Amazon has offered to share marketplace data with sellers and increase the visibility of rival products on its platform in an attempt to persuade EU antitrust investigators to finish their investigations without a fine before the end of the year,… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Strike By South Korean Truck Drivers Impacts Automotive And Steel Industries
Major South Korean companies say they are suffering as a strike by thousands of truck drivers across the country enters its seventh day. Among the companies impacted by the strike are Hyundai and POSCO, both of which manufacture steel. As… Read More ›
Data From Trade Sources Show Russia Is Now Second Largest Oil Importing Source For India
Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia in becoming India’s second largest oil supplier in May, although it remains second only to Iraq, according to trade sources. According to the data, Indian refiners received about 819,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Russian oil… Read More ›
European Central Bank Is Likely To Announce A Rate Hike In July As Inflation Hits A New High
The European Central Bank is anticipated to reaffirm its decision to hike interest rates next month, as policymakers gather in Amsterdam for their first meeting outside of Frankfurt since the coronavirus outbreak began. While inflation in the 19-member eurozone reached… Read More ›
Cryptocurrency Poses A Risk To The Security Of Global Payment Networks, Claims Fintech Chief
The CEO of Goldman Sachs-backed digital bank Starling has stepped up his condemnation of cryptocurrency, calling it a threat to the security of payment systems. “It is very dangerous,” Anne Boden, who founded Starling in 2014, warned Tuesday at the… Read More ›
India Potash’s Arrangement For Payments In Rouble-Rupee Fall Down In Russian Banks
According to reports based on a letter and persons familiar with the matter, Russia’s Sberbank has delayed to process the first payment from Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) under a contract put up before the Ukraine war to allow IPL to… Read More ›
European Venture Capitalists Advise Software Startups To Cut Costs And Lengthen Their Runway
As experts predict another recession, European venture capitalists are advising start-ups in their portfolios to slash costs and freeze employment. Their Silicon Valley counterparts are doing the same. Following a bumper 2021 filled with IPOs and huge fundraising rounds, several… Read More ›
In The Midst Of The Crisis, Sri Lanka Pushes Farmers To Sow Additional Rice
Sri Lanka is urging farmers to increase rice production as the country faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years. The country’s agriculture minister issued the appeal, claiming that the country’s “food situation is deteriorating.” It comes as… Read More ›
Oil Prices Climb As The EU Reduces Russian Imports
Oil prices have reached new highs after European Union leaders agreed to prohibit more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports. On Tuesday, Brent crude surpassed $123 a barrel for the first time in two months. Oil and gas prices have… Read More ›
EU Has Agreed To A Progressive Russian Oil Embargo, With Hungary Granted Exemptions
Leaders of the European Union have come to a consensus to impose a ban on importing of Russian crude oil and the latest decision would come into effect by the end of the current year. The decision would however exempt, for the time being, pipeline shipments Hungary… Read More ›