Iran's currency has hit its lowest-ever value against the US dollar. This is reportedly due to Washington's economic sanctions against Tehran and the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Bain Capital says extends Japan’s Nichiigakkan tender offer deadline to July 9
TOKYO, June 22 (Reuters) - U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital said it has decided to extend the deadline of a tender offer for Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co to July 9 from Monday. ( read original story ...)
Finance bill includes Rs100b as proceeds from privatisation process
The finance bill for the next fiscal year has included Rs100 billion as proceeds from the privatisation process as part of the “Non-Tax Revenue Receipts”. A meeting of the Privatisation Commission (PC ... ( read original story ...)
Efforts to curb Covid-19 pandemic continue globally
A total of 15 countries and provinces have reported no new Covid-19 cases, at least for the past 16 days and others ranging longer, according to data from United States’ Johns Hopkins Center for ... ( read original story ...)
UAE ranks 19th in FDI confidence index backed by strong investor sentiment
The UAE ranked 19th worldwide in the 2020 Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index, up two places from 2017, mirroring its positive investor sentiment based on the government’s ... ( read original story ...)
UAE ranks 19th in FDI confidence index; among the three featured emerging economies
China, Brazil and the UAE were the only three emerging economies that ranked on the index The UAE ranked 19th worldwide in the 2020 Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index, up two ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-based startup Enheroes aims to digitally transform business models in energy sector
Enheroes is AI-blockchain-extended reality-based intellectual engagement platform that aims to change the intellectual sustainability needs of the energy sector. ( read original story ...)
Iran, Iraq Discuss Oil Cooperation
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh and his Iraqi counterpart Ihsan Abdul Jabbar discussed ways to promote cooperation between the two neighbors in the oil industry. In a telephone conversation ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam eyes place in world’s top 10 farm produce processing hubs
The agriculture ministry has devised measures to turn Vietnam into one of the world’s most 15 developed countries in terms of agriculture by 2030, and among the top 10 farm produce processing hubs. ( read original story ...)
No Missing Wirecard Funds in Philippines: Central Bank
None of Wirecard AG’s missing $2.1 billion of cash entered the Philippine financial system, according to the nation’s central bank, after two of its major lenders denied holding funds for the German ... ( read original story ...)