While the world is struggling to control the spread of the deadly coornavirus pandemic, North Korea is continuing to conduct tests of its missiles. On Sunday, the pariah nation fired what was apparently two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean… Read More ›
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Tens Of Thousands Being Hired By US Retailers Including Kroger And Walmart
Supermarkets and grocers are making huge hiring to address the sudden additional demand of products as people continue to stock up because of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 23,500 employees have so far been hired by Kroger and has announced… Read More ›
Coronavirus Crisis Forces Many Poorer Countries To Seek Help From The IMF
The huge economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic that has impacted more than 80 poor and middle-income countries who have now requested the International Monetary Fund for financial assistance in recent weeks. While saying that the global economy has entered… Read More ›
Coronavirus Stokes Global Food Security Concerns
As about one fifth of the global population around the world are placed under lockdowns because of the coronavirus pandemic, many countries are contemplating putting a cap on the flow of staple foods which has raised concerns for global food… Read More ›
DoJ approves Raytheon UTC merger subject to divestitures
In a statement, the U.S. Justice Department stated, it has approved the planned merger of United Technologies Corporation with Raytheon Co, subject to certain conditions. In June 2019, UTC agreed to combine its aerospace business with Raytheon in order to… Read More ›
G20 Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Fight Global Coronavirus Threat
The Group of 20 major economies of the world has decided to pump in $5 trillion into the global economy though national measures in order to try and ease the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic while also pledging to… Read More ›
Japan sets up COVID-19 HQ, preparatory steps to declare state of emergency: Kyodo news agency
On Thursday, the Japanese government said, it is setting up a special headquarters for the Wuhan coronavirus, which could be activated as early as this afternoon, as it preps up efforts to fight the virus which has gone pandemic. Japan’s… Read More ›
UK Consumer Group Says Amazon And Ebay Doing Little To Prevent Covid-19 Profiteering
A consumer watch group has warned that sellers on the online platforms eBay and Amazon Marketplace are profiteering in the current time of the cornavirus pandemic and the two online market places are doing little to stop them. The group… Read More ›
Demand For ‘Corona Bonds’ Raised By Nine European Countries Amid Rising Deaths
In Europe, which has now been termed as the new epicenter of the coornavirus pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), there is increasing pressure on policy makers to announce new measures to address the economic impact of the pandemic…. Read More ›
UK Sandwich Chain Eat Permanently Shuts Shop After 24 Years
The once popular and currently struggling sandwich chain of the United Kingdom – Eat, will shut down completely and will not be seen on the high street of the country after Pret Manger, the owner of the brand, decided to… Read More ›