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MSCI To Remove 10 Chinese Securities from GIMI Series Following US O...

New York-headquartered global securities index manager MSCI Inc announced on Tuesday that it would delete 10 Chinese securities from the Global Invest...

KBC Bank reports rise in Irish consumer sentiments in December

Consumer sentiment in Ireland has bounced back strongly in December as the second lockdown in the country was withdrawn at the beginning of the month....

Issa brothers buy 285 petrol stations in Germany for £440m

The EG group, owned by Issa brothers, has decided to buy 285 petrol stations in Germany in a move to extend their business' 6,000- strong network of p...

HSBC (LON: HSBA) asks Bank of England to consider the negative rates...

  A senior HSBC Bank executive has urged the Bank of England to carefully consider if the desired outcome can be achieved from the negative inte...

JD Sports (LON: JD.) expands its US footprint with the acquisition o...

  JD Sports Fashion has expanded its footprint in the US and acquired California based, privately owned Shoe Palace. The leading retailer and...

Brexit effect: Facebook to shift UK users to California agreements

There are a lot of changes happening as the Brexit transition deadline comes to an end on 31 December. Not only the arrangement of international trade...

Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google To Face A Possible Antitrust Case...

Google seems to be in a spot of bother as a coalition of US states are expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against the global tech giant. According...

Britishers Oppose Government’s Plan to Relax Covid-19 Restrictions D...

As Christmas is just a few days away, people in the UK are not much fervent about the festive season considering the rising coronavirus cases across t...

Gold jumps to a one-week high on hopes of Fed stimulus

Gold prices rallied to a one week’s top today as the hopes grow for further stimulus by the US government as the Federal reserve policy decision...

Are America’s wealthiest 1% calling dibs on COVID-19 vaccine?

After Pfizer’s pioneer COVID-19 vaccine received emergency approval for distribution in the US, many Americans are keenly waiting for an opportu...

Australia drags China to the WTO over barley tariffs

The Australian government announced that it would take China to the World Trade Organisation over massive tariffs on Australian barley. The situation...

PM Boris Johnson To Visit India In January In A Bid to Boost Jobs an...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be travelling to India in a move that is intended to buttress the strategic relationship, boosting job prospects...

Wish to tap the US secondary market with US$1.1 billion IPO

After the successful launch of Airbnb and DoodDash’s billion-dollar IPOs, now its time for the Online retailer, Wish to hit the market. The comp...

FTSE AIM Index Ended in Green; US Equities Surged on Stimulus Hopes

US Markets: : Broader indices in the United States traded in green - particularly, the S&P 500 index traded 17.71 points or 0.49 per cent higher a...

UK’s Unemployment Climbs To 4.9% In October Quarter, Hospitality Sec...

The official figures have reported that UK companies had 819,000 fewer workers on their payrolls in November than at the start of the pandemic. The fi...

O3 Mining (CVE: OIII) Comes Up with An Upbeat PEA for Its Garrison G...

Canadian Gold miner O3 Mining has come out with its Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) report for one of its mining projects -- the Garrison projec...

Covid Restrictions in London May Not Ease Soon as All 32 Boroughs Se...

Following an exponential rise in coronavirus cases in the last one week, London, Hertfordshire and Essex will move into the toughest tier of Covid-19...

EDP Renovaveis (LON: 0ML1) wins Electricity Contract in Poland

  In an announcement made on 15 December, EDP-Energias de Portugal SA disclosed that a 15-year Contract-for-Difference (CfD) has been secured by...

TalkTalk (LON: TALK) to close on £1.8-bn Toscafund takeover deal

  TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc (LON: TALK) might be closing a £1.8 billion takeover deal with its second-largest shareholder Toscafund Asset...

Unilever (LON: ULVR) to let shareholders vote on climate transition...

  In a first, consumer goods giant Unilever Plc (LON: ULVR) has decided to let the company’s shareholders in the UK vote on its climate tr...