Deemed the jeweled project of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, NEOM, the crown’s $500 billion futuristic metropolis is attracting attention from the Kingdom and globally, bringing 10,000 steps forwards towards molding a city to incorporate human civilizations and modernization. Famous for its oil-based economy, with primal revenue dependence on natural resources, the KSA is making […]
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Australia and Britain will “fight back” against cyber attacks from China, Russia, and Iran, defense minister Peter Dutton said ahead of consultations with Britain in Sydney. Australia’s defense and foreign affairs ministers will meet with Britain’s defense secretary Ben Wallace and foreign secretary Liz Truss on Friday for the annual Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN). […]
Wall Street’s main indexes were set to open lower on Tuesday as technology stocks were slammed by rising Treasury yields, while Goldman Sachs led declines among big banks after posting its quarterly profit below expectations. Two-year Treasury yields, which track short-term rate expectations, crossed 1 percent for the first time since February 2020 amid traders […]
In an email sent to the then U.S.- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in 2018, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner showed interest in the possibility of releasing a federal cryptocurrency. According to the Freedom of Information Act request by CoinDesk, Kushner was studying the possibility of having a group of experts “brainstorm” to the right governmental parties the […]
China is keeping up with the rapid speed of technological development, and Beijing is aligning its vision to become the world’s biggest economy with heavy investments into its sector’s core technology startups. According to the Wall Street Journal, China is restraining the influence of what once were the leading tech companies in the country, and at some point globally, […]
Ties between Beijing and the Gulf are being forged to heighten economic cooperation to reach a free trade agreement, as both regions tackle geopolitical matters with the West. Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, revealed Beijing’s intentions of gaining momentum on the growth of developing a free trade era with the Emirates, with the intentions of […]
Asian shares took a beating on Friday after a fresh salvo of hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve officials solidified expectations that U.S. interest rates could rise as soon as March, leaving markets braced for tighter monetary conditions. Fed Governor Lael Brainard became the latest and most senior U.S. central banker on Thursday to signal that […]
Chipmaker titan Intel has recently removed from an annual letter directed to suppliers information referenced to China’s Xinjiang region following criticism for demanding suppliers to steer clear from the region. Only last month, the U.S.-based company was criticized on social media platforms in China for the letter sent to suppliers – published on the company’s […]
Chinese Telecommunications company Huawei Technologies Co Ltd unveiled its 2021 revenue expectations to drop by almost 30 percent as it fights off U.S. sanctions. In a letter sent to its employees on Friday, Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping said that the revenue for 2021 is estimated to reach $99.48 billion. This marks a 28.9 percent […]
Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc revealed on Sunday its quarterly deliveries, marking a new reported record, exceeding Wall Street expectations as the globe battles through a semiconductor crisis. For Tesla, this signaled a six consecutive quarter following its report highlighting its high record deliveries. The electric vehicles (EV) company supplied in its fourth-quarter 308,600 cars, surpassing […]