Supermarkets and grocers are making huge hiring to address the sudden additional demand of products as people continue to stock up because of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 23,500 employees have so far been hired by Kroger and has announced… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Coronavirus Crisis Forces Many Poorer Countries To Seek Help From The IMF
The huge economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic that has impacted more than 80 poor and middle-income countries who have now requested the International Monetary Fund for financial assistance in recent weeks. While saying that the global economy has entered… Read More ›
Just Before The Covid Collapse, Jeff Bezos Sold Stock To Make Billions
The rapid pace of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic all across the world and the severity of the disease caused by it – Covid-19, has forced many countries to go on lockdowns. That has resulted in millions of job… Read More ›
Coronavirus Stokes Global Food Security Concerns
As about one fifth of the global population around the world are placed under lockdowns because of the coronavirus pandemic, many countries are contemplating putting a cap on the flow of staple foods which has raised concerns for global food… Read More ›
Growth Of Global Wind Power In 2019 Was Almost 20%
There was an almost 20 per cent growth in the wind power capacity across the world for 2019, following up on a year that saw record growth in offshore wind farms as well as in onshore projects in the United… Read More ›
G20 Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Fight Global Coronavirus Threat
The Group of 20 major economies of the world has decided to pump in $5 trillion into the global economy though national measures in order to try and ease the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic while also pledging to… Read More ›
Washington and Beijing to collaborate in G20 summit: South China Morning Post
In a report, the South China Morning Post said, the United States and China are expected to set aside their differences and focus on the challenges of controlling and stopping the pandemic when leaders of the G20 nations hold talks… Read More ›
Japan sets up COVID-19 HQ, preparatory steps to declare state of emergency: Kyodo news agency
On Thursday, the Japanese government said, it is setting up a special headquarters for the Wuhan coronavirus, which could be activated as early as this afternoon, as it preps up efforts to fight the virus which has gone pandemic. Japan’s… Read More ›
Investors looking at 2007-2009 financial crisis models for when to jump back into markets
2008 models which were used by investment banks during the then financial crisis is back in the works. Investment banks are dusting off those models to gauge the right time to jump back in the stock markets which has fallen… Read More ›
UK Consumer Group Says Amazon And Ebay Doing Little To Prevent Covid-19 Profiteering
A consumer watch group has warned that sellers on the online platforms eBay and Amazon Marketplace are profiteering in the current time of the cornavirus pandemic and the two online market places are doing little to stop them. The group… Read More ›