On Friday, a journalists from Bloomberg tweeted citing a Bloomberg report saying, China, the world’s second largest economy, has decided not to set an economic growth target for 2020 due to global uncertainties stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg News… Read More ›
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Australia sees employment levels increase, wages start to recover
On Tuesday, data from Australia’s Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed, job losses stemming from the Wuhan coronavirus in the country have started to slow down in the last couple of weeks while wages, supported by the government support program, continued… Read More ›
Bruno Le Maire to take stock of French automotive industry this week
On Monday, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated, he would be holding new meetings later this week with representatives of the country’s automotive industry which has been hit hard by the coronavirus. In an interview to BFM Business radio… Read More ›
Vietnam attracting many foreign investors relocating from China
Having proclaimed success in contain the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, Vietnam is positioning itself as the business-friendly country, capitalizing on demand from international manufacturers who are looking to diversify their supply chains away from China. Vietnam has reported just… Read More ›
Chinese regulators encouraging Asset Investment Companies to boost equity financing and debt to equity assets
In order to reduce leverage in the economy, Chinese regulators have allowed asset investment companies (AIC) to conduct asset management business to invest in debt-to-equity assets and boost equity financing in the country. Major state-owned banks including China Construction Bank… Read More ›
Select business operations can resume from May 4: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
On Friday, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that business operations can resume from May 4. The development partially eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to contain the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. During a televised address, Muhyiddin said Malaysia… Read More ›
Italy to ease lockdown from May 4: Giuseppe Conte
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stated, starting from May 4, factories and building sites will re-open on May 4 and in the weeks to come more businesses will be allowed to conduct business. The development comes as Italy prepares to… Read More ›
Widespread testing & treatment for COVID-19 will kickstart the economy
For reviving the U.S. economy, investors are pinning their hopes for wider availability of testing for COVID-19 along with drug trials; until there is some concrete progress in these areas stock market gains are likely to be limited. The S&P… Read More ›
Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt files lawsuit against Chinese government, Chinese Communist Party, and other Chinese officials over COVID-19 pandemic
In yet another lawsuit against the Chinese government that has resulted as a result of the coronavirus which emerged from Wuhan China, the office of Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt stated, it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District… Read More ›
Burger chain Shake Shack Inc returns $10 million U.S. Small Business Administration loan
In the first such development, in a blog post, burger chain Shake Shack Inc stated, it will return the business loan that it took from the U.S. government which was meant to help businesses ride out the impact of the… Read More ›