New jobs were created by companies in the American economy in the month of June at a record pace as companies hired more people following relaxation of novel coronavirus pandemic related restrictions. With addition to 4.8 million payroll jobs in… Read More ›
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China’s Factory Activity For June Quickens But Exports Dragged Due To Pandemic
While the June numbers for factory activity of China were encouraging and was better than expected, fueling hopes for a fast economic recovery globally and domestically. However, the Chinese economy will however be dragged for some time because of the… Read More ›
Worst Contraction In 41 Years In First Quarter For UK Economy
The economy of the United Kingdom shrank to its joint largest fall since 1979, according to official figures, with a contraction of 2.2 per cent in the January to March quarter. This drop was more than was initially expected. Its… Read More ›
BP To Sell Its Petrochem Business For $5 Bln As It Transition To Low Carbon Energy
The global petrochemicals business of British Petroleum (BP) will be sold to billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos for $5 billion, the company said. With this deal the energy major will be completely exiting a sector that is widely viewed to be… Read More ›
EU To Examine Role Of Germany’s Financial Watchdog Over Wirecard Collapse
The role of the German regulators in the accounting scandal and the ultimate collapse of the country’s fintech giant Wirecard will be looked into by European Union officials. Specifically, the extent to which the regulators were aware of the development… Read More ›
Administrators Called In By UK Shopping Centre Giant Intu
Administrators have been called in by Intu, the owner of some of the biggest shopping centres of the United Kingdom. No agreement had been reached in its negotiations about financial restructuring with its lenders, the company said previously. the company… Read More ›
$1.4bn Of The Pandemic Aid Was Sent To Dead People By The US Treasury
Government inspectors in the United States have found out that more than $1.4bn of its pandemic rescue funds were sent by the US Treasury to people who we4re already dead by mistake. This disclosure was among the several “challenges” that… Read More ›
The Worst Of The Coronavirus Crisis Has ‘Probably Passed’, Says ECB’s Lagarde
While expressing hope that the worst phase of the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the world would be over, Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, said that it is unlikely that the world and its… Read More ›
Qantas To Axe 20% Of Workforce In Response To Covid-19
Australia’s Qantas said on Thursday that it would implement a massive $10 billion cost-cutting program in response to the Covid-19 crisis, which will include jobs cuts of at least 20 per cent of its total workforce and the grounding of… Read More ›
Apple’s Valuation Is About 20% Short Of Being A $2 Trillion Company
Investors at Wall Street have reacted positively to what they saw and heard from Apple during the Worldwide Developers Conference organized by the company in a virtual environment for the first time because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. This was… Read More ›