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Venezuela

A Tough Year for Emerging Markets Ends With Money in Bank

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging markets are about to end a turbulent year in which U.S.-China trade tensions dominated headlines and central banks around the world came to rescue the global economy from falling into a recession.Stocks, currencies and local-currency s…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Hiroshima

Thousands sign Hiroshima petition to save A-bomb buildings

Thousands of people have signed an online petition against the planned demolition of two early 20th-century buildings that remained intact after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima devastated the Japanese city. A local government official confirmed to AFP on Tue…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Brexit

UK economy caught between Brexit and a hard place

Now that his conservative party has won the UK election in a landslide victory, triumphant prime minister Boris Johnson can turn his attention and energy to the economy. And the next five years will be marked by the opposing effects of his partys policies, wh…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

How Soon Will Brexit Translate Into Reality?

The Brexit timetable is indeed incredibly tight for now, with the soon-to-be-sworn-in parliament scheduled to scrutinise the withdrawal bill in the days to come. There is a nuance, however: the bill that is up for a vote has reportedly been amended.The UK wil…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Filter Bubble

MoEngage Partners with Bigbasket to Drive-Up Metrics for Its App Business – MarTech Series

MoEngage Will Utilize Its Intelligent Customer Engagement Platform to Scale Personalized Messaging and Deliver Value Rapidly to Bigbaskets Customers MoEngage, the intelligent customer engagement platform recently announced its partnership with bigbasket, Ind…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Belt and Road

China objects to Malaysia’s U.N. submission on South China Sea: SCMP

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - China has protested against Malaysia filing a submissihere with the United Nations last week seeking to establish the limits of Malaysia's continental shelf in the northern part of the disputed South China Sea, the South China Morning…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Hrant Dink

US Tries to Salvage Ties With Turkey as Ankara Threatens to Close Incirlik Air Base – Source

Sputnik News 11:58 16.12.2019 Washington previously imposed sanctions against the Turkish government back in October, over the purchase of Russian S-400 air defence systems and Ankara's operation in northern Syria against the US-backed Kurdish militants, bu…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Monsanto

Bayer Asks Appeals Court to Toss $25 Million Roundup Cancer Verdict

Bayer AG on Monday said it has asked a U.S. federal appeals court to throw out a $25 million judgment it was ordered to pay to a California man who blamed the company’s Roundup weed killer for his cancer. In a filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Xi Jinping

U.S.-China Deal Will Be a Short-Term Truce

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- There are times, including in armed conflict, when adversaries see it in their own interests to opt for a truce and sell it to the outside world as a steppingstone to a comprehensive peace. But both sides know it will be only a prelude …

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Electric Scooter

Segway graduates from e-scooters to electric mopeds

Segway-Ninebot yes, the same robotics transportation company of Segway fame is adding bigger, flashier electric vehicles to its battery-powered lineup. At an event in China on Tuesday, the company revealed its two upcoming vehicles: the Ninebot eMoped and e…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

A Tough Year for Emerging Markets Ends With Money in Bank

Thousands sign Hiroshima petition to save A-bomb buildings

UK economy caught between Brexit and a hard place

How Soon Will Brexit Translate Into Reality?

MoEngage Partners with Bigbasket to Drive-Up Metrics for Its App Business – MarTech Series

China objects to Malaysia’s U.N. submission on South China Sea: SCMP

US Tries to Salvage Ties With Turkey as Ankara Threatens to Close Incirlik Air Base – Source

Bayer Asks Appeals Court to Toss $25 Million Roundup Cancer Verdict

U.S.-China Deal Will Be a Short-Term Truce

Segway graduates from e-scooters to electric mopeds

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