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 ›
Geopolitics
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 ›
Sovereign Wealth Funds Reduce Investment In Start-Ups In 2019
In the months following the failure of the planned initial public offering (IPO) of WeWork, there has been a steep drop in the investment in venture capital deals by sovereign wealth funds which pushed it to touch its lowest in… Read More ›
Oil Prices Tumble After Russia-OPEC Talks Break Down
A disagreement between OPEC and Russia over further and deeper coil production cuts resulted in the two parting ways after three years of working together to reduce oil production so that global oil prices could be shored up. The latest… Read More ›
China weaponising visas: Foreign Correspondents Club of China
In a report, the Foreign Correspondents Club of China stated, the Chinese government has “weaponised” the issuance of visas as part of a stepped-up campaign to apply pressure on foreign journalists operating in the country. In February, China revoked the… Read More ›