Colorado should regain the jobs lost during the early months of the pandemic sometime next year, but the state won’t be a leader for its post-pandemic economic recovery, according to […]
Read moreMice sector projected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels by 2023
The business events sector here will rebound to pre-pandemic levels by 2023, according to the industry’s peak body. Saceos – or the Singapore Association for Convention Exhibitions Organisers and Suppliers […]
Read moreShell breaks ground on Asia's largest plastic waste to chemical feedstock plant
SINGAPORE – Shell broke ground on Tuesday (Nov 23) on a new plant on Pulau Bukom that will turn hard-to-recycle plastic waste into a feedstock chemical that can be used to […]
Read moreAre Christmas trees more expensive this year? Experts say yes
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — Add Christmas trees to the list of items facing shortages and higher prices this year. Several factors are driving the trend, Newsday reported, including over-the-top sales […]
Read moreSingapore trade not significantly affected by global supply chain disruptions: MAS
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s trade flows, the life and blood of its manufacturing sector, held up relatively well amid the global and regional supply chain disruptions wrought by the pandemic, the […]
Read moreXi Jinping dials back China's economic overhaul as masses feel pain
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese President Xi Jinping took a big gamble shaking up key industries ahead of a political gathering that could decide whether he rules the country indefinitely. Now, […]
Read moreChina coal prices hit record highs, early winter chill adds to energy woes
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s energy crisis deepened on Friday (Oct 15) as cold weather swept into much of the country and power plants scrambled to stock up on coal, sending […]
Read moreRPT-UPDATE 1-Short UK bond yields rocket as investors ramp up rate hike bets
(Repeats to additional subscribers) * Natural gas price spikes raise fears of inflation * German-UK bond yield spreads widest since 2016 LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – British government bond yields […]
Read moreRecovery hampered as inflation hits new highs in U.S., Europe
WASHINGTON — Inflation has reached new highs in the United States and Europe as rising energy prices and supply bottlenecks restrain an economic recovery from the pandemic in both economies. […]
Read more'Tension' between jobs, inflation the chief challenge facing US central bank: Fed chief
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Resolving “tension” between high inflation and still-elevated unemployment is the most urgent issue facing the Federal Reserve right now, its chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday (Sept […]
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