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Survey Finds Substantial Cash Risks Being Faced By Asian Millennials
Millennials in Asia are expected to carry mortgage debt into retirement or even run out of money as they face a substantial cash risk during their later years,, found a new study. While 90 percent said they expect to be… Read More ›
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Assange Offers Hacking Tools to Tech Companies Following Wikileaks’ Latest Revelation Of CIA’s Hacking
Presenting Silicon Valley with a potential dilemma on how to deal with the anti-secrecy group, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said that it will provide technology companies with exclusive access to CIA hacking tools that it possesses so they can patch… Read More ›
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Wind Power Blows Through Nuclear, Coal as Costs Plunge at Sea
Unless you add some wind, water and electric power plants don’t mix well naturally. What is being described as an engineering miracle at the very least is developers are putting jumbo-jet sized wind turbines into stormy seas in the renewable… Read More ›
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Important News Floating In Asian Waters Awaits The International Oil Market
Floating storage off Singapore is a less visible number is flashing a warning sign for the global oil industry, say analysts, even as oil prices have been pushed to their lowest levels of 2017 as U.S. crude inventories surged by 8.2… Read More ›
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OECD’s Global Economic Outlook Shows Lots to Worry About
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development is of the view that potential currency volatility, overblown stock markets, or risks from increased trade barriers may not be withstood by the global economy and it may not be strong enough. The… Read More ›
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Cash Registers Isn’t Likely To Get A Ringing By Japan’s Drive To End ‘Death By Overwork’
Proposing fresh legislation limiting overtime, potentially to 45 to 60 hours a month, the Japanese government is taking aim at the workforce’s reputation for long hours. 23 percent of companies have workers putting in more than 80 hours of overtime… Read More ›
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Analyst Predicts Bitcoin Could Trade Above Gold and Hit $3000 By This Year End
A senior analysts is of the opinion that bitcoin could be trading above gold by the end of the year and the price of bitcoin could hit s much as $3,and this digital coin could hit a fresh record high. According to… Read More ›
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Amid Missile Spat, Free Trade Credentials of Xi Under Scrutiny
An international system of rules for free trade has been championed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in recent months. Now questions about those globalization credentials are being raised by his country’s treatment of South Korean companies amid a missile-shield spat…. Read More ›
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SBI Chair Says India Slowly Returning To ‘Normalcy’ Post-Demonetization
The outcome of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetization drive sees economy returning to “normalcy,” and a surge in deposits from the cash swap has given more room on lending, says India’s largest bank even though it was blindsided by the drive, the… Read More ›
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Row Over South Korean Missile Shield Plans Results In Chinese Companies Boycotting S Korean Retailer
After South Korea’s Lotte Group agreed on Monday to provide land to host a US anti-missile system that Beijing sees as a threat to national security, Chinese media reported the several Chinese companies have said that they will no longer… Read More ›