British trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan will seek to strengthen trade relationship with the United States during her visit to New York and Washington on her trip to the United States this week. A full trade relation between the two countries… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
PayPal reports 400% rise in volume for its ‘buy now, pay later’ service on Black Friday
Payments giant PayPal Inc begins to gain headway in the fast-growing credit method as it reported that the volumes on the ‘buy now, pay later’ platform of the company were five times higher on Black Friday compared to the same… Read More ›
Characteristics Of The Common-Cold Virus May Have Been Adopted By The Omicron Variant
According to experts, the Omicron form of the virus that causes COVID-19 certainly acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a fragment of genetic material from another virus present in the same infected cells – potentially one… Read More ›
House of Representatives to consider Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act next week, seeks ban of import of goods from Xinjiang
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider a bill next week that aims to ban import of products from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns of forced labor. “Next week is an important week for human rights,” said Representative… Read More ›
Didi Global to delist from NYSE, aims to pursue listing at Hong Kong
On Friday, ride-hailing giant Didi Global said, it will delist from the New York Stock Exchange and pursue a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange following increased pressure from Chinese regulators. Earlier this year in July Didi had pushed ahead… Read More ›
Honduras signals U-turn, keeps China at bay, continues diplomatic relations with US, Taiwan
In a significant development, Honduran president Xiomara Castro said, the incoming government does not plan on establishing diplomatic ties with China as it prioritizes U.S. relations, signaling a reversal of her pre-election stance. Castro appears to have won the country’s… Read More ›
Jewellery Maker Pandora, World’s Largest Jewellery Maker, Will Not Join Online Platforms Like Amazon
Jewellery maker Pandora’s CEO indicated on Wednesday that the company would rather invest in physical locations or its own online sales platform than join huge e-commerce platforms like Amazon or Farfetch. Jewellery maker Pandora would prefer to invest in physical… Read More ›
US EU to issue robust statement on China
The United States and the European Union are scheduled to issue a “robust” joint statement after emerging from a meeting on Thursday on their approach to China underscoring a convergence on the challenges posed by Beijing, said a senior U.S…. Read More ›
A ‘Risk Of Bankruptcy’ Threatens Due To Starship Engine Crisis, Elon Musk Tells SpaceX Employees
Elon Musk is frustrated with SpaceX’s slow progress in creating the Raptor engines that will propel its Starship rocket. In a companywide email sent the day after Thanksgiving, he portrayed a terrible scenario, a copy of which was obtained by… Read More ›
New Semiconductor Chips Launched By Amazon’s Cloud Unit To Rivals Those Of Intel And Nvidia
Amazon.com Inc’s cloud computing business unveiled two new bespoke processing processors on Tuesday, aiming to help customers save money they expend on usage of the relatively costly chips from Intel Corp and Nvidia Corp. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s… Read More ›