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Europe Roundup: Sterling steadies above $1.40 against dollar, European shares dip, Gold hits 1-week low, Oil drops on India's COVID-19 crisis, pipeline resumption-May 13th,2021

May 13, 2021 12:16 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Irish Apr CPI (MoM) 0.7%, 0.8% previous Italian 3-Year BTP Auction -0.06%,-0.17% previous Italian 30-Year BTP Auction 2.060%,1.470% previous Irish Apr CPI (YoY) 1.1%, -0.4% previous Irish Apr...

America’s Roundup: Dollar rises U.S. inflation data ,Wall Street skids on inflation fears, Gold dips, Oil rises to 8-wk high on demand hopes, U.S. export decline-May 13th,2021

May 13, 2021 01:19 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Apr CPI, n.s.a (MoM) 0.82%, 0.71% previous. US Apr CPI Index, s.a 266.83, 264.79 previous. US Apr Core CPI Index 273.70, 271.21 previous. US Apr CPI (MoM) 0.8%,0.2%forecast,...

Europe Roundup: Euro dips against dollar ahead of U.S. inflation data, European stocks inch higher ,Gold slips, Oil climbs on demand outlook as market awaits fresh cues-May 12th,2021

May 12, 2021 12:26 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup UK GDP (YoY) (Q1) -6.1%,-6.1% forecast, -7.3% previous UK March Industrial Production (MoM) 1.8%,1.0% forecast,1.0% previous German Apr CPI (MoM) 0.7%, 0.7% forecast, 0.5% previous German Apr...

America’s Roundup: Dollar hits fresh 2-1/2 month low, Wall Street drops, Gold little changed, Oil prices rise on nagging fears of fuel shortages-May 12th,2021

May 11, 2021 20:47 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Brazil Apr CPI (YoY) 6.76%,6.76% forecast,6.10% previous Brazil Apr CPI (MoM) 0.31%,0.30% forecast,0.93% previous US Redbook (YoY) 13.3%, 14.2% previous US Mar JOLTs Job Openings 8.123M, 7.500M...

Europe Roundup:Euro climbs on upbeat German investor sentiment,European shares dips, Gold flat, Oil dips as pipeline outage fears ease, India weighs-May 11th,2021

May 11, 2021 12:24 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup German Apr WPI (YoY) 7.2%, 4.4% previous German Apr WPI (MoM) 1.1%, 1.7% previous Italian Mar Industrial Production (MoM) -0.1%, 0.4% forecast, 0.2% previous Italian Mar Industrial Production...

America’s Roundup: Dollar index trades weak close to over 2-month low, Wall Street closes lower, Gold hovers near 3-month peak, Oil gains after cyberattack powers closure of critical U.S. pipelines-May 11th,2021

May 10, 2021 22:53 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup French 6-Month BTF Auction-0.638% ,-0.627% previous French 3-Month BTF Auction-0.636%, -0.630% previous French 12-Month BTF Auction-0.628% -0.619% previous US Apr CB Employment Trends Index...

Europe Roundup: Sterling transcends above $1.40 for first time since February, European stocks inch higher , Gold gains, Oil gains after cyber-attack leads to closure of U.S. fuel pipelines-May 10th,2021

May 10, 2021 12:25 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup UK Apr Halifax House Price Index (MoM) 1.4%,1.1% previous UK Apr Halifax House Price Index (YoY) 8.2%,6.5% previous EU May Sentix Investor Confidence 21.0, 14.0forecast, 13.1 previous Looking...

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Economy

Samsung, LG to grant paid vaccine leave to their workforce

Samsung and LG have reportedly agreed to offer paid leave for their employees who received the COVID-19 vaccination. The news was revealed on Wednesday, May 12. The paid leave for workers in S. Korea As per Yonhap...

KFC rolling out new packaging for a makeover

KFC or Kentucky Fried Chicken will be unveiling its new packaging to give itself a bit of makeover. The world-famous fried chicken restaurant chain stated that the packing is an upgrade to modernize the companys...

Samsung Biologics contradicts claims of Pfizer vaccine production

Samsung Biologics contradicted reports that it will be producing Pfizers coronavirus vaccine. There were news going around saying the South Korean biotechnology company headquartered in Incheon is set to start the...

Xiaomi: US reverses Trump's order and removed the Chinese electronics company from blacklist

Xiaomi was included in the U.S. governments blacklist last year during Donald Trumps leadership. The Chinese electronics company suffered big losses after it was banned in the country. Trumps administration cited...

Amazon emerged victorious in its $303M EU tax case

Amazon was declared the winner in a tax legal battle where the EU ordered it to pay Luxembourg the amount of 250 million or around $303 million in back taxes. The win for the American retail giant is said to be a big blow...

Politics

Joe Biden urges Americans receiving COVID unemployment benefits to return to work if possible

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs when the pandemic broke out in 2020. In the hopes of getting businesses and lives back on track, President Joe Biden has urged Americans who still receive COVID unemployment...

Donald Trump accuses Joe Biden of lack of support for Israel amid ongoing violence in region

During his presidency, Donald Trump was known to have good relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Amidst the ongoing violence happening in Israel and Palestine, Trump accused his successor Joe Biden of...

Kamala Harris reaffirms US relations with Tunisia in phone call with President Kais Saied

Vice President Kamala Harris got in touch with another world leader this week. Harris spoke with Tunisian President Kais Saied, reaffirming the ties between the two countries. The White House released a readout of...

Nancy Pelosi says House Democrats want child tax credit expansion permanent

One of the provisions found in President Joe Bidens American Families Plan was to expand the child tax credit until 2025. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently revealed that House Democrats are looking to make this provision...

Liz Cheney voted out of House GOP leadership position

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is among the Republicans that have or still are drawing the ire of former President Donald Trump including his allies in Congress. This week, Cheney was voted out of her leadership position by her...

Science

Space tourism – 20 years in the making – is finally ready for launch

For most people, getting to the stars is nothing more than a dream. On April 28, 2001, Dennis Tito achieved that lifelong goal but he wasnt a typical astronaut. Tito, a wealthy businessman, paid US$20 million for a seat...

First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem

Scientists have created the worlds first monkey embryos containing human cells in an attempt to investigate how the two types of cell develop alongside each other. The embryos, which were derived from a macaque and then...

Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?

In Aldous Huxleys 1932 novel Brave New World, people arent born from a mothers womb. Instead, embryos are grown in artificial wombs until they are brought into the world, a process called ectogenesis. In the novel,...

Antimatter: scientists find way to trap elusive material by blasting it with lasers

Antimatter is believed to play a huge part in the story of our universe. Its the counterpart to matter: identical in every way with protons, neutrons and electrons but with an opposite electric charge. According to our...

Shifting toward 'open peer review'

Twenty years ago, it was difficult to find information about local restaurants, except from the restaurants themselves. Now, thanks to the Internet, independent evaluations are easy to find. Its past time we make that the...

Technology

Sega wants Atlus to aim for simultaneous worldwide release dates

It is not strange for video games developed in Japan to have staggered release dates in different parts of the world. However, Sega recently said one of the factors that made Yakuza 6: The Song of Life very successful was...

‘Overwatch 2’ livestream and developer AMA planned in May

New details about Overwatch 2 is about the flood the internet in the coming weeks. Blizzard Entertainment has recently confirmed there will be two separate events later in May where video game fans will hear more about the...

HTC Vive Pro 2 launches with 5K resolution on June 4

The new VR headsets from HTC Vive have been recently announced, but they will not launch for a few weeks. As expected, the company unveiled two devices, one for consumer-level use and another for business purposes but...

Android 12 beta 1 could be launched during Google I/O 2021

Google has released the Android 12 developer preview 3 in late April, and that means the first public beta of the operating system update is next to launch. While a specific date is not yet known, there are speculations...

WhatsApp defies German agency’s ban on its new privacy policy

A German data protection agency ruled it is blocking WhatsApps highly controversial privacy policy changes. However, the Facebook-owned messaging app says the update will still roll out. WhatsApp defies German data...