According to government figures released on Thursday, Japan’s economy expanded by an annualised 2.7% in the first quarter of this year, exceeding earlier projections of 1.6% made last month. Reuters questioned economists who predicted 1.9% growth. Shortly after the report’s… Read More ›
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Fitch Says South Korean IT Firms May Suffer From The U.S.-China Chip Conflict
Since China supplies a sizable portion of the South Korean chip industry’s production capacity, the U.S.-China chip war may have an effect on these companies, but Fitch Ratings predicts no long-term difficulties. According to the June 7 article, Samsung Electronics… Read More ›
China Again Falls Short, Fueling Speculation About Stimulus
The much anticipated trade statistics from China for May failed to arouse markets that have grown accustomed to the slowing growth of the world’s second-largest economy, but it did inspire fresh speculation about policy stimulus measures from Beijing. For the… Read More ›
Oil Continues To Lose As Concerns About A Slowing Economy Resurface
Oil sank for a second day on Wednesday as worries about the state of the world economy grew, wiping out price gains made when Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest supplier of crude, made a surprise commitment to further decrease output… Read More ›
UN Food Agency Announces Global Food Prices In May Was At Lowest In Two Years
May saw the lowest level in the past two years for the world price index reported by the UN food agency, as declines in the cost of dairy, cereals, and vegetable oils outpaced rises in the price of sugar and… Read More ›
Reuters, Bloomberg, And The Wall Street Journal Are Prohibited From Covering The Weekend Policy Meetings By OPEC
Reporters, Bloomberg, and sources with knowledge of the situation claimed on Friday that OPEC had refused media access to reporters from Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal to cover oil policy meetings in Vienna this weekend. The three media… Read More ›
May Witnessed A Record Trade Surplus For Brazil Thanks To Booming Exports
According to official figures released on Thursday, Brazil’s $11.4 billion trade surplus in May set a record for any single month since the data series’ inception in 1989. The amount above the $9 billion surplus predicted by economists in a… Read More ›
EU Has Set A Deadline Of July 6 For Antitrust Satisfaction For Amazon’s iRobot Deal
According to a file made by the European Commission on Thursday, EU antitrust regulators will decide by 6 July whether to approve Amazon.com Inc.’s $1.7 billion acquisition of the company that makes robot vacuum cleaners, iRobot Corp. In August of… Read More ›
Biden Claims Congress Will Vote On The Final US Debt Ceiling Agreement Soon
The $31.4 trillion debt ceiling will be suspended until Jan. 1, 2025 thanks to a budget deal that U.S. President Joe Biden reached with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday. Biden declared the accord to be ready for a vote… Read More ›
MediaTek Agrees To Utilise New Smartphone Technology That Arm Released
New mobile chip technology was unveiled by Arm Ltd. on Monday, and Taiwanese smartphone chip maker MediaTek Inc. announced it would use the new technology in its upcoming model. The market for premium smartphones was previously dominated by competitor Qualcomm… Read More ›