Due to PG&E’s ‘rampant wrongdoing’ of not trimming trees which touch power lines and causing many wildfires recently, a federal Judge has asked the utility company to suspend issuing dividends to its stockholders till the company shows that it will not cause any more wildfires. Judge William Alsup who is presiding over this case overturned […]Continue Reading
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The manufacturing activity in Japan fell to its sharpest and lowest growth since 2016 as demand for the products fell both abroad and locally. As per the Purchasing Managers’ Index, PMI it was a little better than February but was still below the 50 point level which distinguishes from expansion and contraction. What is PMI? […]Continue Reading
The Australian economy has been in doldrums over the past few months as growth came to a virtual standstill and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) left a lot to be desired. In such a situation, an interest rate cut from the central bank is one of the most effective ways to cheapen credit and stimulate […]Continue Reading
An increase in the government’s scrutiny of Chinese investments, especially in Silicon Valley has prevented many deals from taking place. In fact, many deals are not even being considered. After many years of growing ties between Silicon Valley and China, the United States tech capital finds itself caught between the rising tensions between Washington and […]Continue Reading
The Indian GDP fell to lower than the expected growth rate of 6.6% in the fourth quarter October-December which is the lowest in the last 5 quarters due to poor growth in the manufacturing and farming sector. The growth estimate for the fiscal year ending on March 31 has been reduced to less than 7% […]Continue Reading
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in Q3 which ended on 31st December 2018 has stood at 6.6 percent; the information is according to recent government data which was released on Thursday. The growth rate is at a 5-quarter low. It is the slowest growth rate ever since the quarter that ended in September […]Continue Reading
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported profits of £1.62 billion for the year ending 2018. The year on year profit growth has been over 200% from £752 million in the preceding year. The Bank has revealed a near £1 billion windfall for the taxpayer. This is the bank’s second consecutive year yielding profits, […]Continue Reading
The $340 billion banking giant, JP Morgan launched a stablecoin called JPM Coin. Industry experts have foreseen the stablecoin to thrash Ripple in the long run. Co-host of Bloomberg’s What’d You Miss? Joe Weisenthal said, “If it turns out that the blockchain framework turns out to be a good one for banks transferring money around, […]Continue Reading
Consumer price rates were constant throughout January 2019 as lessened gasoline prices counteracted the effect of rising costs of housing, clothing and medical care. The labor department said that the Consumer Price Index increased only 1.6 percent which is less than its increments in previous years. Last year, CPI increment was 1.9 percent. The price […]Continue Reading
The United States is facing another partial government shutdown at the end of this week after negotiations aimed at extending government funding broke down over the weekend. Talks between Democratic and Republican lawmakers on border security funding have ended in a stalemate, raising the fears of another government shutdown. Democrats have critically planned to cap […]Continue Reading