relation elevated to global partnership
On Monday, in a development of significant geostrategic importance, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu stated, U.S.-Taiwan relations have been elevated to a global partnership while describing the U.S. lifting of restrictions on interactions between officials from both sides as a… Read More ›
Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs JPMorgan to delist some HK-listed structured products following U.S. ban
In a statement, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs JPMorgan said, they will delist 500 Hong Kong-listed structured products following a U.S. ban on investments in companies Washington has labeled as deemed to be linked to the Chinese military. The Hong… Read More ›