Thailand’s 50 Richest On Forbes List Suffer Decline In Wealth Amid Coronavirus Woes
SINGAPORE (April 3, 2020) – Thailand’s export-and-tourism-dependent economy, already weakened by the US-China trade war, was dealt a further blow by the Covid-19 outbreak. The nation’s 50 richest on the 2020 Forbes Thailand Rich List saw $28 billion erased from their combined wealth, which declined 18% to a total of…
Uphill Struggles: Highlights From Huawei’s Annual Report Presser On Trade War, 5G, COVID-19 Pandemic
Uphill Struggles: Highlights From Huawei’s Annual Report Presser On Trade War, 5G, COVID-19 Pandemic
A senior official from Huawei spoke to members of the press earlier this week on the state of the Chinese tech giant's status amid numerous global challenges, including the company's global 5G rollout.Eric Xu, rotating chairman for Huawei, briefed members of the press on the company's progress amid challenges amid…
bubmagApril 2, 2020
Friday the 13th Unleashes Terror and Thanos Gets a Love Letter in the Latest Gaming News
Clockwise from left: Harlem Unbound, Infinity Gauntlet, Escape From Flat Earth, and The Game of Real Life.Image: Chaosium, Inc., Z-Man Games, I Love Toast, Jesse FinkelsteinWelcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. It’s now been a couple of weeks since social distancing…
bubmagApril 1, 2020
Huawei Profits Jump 19 Percent in 2019, Facing Fresh Tests Amid Trade War, COVID-19 Pandemic
The world's largest telecoms equipment provider released figures from sales revenues across numerous divisions on Tuesday, with high-level executives weighing in on the company's performance amid US trade restrictions and the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.Huawei Technologies reported "solid business performance" in its 2019 Annual Report, with revenues increasing 19.1 percent year-on-year…
bubmagMarch 31, 2020
OpenHouse Editor’s Note on building a business during a pandemic
These are crazy times, I get it. Two weeks ago today, I moved my wife and two young boys from our two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York, to my mom’s house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Every day has been a blur of HousingWire, homeschooling two boys and sharing space with five…
bubmagMarch 30, 2020
Already struggling farmers hit hard by coronavirus
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bubmagMarch 30, 2020
Trump’s Trade Wars Make It Harder To Fight The Coronavirus Battle
Peter Navarro, director of the National Trade Council, from left, Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury ... secretary, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), listen during a news conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, March…
bubmagMarch 29, 2020
US-China Trade War Claims Next Victim as West Australia-Huawei Joint Mobile Network Project Scrapped
US-China Trade War Claims Next Victim as West Australia-Huawei Joint Mobile Network Project Scrapped
Business17:45 GMT 27.03.2020(updated 17:57 GMT 27.03.2020) Get short URL71114West Australian authorities were forced to axe a lucrative mobile network deal with Huawei, citing US trade restrictions, it was revealed on Friday. The news comes after the Chinese telecoms giant had committed to building 80 mobile towers across Perth's railway networks.The…
bubmagMarch 27, 2020
Stratfor: China’s economy will suffer a double whammy as its export partners are overrun by the coronavirus
In China, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 outbreak will drag on 2020 gross domestic product (GDP) growth as the country endures the twin hits of the early-year domestic slowdown and the as-yet-unknown drop in overseas demand in key markets. But the country’s high debt levels — partly fueled by…
bubmagMarch 27, 2020