1. The US State Department announced that it had lifted the level IV Global Travel warning for US citizens and said it would resume previous country-specific travel recommendations. The health and safety situation in some countries has improved while others may deteriorate thus resuming the syste...
1. The European Commission officially launched an “in-depth investigation” on Tuesday into whether US tech giant Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of smartwatch maker Fitbit will give it an unfair market advantage.
2. The dollar index fell 4.2% in July, its biggest drop since S...
1.The three major indexes of US stocks collectively closed higher. The S & P 500 closed up 23.49 points, or 0.72%, at 3294.61; the NASDAQ closed up 157.53, or 1.47%, at 10902.80; and the Dow Jones index closed up 236.08, or 0.89%, at 26664.40.
2.Gold futures for December delivery on the New Y...
1. [Forbes] Booth released the top 100 global brands worth 2020, with a total value of $2.54 trillion, up from $2.33 trillion last year. In the top 100, more than 50 brands belong to companies in the United States. Others on the list are from Japan (6), Germany (10) and France (9).
2. According t...
1.Goldman Sachs and the Malaysian government have reached an agreement to settle a legal dispute with the Malaysian government over the group’s issuance of bonds on behalf of a Malaysian development company.Under the agreement, Goldman Sachs will compensate the Malaysian government about $3...
1.Chevron, the US oil giant, said it had agreed to buy Noble Energy on an all-share deal, valuing it at about $5 billion. The move will allow Chevron to expand its operations in Permian basins in West Texas and New Mexico and could save Chevron $300 million a year. US shale producers have been hi...
1. Japan’s Meiji said it had set up a company to produce and sell milk, yogurt and pastries in China. With a registered capital of about 18.4 billion yen, the factory will start construction in the first half of 2021 and start production in 2023. Meiji plans to further expand its business i...
1. Statistics released by the Korea Tourism Commune recently showed that affected by the novel coronavirus epidemic, a total of 30861 people entered South Korea in May, of which foreign tourists plunged 99.5% from the same period last year, with only 6111 foreign tourists. By country, the largest...
1. Although there have been no new cases in Thailand for more than 40 consecutive days, Thailand is expected to become the worst economy in Asia this year, according to a study released by Bloomberg. The National Bank of Thailand predicts that GDP growth in Thailand will shrink by 8.1% this year,...
1. The United States: the number of first-time jobless claims last week was 1.314 million, lower than the expected 1.375 million, falling for the 14th consecutive week, but more than 1 million for 16 consecutive weeks.
2. Seoul Mayor Park won-soon, who went missing on the morning of the 9th, was ...