In Japan, where investors returned after a day off, the stock market went slightly lower over the weekend on Friday. Solid price gains in the chip sector and from automaker Toyota kept the loss limited. Stock market trading continued to be very calm as many major stock markets in […]
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European Commissioner Gets Involved in A Conflict Between Apple and Facebook
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager has warned Apple that it should treat all apps on its platform equally. With that comment, the European competition regulator is involved in a conflict between Apple and Facebook. The latter recently complained that an upcoming update of Apple’s mobile operating system iOS […]
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Unilever Provides Insight into Performance in the Corona Year
Food and cleaning products group Unilever will give a glimpse of how the company got through the corona year 2020 on Thursday. The expectation is that the closing quarter will have brought little news. The previous quarters’ picture will remain a lot of sales of cleaning products and things […]
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Bitcoin Price Falls Below $ 30,000
Bitcoin fell below the value of $ 30,000 for the first time in weeks in the night from Thursday to Friday, to more than $ 29,000. This means that the price of the world’s most famous cryptocurrency threatens to return to a free fall, after the strong advance of […]
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Chip Machine Maker ASML Gives A Glimpse into the Books
Chip machine maker ASML will publish its results for 2020 on Wednesday morning. The focus will be on the forecasts for this year, among other things. ASML CEO Peter Wennink recently expressed the hope that there will be more international consultation under the new American president Joe Biden. He […]
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Chinese Economy Increased By 2.3 Percent in the Corona Year 2020
The Chinese economy grew by 2.3 percent last year, the national statistics office in Beijing reports. This makes it the only large country to leave the corona year without shrinking. China’s gross domestic product increased by 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the same period […]
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The First Contraction in US Employment Since April
Employment in the United States unexpectedly declined in December. According to the US Department of Labor, this is the first job decline since last spring’s major corona blow. In total, excluding agriculture, 140,000 jobs were lost, while economists on average had expected about 50,000 extra jobs. As a result, […]
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Ryanair Expects to Transport Fewer Passengers Due to New Lockdowns
Irish budget pilot Ryanair expects to transport fewer passengers this financial year due to the new lockdowns in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Starting January 21, Ryanair will drastically reduce the number of scheduled flights to and from the two countries. The airline expects to transport less than 30 […]
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Japanese Stock Market Continues Loss Series
The Japanese stock market ended again on Wednesday with a small loss. It was the third consecutive loss in the new year. Investors remained cautious pending more stringent corona measures. The Japanese government is expected to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and the surrounding area on Thursday. […]
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Nikkei Starts Higher to Last Week of 2020
The Japanese stock market started the last week of the troubled 2020 corona year with a profit on Monday. The news that US President Donald Trump has nevertheless signed the corona support package for the US economy caused investors relief. The further roll-out of the corona vaccine in Europe […]