In a monopoly investigation, China has targeted Jack Ma’s Alibaba empire
Stimulus hopes stocks accelerate to record; Bitcoin dresses
By Tyagaraju Edinarayan, Tom Westbrook LONDON / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Global peaks have risen to new highs as investors acquire risky assets in anticipation of the US monetary stimulus and the Federal Reserve’s pledge to keep cash in the markets. File photo: Pedestrians wearing face masks reflected on an electric …
Read More »Shares pressured by Brexit, U.S. Suspicion of arousal
By Tom Wilson, Hideyuki Sano London / Tokyo (Reuters) – U.S. Shares of the world slipped on Friday in the wake of difficult Brexit talks and uncertainty over stimulus talks, with the Covid-19 vaccine progressing, pushing sterling to weaken the dollar. File photo: A trader looks at financial information on …
Read More »The Trump administration has placed China’s S.I.M.C. on the defense blacklist. And CNOC.
By Alexandra Alper, Humera Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday fired China’s top chipmaker, SMIC. And oil giant CNOC. Added to the alleged blacklist of Chinese military companies, with President-elect Joe Biden likely to escalate tensions with Beijing before taking office. The Department of Defense appointed a …
Read More »Hong Kong activists Joshua Wang, Agnes Chow, Ivan Lamne jailed
HONG KONG (AP) – Three prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were jailed Wednesday for protesting outside police headquarters as authorities took action in protest of Beijing’s tightening of control over the region. Activists – Joshua Wong, Agnes Chou and Evan Lum – are among more than 10,000 people arrested since …
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