ASOS, the British company that was once regarded as the poster child for the shift to online fashion retailing, is set to overhaul its business model after the economic downturn and a thread of operational issues that severely hit its profits. While ASOS’s… Read More ›
Entrepreneurship
Despite Overpaying, Musk Is Excited About The Twitter Deal
Elon Musk expressed excitement on Wednesday about his pending acquisition of Twitter Inc, despite the fact that he and other investors were overpaying for the social media company. Musk, Tesla’s CEO, was responding to a question during a conference call… Read More ›
Morale Of The German Investor Less Pessimistic Than Anticipated – ZEW
In October, German investor sentiment was less pessimistic than expected, despite the fact that the current economic situation left little room for optimism following a drop in confidence the month before. The ZEW economic research institute reported on Tuesday that… Read More ›
British Economy Is Still Paying For Truss’s Growth Strategy Eve After U-Turn
Britain’s new finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, reversed the majority of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s unfunded tax cuts, sparking a rally in battered UK assets. However, UK borrowing costs and mortgage rates remain significantly higher than they were prior to the… Read More ›
Triller, A Short-Video Platform, Has Launched A Metaverse Platform
Triller Inc, a short-video platform, is the latest company to stake its claim in the metaverse, launching a new platform called Metaverz on Monday. Triller claims that its Metaverz platform allows users to gather in virtual spaces to watch live… Read More ›
India’s Serum Institute Will Develop An Ebola Vaccine For Use In The Uganda Outbreak
The Serum Institute of India plans to manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine by the end of November for use in trials against an outbreak in Uganda, according to reports quoting its developers and company sources. The… Read More ›
Japanese Yen Fall To 32-Year Low Against The US Dollar
The Japanese yen fell to a 32-year low against the US dollar after official data showed that prices in America rose faster than expected. The yen fell to 147.66 per dollar before recovering some ground. Shunichi Suzuki, Japan’s Finance Minister,… Read More ›
EU Leaders May Support A New Gas Price Benchmark, Shows Draft Document
A draft document shows that European Union country leaders may support plans to launch a new gas price benchmark at a meeting next week in order to reduce energy prices for consumers and industries. The leaders will meet on October… Read More ›
US’s Crackdown On China’s Chip Industry Will Not Affect Samsung Or SK Hynix
The Biden administration intends to exempt SK Hynix and Samsung from the brunt of new Chinese memory chipmaker restrictions intended to thwart Beijing’s technological ambitions and obstruct its military advancements, according to reports quoting sources. According to the sources, requests… Read More ›
Caixin PMI Shows A Decline In China’s Services Activity For The First Time Since May
According to a private-sector business survey released on Saturday, China’s services activity shrank in September for the first time in four months as COVID-19 restrictions weakened the country’s already brittle demand and lowered investor confidence. The COVID containment measures disrupted… Read More ›