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Vodafone Will Spin Off Its Pan-European Mobile Mast Business TowerCo
With the aim of launching an initial public offering at the stock exchange within the next 18 months for a potential worth of as much as €20 billion, Vodafone plans to spin off its pan-European mobile mast business. There was… Read More ›
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Chinese Phone Maker Xiaomi Ousted As India’s Top Phone Firm By A Chinese Rival
After dominating the Indian smartphone market – the fastest growing market for smartphones in the world, for more than a year, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has recently lost out the race to one of its domestic rivals in China. At… Read More ›
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Signals Of Future Rate Cut Given By ECB And Hints And More Monetary Easing
Hints about implementing more easing measures for the economy was dropped by the European Central Bank (ECB) especially targeted for the markets on Thursday which resulted in the euro dropping to a two year low against the dollar for a… Read More ›
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737 Max Production Could Be Stopped If Impasse With Regulators Continue, Warns Boeing
If the global grounding of its 737 Max jet planes continues for much longer, Boeing would be forced to halt production of the planes, the United States airplane maker has warned. The troubles caused by the grounding of the planes… Read More ›
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A Sluggish Global Economy Could Get Even Worse Due To Trade Conflicts, IMF Says
The latest outlook from the International Monetary Fund about the prospect of the global economy states that growth in the world economy is still sluggish and a bouncing back of it is not assured even in 2020. That forecast was… Read More ›
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Alibaba To Allow Small US Businesses To Sell On Its Platform Providing Them Global Reach
Smaller businesses and companies in the United States would now be allowed to use the Alibaba.com e-commerce platform, the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd has announced. Analysts view this measure by Alibaba to be an effort by it… Read More ›
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With A 93% Tariff, US Wines Are The Hardest Hit In The US-China Trade War
The current rate of taxation on American wine – post the latest retaliatory tariff imposed by China on United States products is as high as 93 per cent. This extremely high rate of import tariff has put the product out… Read More ›
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Shares Jump By Upto 500% At Nasdaq-Style Chinese Market
A new stock exchange in China’s Changhai which has been developed on the style of the United States’ exchange Nasdaq saw shares on the exchange shoot up by as much as 500 per cent. Analysts see this as a clear… Read More ›
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Iran-UK Tensions Rise Over Tanker Seizures
Following the seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker by Iran, tensions between the United Kingdom and Iran has flared up with Iran Tehran warning London not to escalate the situation. The UK had called the seizure as being a “hostile”… Read More ›
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UK Warns Iran Of Treading “Dangerous Path’ Over Tanker Seizure
The decision of Iran to seize a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf is pushing the country towards a “dangerous path” of “illegal and destabilising” behavior, said the British foreign secretary commenting on the incident. The seized tanker is called Stena… Read More ›