China vowed more measures to stabilize trade as pressure builds on the government to bolster the economy amid worsening domestic Covid outbreaks. The country will optimize an imported retail goods …
Monthly Archives For January 2022
Karen Finerman on CNBC: I Am Staying Away From Investing In Companies Doing Business In China
Investor and CNBC ‘Fast Money’ personality Karen Finerman on Alibaba and investing in businesses that work with China: “I feel like I can’t fight that unknown of what China government crackdowns could …
On This Day: China reports 1st known death from novel coronavirus
In 2020, China reported its first known death from what was then considered a mysterious outbreak of viral pneumonia. The disease would come to be identified as a novel coronavirus — COVID-19 — that …
Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing
Complete CBS News coverage of the Winter Olympics as athletes from around the world prepare to compete in Beijing.
On the frontline against China, the US Coast Guard is taking on missions the US Navy can’t do
The Coast Guard is stepping up its Pacific presence, sailing to “places that move the needle a little bit,” the service’s top officer said in December.
China Property Firms Face Raft of Key Payments This Week
Investors are bracing for a fresh wave of volatility in China’s credit markets this week, as a barrage of payment deadlines loom for some of the property sector’s most distressed firms.
Telecom center for Beijing 2022 brought into operation
China Unicom’s Telecom Technology Operations Center (TTOC) was put into use on Jan. 10, providing state-of-the-art tech support and telecommunication services for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympic and …
Technology and the global struggle for sustainable democracy
China is rising and asserting itself … and they contain the world’s most highly developed regulatory institutions. If technology is a new domain of international relations and competition, the …
Covid 19 Omicron: China locks down 3rd city, raising number affected to 20 million
A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. The lockdown of Anyang, home to 5.5…
Rubio introduces bill to sanction Beijing for obstructing investigation of COVID-19 origins
Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a bill Tuesday to sanction Beijing if Chinese officials do not permit a forensic investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
China’s Property Slump May Be Stabilizing. Why Economists Are Still Dour on GDP Outlook.
China’s strict Covid policies could continue to loom over its economy, so much so that Goldman Sachs lowered its 2022 economic growth outlook to 4.3% from 4.8%.
Record-breaking exports
The value of Egypt’s exports recorded an all-time high last year despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Doaa A. Moneim …
Crypto exchange FTX calls on regulators to ditch ‘securities’ mindset, devise a separate, single rule book for digital currencies
This would enable investors to make informed decisions, and free the industry from a barrage of compliance requirements that could stifle innovation, says CEO.
