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The World’s Biggest Human Migration In China Is Being Transformed By Bullet Trains
The Lunar New year Holiday means cramped trains for millions of Chinese trying to get back home. But that situation is being changed by the advent of high speed railways in the country. China has embarked on a plan to… Read More ›
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2018 To See Retail Industry Growth Between 3.8 And 4.4 Percent According To Forecast Of NRF
There is an anticipated growth of anywhere between 3.8 and 4.4 percent in 2018 compared to 2017 in retail industry sales in the U.S., according to an economic forecast by the National Retail Federation. There is an anticipated increase of… Read More ›
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Tesco CEO Elon Musk Earned Less Than The Average American Household Last Year
Despite being among the richest people in the world and he is also amongst the lowest paid of the global CEOs – and the difference in payments is also very substantial. Tesla has announced that the salary paid to Musk… Read More ›
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British Biotech And Life Sciences Firms To Get US$1.3b In Chinese Investment Following May’s China Visit
Two venture capital firms in Britain got investment commitments worth 8 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) from investors in mainland China in the week following the visit of British Prime Minister Teresa May. This is reflective of the enhanced interest of… Read More ›
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EPA Penalties Against Polluting U.S. Businesses Reach Lowest Point In A Decade
Here has been a sharp drop in the number of companies being fined for violation of environment norms in eth U.S. by the Environmental Protection Agency during the first year of Presidency of Donald Trump and this has resulted in… Read More ›
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Bank of England Warns Of Rate Hike Sooner Than Markets Expect
There are chances that the rates of banking interest in the United Kingdom could get raised earlier than is being expected by the market, warned the governor of the Bank of England (BoE) during his quarterly BoE inflation report speech…. Read More ›
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Didi Teams Up With Softbank To Enter Japanese Taxi Industry
The Japanese taxi industry is going to be the new foreign market for Chinese ride hailing company Didi Chuxing as the company announced that it is planning to get into an agreement with the Japanese investment institution Softbank for setting… Read More ›
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Full Employment Status Conferred On Couriers Carrying Blood For NHS Of U.K.
Full employment has been won by couriers carrying emergency blood supplies for the NHS of the U.K. This perhaps the first time that such a recognition has been given to a constituent of what is defined as the gig economy…. Read More ›
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International Markets To See More Client Assets Invested In 2018 By Financial Advisors, Despite Geopolitical Uncertainty
Among the concerns that are at the top of the mind of financial advisors when investing overseas is geopolitical uncertainty. However, that concern is not enough to dissuade them from continuing to invest in international assets in 2018. This was… Read More ›
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Biggest Ever Fall For Global Smartphone Market As It Sides By 9 Percent
The biggest fall in shipment in the history of smartphones was recorded last quarter with a fall of 9 per cent in the global smartphone market. Sale of iPhones from Apple fell 1 per cent because users preferred to cling… Read More ›