Category Archives: Markets

French, Spanish, Italians and Germans want UK visitors to stay away 

British holidaymakers face being snubbed abroad by panicked locals over the fear of a new coronavirus spike. Families in Italy, Germany, Spain and France have all said they felt worried about visitors

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Donald Trump rules out phase second phase trade deal with China 

”The relationship with China has been severely damaged. I don’t think about it now,” Trump told reporters on Friday from Air Force One when asked about the trade deal. Earlier in the year, the Trump adminstration had signed a mega phase one deal with China, after intense negotiations between the two countries.

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Africa: African Airlines Take Off With Clipped Wings 

[DW] The COVID-19 pandemic brought everyday air traffic to a halt. But African airlines are preparing to take to the skies once more. Many airlines are facing a difficult path ahead to stay competitive.

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BlueBay bets on sterling drop from hard Brexit 

Bond fund believes a long-term trade deal between UK and EU could be out of reach

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Bamboo to play key role in India’s post-COVID-19 economy: Jitendra Singh 

Soon after the Modi government took over in 2014, the prime minister had stated that every effort would be made to bring the northeastern region on par with the more developed regions of the country, he said.

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California, After Riding a Boom, Braces for Hard Times 

Early hopes for a quick rebound from the pandemic have yielded to worries about its long-term impact on state finances and the governor’s ambitious agenda.

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Technology Has Changed Landscape Of Broadcasting Sector Including Distribution, Production Side And Entire Value Chain 

R S Sharma, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said that the technology has changed the landscape of broadcasting sector including the distribution, production side, and entire value chain. Addressing a webinar ‘Regulating Creativity: Overcoming Legacy Challenges to Shape the Future of M&E’, organized during ‘FICCI […]

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No factory output growth data for second month in a row; govt to revise IIP policy 

The IIP for the mining, manufacturing, and electricity sectors stood at 87.0, 82.4, and 149.6 respectively in May.

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WHO experts arrive in China as investigation into the origins of Covid-19 begins  

An animal health expert and an epidemiologist will work in Beijing for two days to establish the groundwork for a future investigation into the origins of Covid-19.

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Africa: How to Prevent Future Pandemics – Stop Spread of Viruses From Animals 

[UNEP] Ebola, SARS, Zika, HIV/AIDS, West Nile fever and now COVID-19. These are some of the highest-profile diseases to emerge in the last several decades. And while they emerged in different parts of the world, they have one thing in common. They are what scientists call “zoonotic diseases,” infections that jump between animals and humans, some of […]

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Dollar drops below ¥107 after correction in Tokyo stocks 

The dollar dropped below ¥107 for the first time in about two weeks in Tokyo trading Friday, weighed down by a stock market correction.At 5 …

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Quick Estimates Show Contraction Of Nearly 35% In Industrial Production In May 

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation stated today that for the month of May 2020, the Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 stand at 88.4, marking a drop of 34.71% compared to May 2019. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of May 2020 stan […]

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Forex reserves hit fresh all-time high, touch $513.25 billion 

The reserves had crossed the half-a-trillion dollar mark for the first time in the week ended June 5 after it had increased USD 8.22 billion and reached USD 501.70 billion.

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Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender 

Research company owned by associates of senior Tory and PM’s adviser gets £840,000 jobCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Cabinet Office has awarded an £840,000 contract to research public opinion about government policies to a company owned by two long-term associates of Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings, without putting the work […]

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China faces ‘DISASTER’ with the insects already invading southern city, officials warn  

Swarms of yellow-spined bamboo locusts have destroyed about 26 square miles of fields in Pu’er after raiding the city from China’s border with Laos, the local government said.

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