Kroger Co is investigating the issuing of a bogus news release claiming that the company will accept bitcoin currency at its shops, the grocer announced on Friday. This made the company the second big retailer in recent weeks to be… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
20 countries pledge to stop public funding of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2022
Twenty countries, including the United States and Canada have agreed to stop public funding of fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2022 and instead steer spending into clean energy. The commitment has been termed as a “historic” step… Read More ›
Taiwan lodges trade complaint against China at WTO
Taiwan has lodged a trade complaint against China at the World Trade Organization following Beijing’s moves to block imports of two types of fruits. Taiwan-China relations have dropped to their lowest in decades following increased Chinese belligerence. China as threatened… Read More ›
Countries plan to build more cheap dirty climate change causing coal plants
While the pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, big users of coal, the dirtiest of fuels, shunned the move. The COP26 summit aims to find ways to… Read More ›
Close Eye At Ports To Be Kept By China To Curb Pandemic Risks
China has announced a high alert situation because of the Covid-19 pandemic as authorities implement stringent norms on movement in and out of the nation to decrease the threats of the spread of the pandemic in the wake of a… Read More ›
StanChart Q3 profit doubles as bad loans shrink
Standard Chartered posted a higher-than-expected quarterly pre-tax profit on fewer loan impairment costs on Tuesday, as the developing markets-focused lender benefited from a recovery in pandemic-affected areas. Statutory pretax profit for the bank, which generates the majority of its business… Read More ›
Its US IPO Could Value EV Startup Rivian Nearly As Much As Honda
Rivian Automotive Inc, funded by Amazon.com Inc, is aiming for a value of more than $53 billion for its U.S. debut, putting the electric car maker on par with competitor Honda Motor. The business is aiming to raise up to… Read More ›
$100 billion climate financing pledge by developed countries inches closer after Japan’s $10 billion commitment
In a statement US climate envoy John Kerry said, developed countries have pledged a total of $100 billion towards climate financing following new commitments made by Japan. In 2009 developed countries had pledged to provide $100 billion by 2020 to… Read More ›
Ethiopia may lose duty free exports status to the US following widespread human rights abuses
With the United States weighing options which include suspending Ethiopia’s duty-free market status, citing abuses and a growing famine in the war-torn Tigray region, thousands of Ethiopians, whose income depend on the export of shawls stitched by them are at… Read More ›
US Intelligence Agencies Do Not Expect To Conclusively Find Origins Of Covid-19
Intelligence agencies in the United States would be unable to determine if Covid-19 spread through animal-to-human transmission or spilled from a lab until a breakthrough is made, authorities said, while providing a more detailed version of their investigation into the… Read More ›
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