In a significant development, Chinese vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has been approved by Beijing to produce its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, said a report from the state media citing documents from the China’s intellectual property regulator. This is the… Read More ›
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Malaysia’s Second Quarter Contraction Largest Since 1998 Asian Crisis
The contraction in the second quarter for the Malaysian economy was the sharpest for the country since the Asian financial crisis more than two decades ago. Based on that performance, the central bank of the country sharply downgrading its outlook… Read More ›
2020 Economic Forecast Slashed By Hong Kong, Says Revival Dependent On Virus Control
Hong Kong slashed its economic outlook for the current year on Friday and warned that a recovery of the economy from a recession will depend on the time that the city will take to bring under control a fresh wave… Read More ›
Oil And Gas Assets Worth $87bn Written In 9 Months Off Seven Top Oil Firms
With the novel coronavirus pandemic accelerating a global shift away from fossil fuels, almost $90bn from the value of their oil and gas assets was written off by the largest listed oil companies of the world in just the last… Read More ›
Chinese IPOs flood U.S. market despite delisting threat
Despite the threat of deliting for non-compliance to U.S. accounting standards, Chinese mainland companies are rushing to list their shares on U.S. stock exchanges thus increasing the risk of U.S. investors to the Trump Administration’s delisting ban. Despite trade threats… Read More ›
Washington set to unveil strategic economic investment program in Columbia: Mauricio Claver-Carone
According to a senior official from the White House, next week Washington is set to unveil a major economic investment program with the Colombian government. The move assumes significance since it underscores Washington’s drive to relocate supply chains that it… Read More ›
IEA Slashes Global Oil Demand Forecast For Current And Next Year
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that there will be a greater fall in demand than was previously expected by it for the current year as well as for 2021 because of a surge in new infections of the… Read More ›
Chinese Tech Giant Tencent Breaks Q2 Expectations Of Revenues And Earnings
Chinese tech giant and owner of the chat and messaging app WeChat, Tencent, beat analyst expectations for the three months through to the end of June, reporting its fastest growth in revenues for any quarter in about two years. Despite… Read More ›
Disney Changes Name Of The Historic 20th Century Fox Brand
One of the best known brand names in the global entertainment industry – 20th Century Fox, has now been ended by Walt Disney. This came with the rebranding of one of the TV studios as 20th Television by the legendary… Read More ›
Taiwan’s central bank probing 5 foreign banks over grains firms’ arbitrage: Sources
According to fours sources with knowledge of the situation at hand, Taiwan’s central bank has commenced investigations on 5 foreign banks for their alleged involvements in a $8 billion in net trading positions on the deliverable forwards market. On Tuesday,… Read More ›