Singapore’s retail sales fell a record 40.5% in April from a year ago due to lockdown measures implemented in the city-state to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The fall is the biggest since …
Amid pandemic, life insurance becomes priority for UAE residents
According to the survey results, 46 percent of UAE residents have indicated that life insurance is more important to them than before the pandemic – placing it four times higher than travel insurance …
Michael Jordan’s First Championship Run Game Worn Shoes & Jersey HIt Auction Block – Expected to Bring $100K+
MEARS Online Auctions – ends Saturday, June 6, 2020. Initial bids must be placed by 10:00 PM CST. Purchased at a Chicago Area American Heart Association Auction in 1991, an autographed game-worn …
Compensation Payments to the Depositors of The Finance Company PLC under Sri Lanka Deposit Insurance and Liquidity Support Scheme
Compensation Payments to the Depositors of The Finance Company PLC under Sri Lanka Deposit Insurance and Liquidity Support Scheme The license issued to The Finance Company PLC (TFC) to carry on …
OPEC+ Set to Extend Output Cuts After Breakthrough With Iraq
Talks to extend OPEC+ production cuts hit an impasse on Thursday after Iraq said it will only be able to reach its output target at the end of July, defying an ultimatum from Saudi Arabia and Russia …
Thailand reports 1 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK, June 5 (Reuters) – Thailand on Friday reported one new coronavirus infection and no new deaths, taking its total confirmed cases to 3,102, of which 58 have been fatalities. The new case was a …
IMF urges Pakistan to freeze govt salaries
Islamabad, June 5 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Pakistan to freeze salaries of government employees and adhere to the fiscal consolidation path by showing a nominal primary …
IMF wants Pakistan to freeze all non-development expenditures
IMF wants Pakistan to carry out massive fiscal adjustments amounting to Rs1,150bn to cut budgetary deficit at 0.4% of the GDP …
India Stocks Set for Second Weekly Gain on Easing Lockdown
Indian equities rose, with the benchmark index set for a second week of gains, as Asia’s third-biggest economy continues easing a nationwide lockdown.The S&P BSE Sensex Index and NSE Nifty 50 Index …
China Tackles the Dirty Work of Finance
Beijing is scrubbing up. Late last week, the central bank excluded so-called clean coal from a draft list of projects eligible for green bonds. It’s a significant move that puts the world’s number-two …