
Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Foxconn: There’s a technological war between the US and China
Taiwanese company Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, said that the US and China are a technological, rather than trade war, reports Reuters.
Published on June 22, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Greece: Stable but not healthy
After eight years of a financial Odyssey, having passed through financial hurricanes, in the shallow waters of the Eurozone and almost choking in the ninth wave of internal political strife,โฆ
Published on June 22, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
South Korea to tighten cryptocurrency regulation
After the Bithumb was hacked, South Korean government announced tightening of the regulation of crypto-currency exchanges and accelerating implementation of the regulatory framework for the industry, CCN reported.
Published on June 21, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Ghost employees are undermining economies of the Persian Gulf
The problem of employees that receive money, but do nothing and often donโt even come to work, has acquired the scale of the catastrophe that threatens economic development in theโฆ
Published on June 21, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Ford, VW are discussing joint development of cars
The American motor-car manufacturer Ford Motors and German carmaker Volkswagen have begun negotiations about joint development of some commercial cars, informs BBC.
Published on June 20, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Oracle exceeds market expectations
Oracle's revenue in the IV quarter of 2018 financial year increased by 3%, and so did profit (5% up). At the same time, the company's revenues exceeded Wall Street expectationsโฆ
Published on June 20, 2018
By Iris Barker
World & Politics
USA launches the third round of the trade war with China
President of the United States Donald Trump instructed to define a list of Chinese goods worth $ 200 billion for the introduction of additional duties of 10%. The list isโฆ
Published on June 19, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Goldman Sachs still expects oil price above $ 80
Goldman Sachs still expects the price of oil to rise above $ 80 a barrel in the coming months, despite growing concerns about OPEC production growth and the escalation ofโฆ
Published on June 18, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Emerging equity markets are bleeding
Tightening of the Fedโs monetary policy and the trade confrontation between the US and other countries resulted in a sharp decline in demand for assets in emerging markets. According toโฆ
Published on June 18, 2018
By Iris Barker
World & Politics
Italy says No to refugees
Brussels should prepare for a humanitarian crisis in connection with the new Italian governmentโs policy on the issue of migrants.
Published on June 15, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Quarterly loss of Xiaomi exceeded $ 1 billion
The Chinese manufacturer of gadgets Xiaomi reported on the results of activities for the first quarter of this year. During the period from January to March 2018, the company incurredโฆ
Published on June 15, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Salesforce to invest $ 2.5 billion in the UK
The US company Salesforce, specializes in cloud computing, announced an investment of 1.9 billion pounds ($ 2.5 billion) in the UK over the next five years, reports CNBC.
Published on June 14, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Income inequality is rising in China once again
The period of decline in income inequality in China seems to be over. Without changing the situation, by 2030 this country will return to probably the highest in the worldโฆ
Published on June 14, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
IEA warns of a potential oil shortage
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that demand for oil will be increasing steadily in 2019 due to the stability of the global economy, but the world may face aโฆ
Published on June 13, 2018
By Iris Barker
World & Politics
German experts: Thereโs no end to wars
Each year, five German institutions that study the problems of peace and conflict resolution, analyze the main trends of international security policy. Based on the results, the scientists compose anโฆ
Published on June 13, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Ten solar-powered companies
American business is investing a record amount of money in solar energy. Corporate customers had 325 megawatts of installed capacity last year, according to the Solar Means Business 2017 report,โฆ
Published on June 11, 2018
By Iris Barker
Science & Technology
Are online DNA databases dangerous?
Data of over 92 million people were compromised as a result of a hacker attack on the popular genealogy site MyHeritage, where users downloaded their DNA test data to findโฆ
Published on June 11, 2018
By Iris Barker
Science & Technology
Uber will identify drunk passengers
Uber's online taxi order service has developed a system for determining whether a passenger calling a taxi is drunk. Artificial intelligence will collect data on the behavior of a particularโฆ
Published on June 11, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Chinese keep inflating housing bubbles
Many buyers from China looking to invest money, prefer some cities in the Pacific Northwest, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, apart from the world large cities suchโฆ
Published on June 11, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
SEC: ICO tokens are securities, but Bitcoin is not
The head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton, clarified the agency's position on the classification of the crypto currency, saying that tokens produced through the ICO areโฆ
Published on June 8, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Hedge funds are changing the oil market
Financial investors (hedge funds and other asset managers) markedly reduced their positions on the growth of oil prices after reports of talks between Russia and Saudi Arabia about the increaseโฆ
Published on June 8, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
BCG: personalisation is the new black in the banking industry
The Boston Consulting Group presented a study in which it named the personalization and introduction of digital technologies the main trends of retail banking in the world.
Published on June 7, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
HTC bets on virtual reality
HTC, which is experiencing serious problems in the smart phone market, intends to continue investing in new advanced technologies, such as virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI),โฆ
Published on June 7, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Will Switzerland regain control over currency issuance?
The forthcoming referendum in Switzerland may be aimed at a radical transformation of the world finance industry.
Published on June 6, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Tencent and Alibaba are fighting over investors
Two IT giants of China - Tencent and Alibaba โ are directly or indirectly dominating several sectors of the Chinese economy at once, dividing spheres of influence in half. Theseโฆ
Published on June 5, 2018
By Iris Barker
Management
Is Starbucks founder going to become the US president?
Howard Schultz, the founder and long-term head of Starbucks, stepped down as chairman of the company's board of directors and said that he was considering a possibility of going toโฆ
Published on June 5, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
BHP to sell its shale business in the US by early 2019
Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, which plans to withdraw from its shale oil and gas business in the US, has received several offers to purchase these assets. However, the dealโฆ
Published on June 4, 2018
By Iris Barker
Science & Technology
Technologies encourage development of remote work around the globe
According to a study by IWG, most qualified specialists in the world work from home at least one day a week. Experts say that in the future remote work andโฆ
Published on June 4, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
China to reduce duties on almost 1,5 thousand goods
From July 1, China will reduce import duties on almost 1.5 thousand consumer products from cosmetics to home appliances, to increase imports as part of efforts to open the economy,โฆ
Published on June 1, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Donald Trumpโs government to relax the Volcker rule
The new head of the Fed, Jerome Powell, proposed to soften the so-called Volcker rule for the banks. The rule was introduced after the financial crisis and imposed trade restrictionsโฆ
Published on June 1, 2018
By Iris Barker
Science & Technology
Experts found how automation will change markets
While business is looking for a compromise between cost reductions, trade union demands and automation, economists have identified future changes in the labor market.
Published on May 31, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Amundi: Climate change affects investments
Amundi, the largest asset management company in Europe, noted that institutional investors are now taking the climate change seriously, Bloomberg writes.
Published on May 31, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Bayer and Monsanto will sell assets for $ 9 bln to complete the $ 66 bln-worth merger
German concern Bayer overcame the last obstacle to the merger with the American producer of GMO products Monsanto, negotiations for which started two years ago. The US Justice Department approvedโฆ
Published on May 30, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Bank of Italy Governor: Italy is a footstep away from losing investors confidence
Italy may lose investor confidence if the country's government does not adhere to fiscal discipline, said Ignazio Visco, President of the Italian Central Bank. The warning sounded against the backdropโฆ
Published on May 30, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
OPEC is afraid of the global inflation growth
The rise in oil prices in recent months is of great concern to oil-importing countries and retail consumers, as they have to spend much more money for the import ofโฆ
Published on May 29, 2018
By Iris Barker
Science & Technology
Hamburg becomes the first German city to ban old diesels
In a couple of days, on May 31, the ban on diesel-powered cars will be introduced on two streets in the center of Hamburg. The innovation does not apply toโฆ
Published on May 29, 2018
By Iris Barker
World & Politics
China is anchoring in the South China Sea
About 400 buildings were found on satellite images of a Chinese island in the South China Sea. This suggests that Beijing may eventually deploy marines on the island.
Published on May 28, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Who will suffer from Trump’s car tariffs?
Introduction of a new US tax on imported cars and auto parts can be a threat to the global automotive industry.
Published on May 28, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
The Fed and the Bank of England urge to speed up rejection of LIBOR
The US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England called on global financial markets to step up efforts to move from the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) to alternative rates,โฆ
Published on May 25, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Oil giants are betting on Latin America
The world's largest energy companies make big bets on Latin America, although many used to be afraid to work in this region because of protectionist economic policies and the threatโฆ
Published on May 25, 2018
By Iris Barker
World & Politics
The British government is trying to unblock money to pay off the national debt
Attorney General Jeremy Wright on Tuesday asked the High Court of London to unblock 400 million pounds sterling, which for 90 years have been accumulating in a fund created toโฆ
Published on May 24, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
IMF believes in Saudi Arabia’s success
The IMF believes that Saudi Arabia is making "good progress" in implementing reforms under the Saudi Vision 2030 initiative, which will help stimulate the country's economic growth.
Published on May 24, 2018
By Iris Barker
Science & Technology
Asteroid mining: Reality or fiction?
Private companies developing space technologies and reduction in the cost of rocket launches make extraction of minerals in outer space a reality in the foreseeable future.
Published on May 21, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
How soon will Italy’s populist parties scare investors away?
Goldman Sachs has removed one of Italy's most famous companies from the list of companies whose shares are recommended for purchase because of approaching establishment of a populist government.
Published on May 21, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
Investors are expecting low growth rates and buying risky assets
Portfolio managers of the largest investment funds expect a slowdown in the growth of the world economy, especially in the perspective of rapid tightening of the credit policy of theโฆ
Published on May 18, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
UN: Two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs published new projections on the global growth in the number of cities and urban population. According to the estimates, by 2030โฆ
Published on May 18, 2018
By Iris Barker
Business & Finance
Tencentโs profit jumps by 61% in the I quarter
Profit of Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. for the first quarter exceeded expectations of analysts due to a significant increase in revenues from the gaming business, reports Bloomberg.
Published on May 17, 2018
By Iris Barker
World & Politics
What countries are the biggest losers of Trumpโs Iran decision?
The decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the nuclear agreement with Iran is not only military, but also geopolitical. It restores the regime of economic sanctions againstโฆ
Published on May 17, 2018
By Iris Barker
Economics
The economy of Japan declines after two years of growth
In the first quarter, the economy of Japan fell by 0.6% compared to the same period last year, as investment has declined, and the volume of personal consumption has notโฆ
Published on May 16, 2018
By Iris Barker
Management
Whatโs wrong? Tesla canโt retain its top managers
While Elon Musk is trying to brush up mass production of his electric cars, top managers are leaving his company. The exodus of Tesla's executives began in February, and theโฆ
Published on May 16, 2018
By Iris Barker