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Japan Earmarks $300 Million to Fire Up Chip Research
Science & Technology

Japan Earmarks $300 Million to Fire Up Chip Research

Japan intends to allocate up to 45 billion yen ($300 million) in funding to support a research group that develops advanced chip manufacturing technologies.

DoorDash to Collaborate With Ahold Delhaize
Fintech & Ecommerce

DoorDash to Collaborate With Ahold Delhaize

DoorDash has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ahold Delhaize grocery group.

Harm from Ransomware Hackers Demonstrates Growth
Finance & Economics

Harm from Ransomware Hackers Demonstrates Growth

Last year, ransomware stole more than $1 billion in virtual space.

Snap Reports Earnings
Finance & Economics

Snap Reports Earnings

On Wednesday, February 7, Snap’s share price showed a 30% drop in morning trading.

SoftBank Poises for Best Quarter in Years
News

SoftBank Poises for Best Quarter in Years

After a period of setbacks, when prospects are shrouded in fog or completely disappear into impenetrable darkness, Masayoshi Son seems to have received a reason for positive news about the activities of the SoftBank Group Corp. headed by him, which is that this business structure plunged into one of the best quarters in recent years […]

SMIC’s Profit Exceeds Estimates
Science & Technology

SMIC’s Profit Exceeds Estimates

The quarterly profit of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) exceeded preliminary expectations.

Xi Jinping Reportedly to Discuss China Stocks With Regulators
News

Xi Jinping Reportedly to Discuss China Stocks With Regulators

The media reported that regulators intend to inform the head of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping about the stock market situation.

Sri Lanka Eyes $5 Billion in Foreign Funds
News

Sri Lanka Eyes $5 Billion in Foreign Funds

Sri Lanka expects to raise about $5 billion in foreign funds over the next two years.

China’s Services Activity Expands at Slow Pace
News

China’s Services Activity Expands at Slow Pace

In China, an increase in the level of activity in the local sphere of services was recorded last month, the intensity of which turned out to be lower than the indicator of preliminary expectations regarding this parameter of the functioning of the corresponding area.

IMF Chief Says About Advantage of Late Fed Rate Cuts
Finance & Economics

IMF Chief Says About Advantage of Late Fed Rate Cuts

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said that the Federal Reserve and other major central banks face great risks if they decide to ease monetary policy too early.

Qualcomm Reports Earnings
News

Qualcomm Reports Earnings

Qualcomm last Wednesday, January 31, published its financial results for the quarter ended December 24, 2023.

FIS Launches Networking Program
Fintech & Ecommerce

FIS Launches Networking Program

Technology company FIS, which specializes in providing financial services, announced the launch of the FIS Fintech Hangouts 2024 series.

German Prices Ease More Than Expected
News

German Prices Ease More Than Expected

At the beginning of the current year, inflation in Germany showed a slowdown, the pace of which turned out to be more significant than initial expectations for the dynamic of the decrease in the intensity of growth in the cost of goods and services.

IMF Lifts World Economic Outlook
News

IMF Lifts World Economic Outlook

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved its forecast for global economic growth in 2024.

US Economy Demonstrates Growth
Finance & Economics

US Economy Demonstrates Growth

The United States economy demonstrated what can be described as shocking resilience in the fourth quarter of last year.

China’s $6 Trillion Stock Wipeout Signals Deeper Problems
News

China’s $6 Trillion Stock Wipeout Signals Deeper Problems

The collapse of the Chinese stock market by $6 trillion has become what can be symbolically described as the thunder of a terrible truth, the sound of which is stronger than any soothing and deliberately encouraging statements that, in general, the weather situation is favorable and there are no cataclysms capable of provoking serious long-term […]