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EU To Provide Level Playing Field For Its Firms To Rival US And Chinese Tech Giants
Europe is now planning to catch up with the United States and China in the area of technologies that dominated the past decade as it feels that it had been left behind in the technology race. The current aim of… Read More ›
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Shell Predicts Doubling Of Demand For Liquefied Natural Gas By 2040
Royal Dutch Shell’s annual LNG Outlook report shows a 12.5 per cent rise in global demand for liquefied natural gas, or LNG, last year touching a total of 359 million tons. Shell has predicted that natural gas set to play… Read More ›
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Coal Miner Glencore Promises To Reduce Carbon Emissions By 30% By 2035
While unwilling to set any form of climate targets for the company, the mining giant Glencore has claimed that it expects to reduce about 30 per cent of its carbon footprint by 2035. This, according to the company, will be… Read More ›
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Japan To Conduct Trials With HIV Drug To Fight Coronavirus
Japan is facing a threat to its economy as well as for its public health system because of the growing number of cases of coronavirus infections in the country. As a measure to try and mitigate this threat, Japan is… Read More ›
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EU Companies Reveal Little Data For Non-Financial Reporting, Finds New Study
Companies in the European Union are revealing very little data about what they are doing on non-financial issues such as climate change and human rights performance, claimed a new report released by the Alliance for Corporate Transparency. According to the… Read More ›
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$4 Billion Fund Created By Singapore To Help Out Firms And Households Hit By Coronavirus
Business and households that have been hit by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in Singapore will be helped by the government which has set aside a total of 5.6 billion Singapore dollars or $4.02 billion in reserves for the purpose for… Read More ›
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Britain To Host Chinese Firm ‘Implicated’ In Human Rights Abuses Of Uighur Minority In China
A Chinese Chinese surveillance company that was “implicated” by the United States and subsequently blacklisted by it for its gross violation of human rights violations in China’s efforts to deal with the Uighur Muslim minority uprising will be promoted by… Read More ›
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Coronavirus Impacting Global Operations, Say American Firms In China: AmCham Survey
A poll conducted by Shanghai’s American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) has found that an impact of the business shutdowns due to the coronavirus epidemic is already being felt in the global operations of almost half of the American companies in… Read More ›
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USTR Issues Phone Number For US Companies Over To Complain China’s Trade Practices
A dispute resolution office and complaint hotline has been established by the United States S. Trade Representative’s office which will be responsible to ensure that the so called Phase 1 trade agreement between the US and China is enforced, the… Read More ›
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Stagnating European Economy Is A Candidate For Coronavirus Shock From China
Amidst resurging fears of a European recession after the last quarter of 2019 turned out a no growth year for Germany and as the deadly coronavirus threatens to drastically reduce exports to China. There was no growth in the German… Read More ›