Category: Бізнес
Analysts: Venezuela’s Failed Socialist Policies Could Make Market Reforms Easier
20/02/2019
Oil-rich Venezuela’s near economic collapse may make it easier for U.S.-backed opposition leaders to reverse socialist policies instituted by late President Hugo Chavez, if they are able to oust his successor, Nicolas Maduro, according to analysts. “I do think at the very beginning, because the Venezuelan people have suffered so much there, they’re going to …
Millers: Zimbabwe to Run Out of Bread in One Week
19/02/2019
Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay for imported wheat, according to a confidential letter written to bakers by the country’s grain millers’ group on Monday. The southern African nation is in the grip of a severe shortage of U.S. dollars that …
Millers: Zimbabwe to Run Out of Bread in One Week
19/02/2019
Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay for imported wheat, according to a confidential letter written to bakers by the country’s grain millers’ group on Monday. The southern African nation is in the grip of a severe shortage of U.S. dollars that …
Germany, France Push to Create European Industrial Policy
19/02/2019
Germany and France on Tuesday launched a drive to overhaul the European Union’s competition rules to facilitate the creation of world-leading companies. They pushed forward a project to create a car battery consortium aimed at catching up with Asian rivals. A German-French “manifesto for a European industrial policy fit for the 21st century” agreed on …
Germany, France Push to Create European Industrial Policy
19/02/2019
Germany and France on Tuesday launched a drive to overhaul the European Union’s competition rules to facilitate the creation of world-leading companies. They pushed forward a project to create a car battery consortium aimed at catching up with Asian rivals. A German-French “manifesto for a European industrial policy fit for the 21st century” agreed on …
Exec: India’s Thermal Coal Imports Could Rise 10 Percent This Year
19/02/2019
India’s thermal coal imports could rise by about 10 percent in 2019 due to rail transport problems and other logistical bottlenecks, an executive at the country’s largest coal trader Adani Enterprises said on Tuesday. Thermal coal imports rose in 2018 after two years of decline, despite moves by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to cut …
Exec: India’s Thermal Coal Imports Could Rise 10 Percent This Year
19/02/2019
India’s thermal coal imports could rise by about 10 percent in 2019 due to rail transport problems and other logistical bottlenecks, an executive at the country’s largest coal trader Adani Enterprises said on Tuesday. Thermal coal imports rose in 2018 after two years of decline, despite moves by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to cut …
Chinese Leader Meets with US Trade Delegation in Beijing
15/02/2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Friday with members of the U.S. trade delegation in Beijing where China and the U.S. are attempting to hammer out a trade deal. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin posted on Twitter Friday that he and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer had “productive meetings with China’s Vice Premier Liu He.” Another …
‘Fintech’ Could Help Mexicans Abroad Send Money Home
15/02/2019
Mexico’s new government is trying to slash the cost of sending cash home for Mexican families living abroad and is hoping competition from “fintechs” (financial technology) will encourage banks and services like Western Union to reduce commissions and improve exchange rates. Deputy Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said the government did not plan to place new …
White House Upbeat on Beijing Trade Talks
14/02/2019
A top White House economic adviser is expressing confidence in the current U.S.-China trade negotiations in Beijing. “The vibe in Beijing is good,” National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow told reporters Thursday at the White House. Kudlow provided few details but said the U.S. delegation led by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is “covering all ground” …
Feeling Unwelcome, Amazon Ditches Plans For New York Hub
14/02/2019
Amazon.com Inc abruptly scrapped plans to build a major outpost in New York that could have created 25,000 jobs, blaming opposition from local leaders upset by the nearly $3 billion in incentives promised by state and city politicians. The company said Thursday it did not see consistently “positive, collaborative” relationships with state and local officials. …
US Taxpayers Face Bitter Surprise After Trump’s Tax Cuts
14/02/2019
Some taxpayers are getting a bitter surprise this year as their usual annual tax refunds have shrunk — or turned into tax bills — even though President Donald Trump loudly promised them largest tax cut “in American history.” And with tax season under way, thousands of unhappy taxpayers have been venting their displeasure on Twitter, …
US Taxpayers Face Bitter Surprise After Trump’s Tax Cuts
14/02/2019
Some taxpayers are getting a bitter surprise this year as their usual annual tax refunds have shrunk — or turned into tax bills — even though President Donald Trump loudly promised them largest tax cut “in American history.” And with tax season under way, thousands of unhappy taxpayers have been venting their displeasure on Twitter, …
Somalia Readies for Oil Exploration, Still Working on Petroleum Law
13/02/2019
The Somali government says it will award exploration licenses to foreign oil companies later this year, despite calls from the opposition to wait until laws and regulations governing the oil sector are in place. Seismic surveys conducted by two British companies, Soma Oil & Gas and Spectrum Geo, suggest that Somalia has promising oil reserves …
Global Unemployment Has Reached Lowest Level in a Decade
13/02/2019
A new report finds the world’s unemployment rate has dropped to five percent, the lowest level since the global economic crisis in 2008. The International Labor Organization reports the jobs being created, however, are poor quality jobs that keep most of the world’s workers mired in poverty. Slightly more than 172 million people globally were …
Supporters Renew Push for Nationwide Paid Family Leave in US
13/02/2019
Democrats pushed on Tuesday for a nationwide paid family leave system in the United States, the only developed nation that does not guarantee pay to workers taking time off to care for children or other relatives. The proposal would establish a national insurance program to provide workers with up to 12 weeks paid leave per …
National Debt Hits New Milestone, Topping $22 Trillion
13/02/2019
The national debt has passed a new milestone, topping $22 trillion for the first time. The Treasury Department’s daily statement showed Tuesday that total outstanding public debt stands at $22.01 trillion. It stood at $19.95 trillion when President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017. The debt figure has been rising at a faster …
With ‘On-the-Go’ Loans and Tech, Social Firm Boosts Myanmar Farmers
13/02/2019
A social venture in Myanmar is boosting farm outputs with customized technologies and giving loans for seasonal migration to raise incomes in one of the world’s poorest countries. Proximity Designs, which was set up in 2004 in the country’s commercial hub Yangon, focuses on farming, on which more than two-thirds of the population relies to …
Trump Says He Could Let China Trade Deal Deadline Slip, But ‘Not Inclined To’
12/02/2019
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he could let the March 1 deadline for a trade agreement with China “slide for a little while,” but that he would prefer not to and expects to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to close the deal at some point. Trump’s top trade negotiator and Treasury …
Mexican Union Declares Victory in Strike at 48 Border Plants
12/02/2019
A union declared total victory in a mass strike by about 25,000 workers at 48 assembly plants in a Mexican border city, but the movement spawned a storm of wildcat walkouts Monday at other businesses. The Industrial Workers and Laborers’ Union won 20 percent wage increases at all 48 “maquiladora” factories in Matamoros, across …
Report: Vale Knew Deadly Dam Had Heightened Risk of Collapse
12/02/2019
Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, knew last year that the dam in Brazil that collapsed in January and killed at least 165 people had a heightened risk of rupturing, according to an internal document seen by Reuters on Monday. The report, dated Oct. 3, 2018, shows that Vale classified Dam 1 at …
Huawei’s Presence in Hungary Complicates Partnership with US, Warns Pompeo
12/02/2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is warning Hungary the presence of Chinese telecommunication manufacturer Huawei in the European country is complicating Budapest’s partnership with Washington. The chief American diplomat Monday arrived in Budapest on Monday, the first leg of his European trip. Huawei has established Hungary as a European hub, where it can develop …
IMF Chief says Ready to Support Pakistan after Meeting PM
10/02/2019
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday met Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and assured him that IMF stands ready to support his country. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the World Government Summit in Dubai, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, both IMF and prime minister Imran Khan’s office said. “I …
Most Children Globally Lack Social Protection Coverage
10/02/2019
A joint study by the International Labor Organization and U.N. Children’s Fund finds the vast majority of the world’s children lack effective social protection coverage. It says this dooms them to a life of extreme poverty, with negative implications for society. The study finds only one third of children between zero and 14 years of …
Part of Keystone Oil Pipeline Remains Shut After Potential Leak
08/02/2019
A portion of TransCanada Corp’s Keystone oil pipeline remained shut on Thursday for investigation of a possible leak on its right-of-way near St. Louis, Missouri, a company spokesman said. TransCanada shut the pipeline on Wednesday between Steele City, Nebraska and Patoka, Illinois and sent crews to assess the situation, spokesman Terry Cunha said in an …
Part of Keystone Oil Pipeline Remains Shut After Potential Leak
08/02/2019
A portion of TransCanada Corp’s Keystone oil pipeline remained shut on Thursday for investigation of a possible leak on its right-of-way near St. Louis, Missouri, a company spokesman said. TransCanada shut the pipeline on Wednesday between Steele City, Nebraska and Patoka, Illinois and sent crews to assess the situation, spokesman Terry Cunha said in an …