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9.4% Fall In Auto Sales In China In October, Says Industry Body
The protracted worldwide scarcity of semiconductor chips was instrumental in vehicle sales in China declining in October, which was a drop for the sixth straight month, with a 9.4 per cent year on year fall in sales, shoed data from… Read More ›
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Chips Shortage Is A Greater Concern Than Covid-19 For Daimler Truck CEO
The global semiconductor shortage is a cause of greater worry compared to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic for Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum. “I’m more concerned about semiconductors than Covid at the moment,” Daum said in a television… Read More ›
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J&J To Be Divided Into Two Listed Companies
The consumer goods division of Johnson & Johnson, a health-care multinational, will be separated from its pharmaceutical and medical device businesses, the company announced on Friday, which will establish two publicly listed firms. The stocks of the company were driven… Read More ›
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Sale Of Urea, Used As Emission Suppressant, Rationed In South Korea Due To Supply Shortage
A tactic to ration urea, which is utilized for reducing carbon emissions in diesel cars and in various industries, is now being implemented by the South Korean government. Authorities there have also imposed a ban on reselling of the solution… Read More ›
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Unexpected Drop In Euro Zone Retail Sales In October Due To Weak German Performance
Retail sale number in eurozone fell unexpectedly in September as the largest economy of the bloc – Germany, did not perform to expectations with sluggish non-food sales, according to Eurostat statistics released on Friday. Retail sales in the 19 eurozone… Read More ›
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China Imports Its Three-Year Lowest Volume Of Crude Oil In October
Large state-owned refiners in China deferred purchases of crude oil due to rising prices and independent refiners remained constrained by import limits resulting in the country’s crude oil imports dropping down to their lowest level since September 2018. According to… Read More ›
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Another Chinese Real Estate Giant Misses Key Bond Payment, Raising Further Concerns In The Property Market
Shares of another Chinese developer were suspended from trading after it failed to service a payment deadline, and this exasperated the already precarious real estate market of the second-largest economy of the world. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange suspended trading… Read More ›
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Kroger Investigating Fake Press Release Touting Bitcoin Cash Acceptance By The Firm
Kroger Co is investigating the issuing of a bogus news release claiming that the company will accept bitcoin currency at its shops, the grocer announced on Friday. This made the company the second big retailer in recent weeks to be… Read More ›
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Close Eye At Ports To Be Kept By China To Curb Pandemic Risks
China has announced a high alert situation because of the Covid-19 pandemic as authorities implement stringent norms on movement in and out of the nation to decrease the threats of the spread of the pandemic in the wake of a… Read More ›
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New Study Finds Cervical Cancer Rate Is Reduced By Up To 87% By Older HPV Vaccine
A long-running English research revealed that young women have an 87 per cent decreased chance of getting cervical cancer due to the human papillomavirus (HPV) if they are vaccinated against the virus in their teens using an earlier GlaxoSmithKline medication… Read More ›