China’s cooling measures have slowed the growth of new home prices and property investment!
China has taken various initiatives to cool its real estate market, with new home prices rising at their slowest pace in eight months in August. After the government reduced property curbs this year to cover banks’ lending to the sector in order to limit purchases, new home prices increased at the slowest monthly rate since […]
Is Apple’s new photo scanning technology justified in terms of child safety?
Apple has been the most valuable brand in the world and the largest technology company with sales of $274.5 billion in 2020. Its specialties include consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.Following a blow back from customers and security experts, Apple has defended its new system that scans users’ phones for child sexual abuse material […]
Analysis: How Wall Street’s hottest dealmaking trend fizzled
Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly made a lucrative offer last March that Sportradar Group AG (SRAD.O) founder and CEO Carsten Koerl could not pass up.
Courting startups: Singapore lines up funding to boost IPOs
The Singapore government on Friday unveiled a S$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) fund as part of a package to attract listings to the city-state’s stock exchange, aiming to boost its exposure to the region’s booming tech sector.
U.S. Gulf crude oil ramps up after hurricane losses -data
U.S. Gulf Coast crude oil exports are flowing again after recent hurricanes took out 26 million barrels of offshore production, according to sources and Refinitiv Eikon data, with local prices easing as more shipments moved out of the region.
ECB’s Lane reveals in private meeting inflation target may be met by 2025 – report
European Central Bank (ECB) chief economist Philip Lane revealed in a private meeting with German economists that the ECB expects to hit its 2% inflation goal by 2025, the Financial Times said on Thursday in a report that was partly disputed by the bank.
Marketmind: When the Dragon sneezes, Europe catches a cold
As pressure builds on China’s tech and real estate moguls and its economic growth falters, markets worldwide are starting to get uneasy. But it’s Europe, with its export-oriented economy and supercharged luxury stocks reliant on affluent Asian shoppers, which is likely to feel the most genuine pain.
Japan cuts economic view on weaker production, spending due to COVID revival
Japan cut its economic view for the first time in four months as a surge in COVID-19 cases disrupted manufacturers’ global supply chains and dampened consumer confidence.
Three ways to enhance student assessments
a holistic national student assessment system can be a colossal undertaking
Canadian Pacific clinches $27-bln Kansas City Southern deal as rival bows out
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) inked a $27.2 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy Kansas City Southern (KSU.N) on Wednesday after Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) conceded it could not save its own $29.6-billion deal for the U.S. railway.
