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Vietnam & Mexico biggest winners from US-China trade war
9. 10. 2019 No Responses

Vietnam & Mexico biggest winners from US-China trade war

US imports from its largest supplier China have slumped by 12.5 percent due to the ongoing trade war. Meanwhile, Vietnam and Mexico have been filling this gap with massive import increases. According to the latest report by the US-based Census...
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The $47 Trillion Slow Death Sentence For Oil & Gas
24. 9. 2019 No Responses

The $47 Trillion Slow Death Sentence For Oil & Gas

The future of hydrocarbons is becoming bleak if plans presented by international banks, representing around $47 trillion in value, will be fully implemented. So one assault will come by breakthrough new technologies and another by banks. Around 130 internati...
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Scientists Reconstruct Face of Extinct Denisovan Human Relative
21. 9. 2019 No Responses

Scientists Reconstruct Face of Extinct Denisovan Human Relative

The mystery surrounding the era of the Denisovans, the human race that went extinct about 50,000 years ago leaving almost no clue as to what they looked like, has finally been solved, with the face of a teenager named Denise....
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Allianz Global Wealth Report: Financial assets fall for the first time since the financial crisis
18. 9. 2019 No Responses

Allianz Global Wealth Report: Financial assets fall for the first time since the financial crisis

For the first time since the financial crisis of 2008, global private wealth shrank last year. This was determined by the insurance group Allianz in its Global Wealth Report 2018. Accordingly, global gross financial assets decreased by 0.1 percent year-on-year...
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WeWork Valuation Crashes From $47 Billion To As Low As $10 Billion
13. 9. 2019 No Responses

WeWork Valuation Crashes From $47 Billion To As Low As $10 Billion

The We Company’s underwriters must be having serious trouble securing orders for WeWork’s planned IPO, because in what is at least the fourth reported downgrade to the company’s valuation in less than 10 days, Reuters reports that the compa...
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BNP Research: Tough Road Ahead for Oil
9. 9. 2019 No Responses

BNP Research: Tough Road Ahead for Oil

New research, led by Mark Lewis, Global Head of Sustainability Research at BNP Paribas Asset Management, shows that oil needs a long-term breakeven price of USD 10 – 20/barrel to remain competitive in mobility in his report Wells, Wires and...
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Water droplets spontaneously produce hydrogen peroxide
29. 8. 2019 No Responses

Water droplets spontaneously produce hydrogen peroxide

Stanford chemists discover water microdroplets spontaneously produce hydrogen peroxide. Despite its abundance, water retains a great many secrets. Among them, Stanford chemists have discovered, is that water microdroplets spontaneously produce hydrogen peroxid...
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Rumour: Alibaba, Tencent, Six Others To Receive First Chinese Government Cryptocurrency
28. 8. 2019 No Responses

Rumour: Alibaba, Tencent, Six Others To Receive First Chinese Government Cryptocurrency

China’s central bank (PBoC) will launch a state-backed cryptocurrency and issue it to eight institutions in the coming months, according to a former employee of one of the institutions who is now an independent researcher. Paul Schulte, who worked as...
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Huawei launches A.I. chip as it looks to defy US pressure, pitting it against Qualcomm and Nvidia
23. 8. 2019 No Responses

Huawei launches A.I. chip as it looks to defy US pressure, pitting it against Qualcomm and Nvidia

Huawei announced the commercial availability of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip Friday, pitting it against major American giants like Qualcomm and Nvidia, as it looks to defy continued U.S. pressure and prove it can still bring out core technology. The...
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Carrefour prepares to exit China
25. 6. 2019 No Responses

Carrefour prepares to exit China

Carrefour prepares to exit China, sells 80% stake to Suning. Carrefour has announced that it’s selling 80% of its China operations to Chinese retail giant Suning for 4.8 billion yuan ($700 million). The French supermarket giant retains two of seven seats...
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MoneyGram soars 168% from Ripple symbolic investment
19. 6. 2019 No Responses

MoneyGram soars 168% from Ripple symbolic investment

On Tuesday, money-transfer company MoneyGram saw its stock soar an eye-popping 168% after banking software company Ripple announced it will buy $30 million of MoneyGram shares at a huge premium of $4.10 per share, with the option to buy another...
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Huawei Demands Verizon Pay $1 Billion For Using 230 Patents
13. 6. 2019 No Responses

Huawei Demands Verizon Pay $1 Billion For Using 230 Patents

Huawei has hit upon a new strategy for fighting back against the US: leveraging its massive suite of technology patents to try and force American competitors to fork over billions of dollars. And its first target is Verizon, one of its biggest American...
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Global Economy Cools Faster Than Expected as Trade Tensions Rise, World Bank Says
5. 6. 2019 No Responses

Global Economy Cools Faster Than Expected as Trade Tensions Rise, World Bank Says

The global economy has stumbled sharply in the first half of the year with trade and investment flows between countries falling faster than expected, according to semiannual forecasts released by the World Bank on Tuesday. With nearly half a year...
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Huawei CEO: Company’s own OS will run Android apps
22. 5. 2019 No Responses

Huawei CEO: Company’s own OS will run Android apps

Richard Yu – Huawei CEO, has reportedly said that his firm will roll out its own operating system that will support Android apps, potentially blunting the effect of the US’ recent blacklisting of the Chinese company. According to reports from...
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Alibaba Blasts Q4 Earnings Estimates
15. 5. 2019 No Responses

Alibaba Blasts Q4 Earnings Estimates

Sales of Alibaba Group Holding, China’s largest e-shop platform, exceeded analysts’ expectations and increased 51%. The operator of the well-known AliExpress site announced that its sales in the fourth financial quarter ended March 31 were up 51% y...
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