On Tuesday, Australia’s corporate regulator stated, it has filed a civil lawsuit against Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s pension business for deceptive product communication. “Product communication by Colonial First State Investments between March 2014 and August 2016 hindered customers of the… Read More ›
Geopolitics
China Claims Virus Outbreak Past Its Peak, Wuhan Reports Just Five New Cases
Just five new cases of coronavirus infection were reported on Friday from the Chinese city of Wuhan, – the place from where the virus now declared a global pandemic originated in late December last year. This was the second day… Read More ›
Canada ratifies USMCA trade deal
According to a top official from the Canadian government, the parliament has quickly ratified the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact even as it ramps up efforts to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. Canada was the last of the… Read More ›
Pharma industry could be nationalized to localize supply chain: German Economy Minister
On Friday German news magazine Der Spiegel reported German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier as saying, he wants to support pharmaceuticals companies that are dependent for key reagents on imports from Asia in order to rebuild their production sites in Europe…. Read More ›
ECB Announces New Stimulus To Address Coronavirus Impact, Retains Interest Rates
While not making any change on the interest rates, the European Central Bank has announced a set of fresh stimulus measures to help the European Union to tackle the economic fall out of the spread of the coronavirus – now… Read More ›
U.S. Administration looking at CalPERS holding in Chinese defense firms: U.S. national security adviser
The U.S. Administration is “looking at” investments made by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) in Chinese military companies, said U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien. O’Brien’s comments come midst U.S. charges of massive Chinese espionage in the United… Read More ›
ECB’s Lagarde Warns Of A 2008 Like Crash In Europe Du Rot Coronavirus
Unless strong economic support was provided by the governments of the various member countries in the European Union, Europe as a region will plunge into an economic downturn similar to the 2008 financial meltdown because of the economic fall out… Read More ›
Coronavirus Could Infect Upto 70% Of Germany, Says Chancellor Merkel
About 58 million German residents – which is about 70 per cent of the population of Germany could contact the coronavirus, warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This warning was issued by her during a news conference on Wednesday which she… Read More ›
Creditors should negotiate, restructure debt or face disorderly default: Lebanon’s Finance Minister
In a report, Lebanon’s broadcaster LBC quoted the country’s Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni as saying Lebanon will resort to a disorderly default if creditors are not prepared to negotiate; he went on to add, investors will find it difficult to… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia’s price war on crude prices aims to punish Russia for not adhering to OPEC+ production cuts
On Monday, oil prices fell by nearly 30% after Saudi Arabia slashed oil prices and set plans for a significant increase in crude production from April. Following the Saudi move, oil prices fell by as much as a third after… Read More ›