Argentina noted a very significant contraction in the second quarter in its gross domestic product following huge losses to its agriculture sector because of a severe and long lasting drought this year. The situation was so severe that the country… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Report Says New Petrol And Diesel Car Sales In EU Should End By 2030 To Meet Climate Goals
According to a new analysis on global warming and climate change, for the global auto sector to play a vital role on the issue of global warming and keeping the rise in global temperature at the Paris agreement’s 1.5C goal,… Read More ›
OECD Says Possible Peak May Have Been Reached For Global Growth
The think tank – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) believes that expansion of global growth “may have peaked”. The think tank predicted that the global economy would achieve a growth rate of 3.7 per cent in both 2018… Read More ›
Volkswagen to pull out of Iran: Bloomberg
The development will further weaken foreign investment in Iran. Bloomberg has reported, citing a U.S. official familiar with the matter at hand saying, Volkswagen AG will put an end to the bulk of its operations in Iran. The Trump administration… Read More ›
$1 Billion To Be Invested In Future Tesla Rival By Saudi Arabia
A potential rival of American electric car maker Tesla will see an investment of about $1 billion from Saudi Arabia. The company called Lucid is developing a new high-performance electric car. The company announced that the investment that it would… Read More ›
Non-Stop London-Sydney Flights Being Planned By Qantas
Australian airline Qantas wants to start a 20-hour flight between London and Sydney and will be placing orders for planes that would be capable of that sometime next year. The company was in advanced stages of negotiations with the plane… Read More ›
Danske Bank’s CEO Thomas Borgen quits midst a $234 billion money laundering scandal
Investors concerns were largely driven by the potential involvement of U.S. authorities which led to the nose diving of Danske’s shares. On Wednesday, Thomas Borgen, Danske Bank’s CEO quit following a money laundering scandal which involved $234 billion (200 billion… Read More ›
Beijing will use trade war to replace imports, promote local industry, accelerate development of high-tech industry: state media
Clearly not amused by Trump’s escalation of the trade war, China’s state-owned media tabloids have a positive stance that tries to exploit the trade war to Beijing’s advantage. It is to be seen whether China is willing to walk the… Read More ›
Android OS Would Be Available In Cars Of The World’s Biggest Auto Alliance
Google’s Android OS will be powering media displays in millions of cars worldwide from the beginning of 2021. This would be possible because of a partnership of the US based tech company’s recently struck partnership with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance which… Read More ›
China Increases Import Tariffs On $60bn Of US Goods
Responding to the latest increase in duties aimed in a dispute over China’s technology policy by the United States President Donald Trump, China announced increasing of tariff on $60 billion of U.S. products. The Chinese measure was announced soon after… Read More ›