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Geely

Brokers brave China’s FX market crackdown in hunt for household high rollers

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Lured by hopes that China’s retail investors could become major players in global currency markets, foreign brokers are brazenly chasing business in a gray area of the country’s online trading sector, even as Beijing vows to wip…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Riots

Lebanon Dispatch: Basketball Is ‘War, Minus the Shooting’ in Sectarian Lebanon

Everyone blamed the politicians, including some of the politicians. I am deeply sorry to announce the end of Lebanese basketball, which has been slayed by politics and sectarianism, the minister for youth and sports, Faisal Karami, said at the time. There is…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Silk Road

US-China trade war: What is President Trump’s strategy?

Image copyrightGetty Images Donald Trump's book The Art of the Deal could give you some insight into how he is negotiating with China amid the current trade war. One of his business philosophies is called negative thinking - anticipating the worst outcome,…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Christianity

slowthai & Skepta Offer Scathing Critiques of Great Britain in Visual for “Inglorious”

Ahead of his debut album Nothing Great About Britain, crudely in-your-face Grime artist slowthai has released the video for his latest single alongside Skepta, entitled Inglorious. Putting Great Britain directly in their sights, the two rappers plaster sociop…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Fox News Legal Analyst Calls Out Trump’s Latest ‘Very Dangerous Trend’

Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano has accused President Donald Trump of thrice violating the separation of powers in the last week. He described it as a “very dangerous trend” in a “Judge Napolitano’s Chambers” segment that the widely watche…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Elon Musk

Strong winds forced SpaceX to call off its first Starlink satellite launch, which it hopes to launch today instead

SpaceX was forced to call off its highly-anticipated Starlink satellite launch due to strong winds in Earth's upper atmosphere, and has rescheduled to launch the rocket later on Thursday instead. The rocket company, founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, was supp…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Protectionism

France not looking to ‘over-protectionism’ for tech giants like Huawei, President Macron says

PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron poured cold water on the idea of implementing protectionist measures on tech companies like Huawei. Asked by CNBC's Karen Tso Thursday about U.S. pressure on the Chinese telecommunications giant, he said: "We have some …

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Brexit

UK government warned that a no-deal Brexit will damage the fight against climate change

LONDON — Theresa May's government has been warned by opposition politicians that a no-deal Brexit would make it harder for the United Kingdom to monitor climate change, as it will stop receiving crucial scientific data from a key European Union programme. …

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Geely

smart ForTwo Final Collector’s Edition #21 announced

smart has revealed that by 2020, it will completely switch its entire portfolio over from combustion engines to electric drives. Before that, in a farewell bid, the automaker decided to release this black and yellow specimen – the smart Final Collector’s Edit…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Chinese Economy

Trade tensions accelerate move of China’s factories – ING

Timme Spakman, economist at ING, suggests that with the maturing Chinese economy, its pace of growth is slowing as firms are switching from labour intensive production to production of higher value added products and services. Key Quotes “Wages are rising a…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Brokers brave China’s FX market crackdown in hunt for household high rollers

Lebanon Dispatch: Basketball Is ‘War, Minus the Shooting’ in Sectarian Lebanon

US-China trade war: What is President Trump’s strategy?

slowthai & Skepta Offer Scathing Critiques of Great Britain in Visual for “Inglorious”

Fox News Legal Analyst Calls Out Trump’s Latest ‘Very Dangerous Trend’

Strong winds forced SpaceX to call off its first Starlink satellite launch, which it hopes to launch today instead

France not looking to ‘over-protectionism’ for tech giants like Huawei, President Macron says

UK government warned that a no-deal Brexit will damage the fight against climate change

smart ForTwo Final Collector’s Edition #21 announced

Trade tensions accelerate move of China’s factories – ING

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