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Select countries get relief from U.S. tariff hikes for aluminum and steel
The U.S. Commerce Department has stated Trump has signed proclamations permitting relief from U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel for a select few countries. As per the U.S. Commerce Department, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed proclamations which permit targeted… Read More ›
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Deutsche Bank to maintain global presence
Christian Sewing has made it lucidly clear to investors that Deutsche Bank will maintain its global presence and support its customer’s global businesses. On Wednesday, Deutsche Bank’s CEO Christian Sewing told a banking conference that Germany’s biggest lender will stick… Read More ›
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Indonesia and Australia set to announcement completion of negotiations for CEPA this Friday
The completion of negotiations for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) is set to be announced this Friday following a visit by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the Indonesia. As per an official from Indonesia’s foreign ministry, President Joko Widodo… Read More ›
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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co to augment capacity of its Ningbo plant by 250,000
The capacity increase assumes significance since it ramps up production volumes as well as adds bigger cars to Geely’s product basket. According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, China’s Geely is putting in place a new auto… Read More ›
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise appoints Tarek Robbiati as its CFO
Tarek Robbiati succeeds Tim Stonesifer who played a significant role in the breakup of HPE from Hewlett-Packard Co, in 2015. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has appointed Tarek Robbiati, the former Chief Financial Officer at Sprint Corp as its new CFO. With… Read More ›
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China to adopt stricter intellectual property rights: Premier Li
He will be replaced by Michael Heuer, Roche’s regional head of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, until a permanent replacement is found. On Tuesday, Roche disclosed, Roland Diggelmann the head of its diagnostics division will be leaving… Read More ›
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WEKO stands by legality of service-after-sales agreements
Basing itself on the conclusions drawn an EU court, the Swiss competition authority has made it clear that such agreements are not indicative of an abuse of market dominance nor were they considered as unacceptable. On Tuesday, WEKO, the… Read More ›
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U.S. trade sanctions on Turkey could destabilise the Middle East: Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak
Although the Turkish lira has continued to weaken, it has stepped back from yesterday’s 6.1200 against the dollar as of 0435 GMT. On Tuesday, the Turkish lira weakened further as investors weighed up Turkey’s efforts to handle its rift with… Read More ›
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China’s Central Bank moves to support the falling renminbi
The move by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is largely aimed at supporting the currency rather than reverse its trajectory. Market watchers expect the central bank to stick to this policy as long as the trade war with the… Read More ›
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German business moral all time high in August
The July 2018, meeting between European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker with U.S. President Donald Trump has done a lot of good, with both sides deciding to negotiate a further cutback to their respective trade tariffs. In August, for the very… Read More ›