The Philippine central bank maintained its benchmark interest rate steady as it expects the economy to continue to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas decided on Wednesday to keep its benchmark […]
Prosus has sold a 2% stake in Tencent, which raises questions about Chinese technology companies, whose stock prices have been pushed down by tighter regulatory supervision of the Chinese tech sphere, says Peter Garnry, Saxo […]
China’s foreign-exchange hoard fell for the third straight month in March, according to official data released Wednesday. The People’s Bank of China said the nation’s foreign-exchange reserves dropped $34.96 billion to $3.170 trillion at the […]
India’s central bank left its lending rate unchanged, though it warned that the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the country could weigh on the domestic growth outlook. The “monetary policy committee voted unanimously to […]
Nokia Corp. said Thursday that it has signed a deal with Dutch media provider United Group BV to deploy a fiber network and in-home mesh wi-fi systems across the eight different countries in southeast Europe […]
AstraZeneca PLC released more pivotal-trial data for its Covid-19 vaccine, saying the shot was 76% effective at preventing Covid-19 with symptoms in a fuller analysis of study results than the company had earlier provided. AstraZeneca […]
US President Trump issued a statement on Thursday morning promising to transfer power to President-elect Biden in an orderly manner on January 20. Before the announcement, after hours of debate and challenge, Congress completed the […]
On January 4, the Vietnamese government issued the “Resolution on Realizing the Main Tasks and Measures of the 2021 Social and Economic Development Plan and the State Budget.” The “Resolution” made it clear that it […]
According to European media, the EU and the United Kingdom reached a post-Brexit trade agreement on the 24th. After the two parties reached an agreement, the President of the European Commission von der Lein quoted […]
The WTO has notified its member states that the board meeting on the 16th to 17th will not include the election of the next director-general as an issue. It is a foregone conclusion to leave […]
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