In a recorded message on Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden told a forum of Pacific island leaders, the United States would donate COVID-19 vaccines without strings attached. The development comes in the wake of China becoming an increasingly more assertive… Read More ›
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US business groups wants US to cut import tariffs despite China not complying to Phase 1 trade commitments
More than 36 influential business groups from the United States and asked U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to restart trade talks with China; they have also asked that Washington cut its tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States, said… Read More ›
S&P downgrades Chinese developer Evergrande Group to CCC-
The ratings of heavily indebted Chinese developer Evergrande Group and its subsidiaries was downgraded to “CCC-“, down from ‘CCC+” by S&P Global. This is its second downgrade in less than two weeks. Evergrande along with its subsidiaries Hengda Real Estate Group… Read More ›
Shares of Indonesia’s GIC Pte Ltd and Ant Group backed tech unicorn jumps by 25% on market debut
Shares of Indonesia’s PT Bukalapak.com jumped by 25% on its trading debut with investors scrambling to get a piece of the action in the country’s first listed tech unicorn. PT Bukalapak.com, which counts Singapore sovereign fund GIC Pte Ltd and… Read More ›
Big Growth In Sales Reported By Nivea Maker Beiersdorf
A rebound in demand for its adhesives and its dermatological brands helped Nivea maker Beiersdorf to report sales that were higher than before the pandemic with the stocks of the company rising by more than 5 per cent during early… Read More ›
French insurer Axa’s net income surge in first quarter
On Monday, France’s Axa posted a 180% surge in its first quarter net income even as the French insurer rebounded from a spike in pandemic-related claims that led to a $1.8 billion (1.5 billion euro) charge in 2020. In a statement… Read More ›
Indian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index touches 15 month high in July, despite COVID-19 second wave
In July, factory activity in India surged on the back of heightened domestic demands and export order. The development sees an increase in job creation for the first time since the onset of the Coronavirus-induced COVID-19 pandemic. According to a… Read More ›
Zoom agrees to settle Zoombombing lawsuit for $85M
According to the terms of preliminary settlement filed before U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, Zoom Video Communications Inc has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit which alleged claimed that it violated users’ privacy… Read More ›
Blackstone and Hudson Pacific Properties to create film, TV, digital production complex worth $1 billion in UK
In a statement Hudson Pacific Properties and Blackstone said, they plan on creating a major film, TV and digital production complex in Broxbourne, UK. The development marks the first overseas expansion of their Sunset Studios platform. The two companies had… Read More ›
The International Space Station Destabilised By A Mishap On A Russian Module
An inadvertent firing up of the engines of a newly arrived Russian module destabilised the International Space Station (ISS) kin a recent incident. “Mission control teams corrected the action and all systems are operating normally,” United States space agency Nasa… Read More ›