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State Handouts Paves Way For Road To Electric Car Paradise
The electric cars in the Norwegian island of Finnoey are exempt from the $6,000-a-year toll charges for the tunnel to the mainland and that is the reasons that this place has the highest density of electric cars in the world…. Read More ›
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If No Global Deal Is Struck, EU Plans To Go Alone On The Issue Of Digital Tax
Even if the rest of the rich world did not follow suit, the EU should proceed with an overhaul of taxes on digital firms, the European Commission said according to a draft report. Accused of paying too little tax in… Read More ›
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Thyssenkrupp-Tata Deal Shakes Up German Election
The moving of the headquarter from Germany to the Netherlands for the new entity that has been formed by merger of the steel making operations of Germany’s iconic Thyssenkrupp AG and India’s Tata Steel Ltd. would result in thousands of jobs and this has… Read More ›
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China Should Open Up Markets Like It Says It Will, European Group Urges The Second Largest Economy
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China warned that China needs to make good on its own repeated calls to open up its markets, or face consequences. With President Xi Jinping making speeches on openness and globalization, China has publicly avowed to do… Read More ›
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How The German Elections Could Determine Europe’s Destiny
A result being described one which could seal the continent’s fate in terms of ever closer political and economic union, Angela Merkel is likely to be re-elected as Germany’s chancellor for a fourth term in an election next Sunday. With… Read More ›
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Military ‘Equilibrium’ With U.S. Is Sought By North Korea
While the United States had earlier signalled that its patience for diplomacy is wearing thin after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan for the second time in under a month, on Saturday, North Korea said that it aims to reach… Read More ›
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First Major Test Of Credibility Faced By EU-U.S. Data Pact
With Europe seeking to ensure Washington has lived up to its promises to protect the data of European citizens stored on U.S. servers, a pact underpinning billions of dollars of transatlantic data transfers will undergo its first annual review. The… Read More ›
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China’s Struggle To Stop Kim Shown By Smuggled North Korea Clams
Chinese and North Korean trawlers intermingle as they search for crabs, conch and yellow clam in the fishing grounds where the Yalu River opens up to the Yellow Sea. According to media reports that quote traders who have been aboard… Read More ›
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Countries That Started Rift With Qatar Have More To Lose, Says Chief Of Largest Middle East Bank
According to the group chief executive of the Middle East’s largest bank by assets, in comparison to the gas-rich state of Qatar that they are targeting, the Arab countries that have cut ties with Qatar may have more to lose from the spat. Qatar… Read More ›
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As Hurricanes Hit U.S. Crop, Top Cotton Buyers Flock To India
After fierce storms in the United States, the biggest exporter of cotton, affected the size and quality of the crop, dealers in India said that the world’s top cotton buyers, all in Asia, are flocking to India to secure supplies…. Read More ›