Even as workers at factories of car makers in the Indian automobile hub of Chennai continued to protest over fears of them being infected by Covid-19 in a state of the country which has been hit specifically hard in the second wave of the pandemic, the local government there allowed the factories...

By the end of the current year, international financing of coal projects that emit carbon has agreed to be stopped by the seven largest advanced economies of the world, along with phasing out of such financial support for all fossil fuels. These measures have been taken to meet the globally agreed...

Strong oil prices helped the state controlled Saudi Arabian oil producer Aramco to report a 30 per cent year on year in net profits – beating estimates of analysts, while also maintaining its dividend payout on Tuesday.   There has been a rise in oil prices globally this year about one third...

Concerns about a fall in investments in digital assets because of the plans of the United States President Joe Biden to raise capital gains taxes led to a sharp drop in the prices of bitcoin and other crypto currencies.   This drop in crypto currencies was preceded by reports about plans of...

While issuing a warning that the global shortage of semiconductor chips could result in auto companies in the United States facing the threat of manufacturing 1.28 million fewer vehicles this year and production of vehicles being disrupted for another six months, an auto industry group of the...

Following the United States securities regulator adopting measures that paves the way to begin the process of delisting foreign companies from American stock exchanges, if they are unable to comply with US auditing standards, there was a sharp drop in the stocks of dual-listed Chinese companies in...

The Chinese search engine giant Baidu is reportedly planning to get itself listed and has set a target of raising $3.08 billion from the stock market and has set a price of HK$252 ($32.45) for each share. The company plans to list itself for public trading in Hong Kong through a secondary listing,...

A new law to ban cryptocurrencies with fines for anyone found trading in the country or even possessing such digital currencies, according to local reports quoting a senior government official. This could be a major blow to millions of investors who are eying to invest in the asset that is...

Following the exit of the Britain from the European Union at the beginning of the year, London has been replaced by Amsterdam as the biggest share trading centre of Europe. According to data published on Thursday, Amsterdam benefitted from a chunk of UK derivatives business during and after Brexit....

The global auto industry is struggling with a shortage of chips for cars. Various countries have appealed to the Taiwanese authorities to increase production of semiconductor chips used in cars over the weekend.   In its response the Economics Ministry of Taiwan said that production of auto...

In order to avoid the extra charges, paperwork and taxes resulting from Brexit, business in the United Kingdom that are engaged in exporting to the European Union are being encouraged by the British government’s trade advisors to open up separate companies within eth EU, claimed report in the...