World markets and thousands of companies on both sides of the Atlantic breathed a sigh of relief as the United States and China seemingly are inching towards a trade deal after all.   Both the countries confirmed that they had ultimately managed to complete technical consultations on some...

A new study has concluded that the second largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions between 2012 and 2018 is the increase in demand for SUVs.   The report that was published by the International Energy Agency, the global market share for SUVs have doubled in the period...

Weak demand for its goods in some of its major markets such as China, South Korea and other Asian economies has pushed Japanese exports to fall for the 10th straight month in September, the Japanese government said in a statement.   The trade tensions and wars between Japan and its...

Within just three months, the attempt of setting up a Nasdaq-style stock market by China is apparently not doing as well as expected.   There were a few hit initial public offerings (IPO) and initial huge gains in some stocks after the launch of the Star Market by the Shanghai Stock Exchange...

Following reports from the United States that the US White House is planning and contemplating ways to reduce investments from the US in Chinese companies and in China, share prices of some of the well known global Chinese companies such as Alibaba dropped sharply.    According to...

Talks about infusion of an increased investment of $1.5bn are ongoing between the Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank and the United States based office leasing company WeWork. The Japanese firm has earlier agreed to invest $1.5bn in the American company sometime next year, claimed reports...

About 40 companies, all of which have high potential for growth, from different parts of the world are being planned to be brought into Brazil by Japans investment company SoftBank. The Japanese firm is also expected to make an announcement of a large investment in Brazil in about a couple of...

 A compromise solution was reached between the United States and France over the issue of the European nation imposing a new tax on large digital companies which have engulfed a number of United States based companies such as Google and Facebook. The US had taken exception of the new French...

The United States and Japan have agreed on an initial trade deal that could be signed in New York later this month by the US president Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said Trump.     However, reports quoting top Japanese officials claimed that a deal is yet to...

The battle is discreet but very real: some would like to see cash disappear. Many arguments are put forward on both sides, but the question of the effects of a cashless society on the most vulnerable should be given more consideration. Can cashless society help social inclusion? The intentions may...

While the attack at one of the largest oil facilities in Saudi Arabia is believed to have reduced the capacity of the kingdom to produce oil by half, it has also left the United States to be the only country in the world that has the ability to address the issue of shortage of supply of oil to the...