Economics

Waiting for an Elizabeth Holmes verdict. It may take a while

Waiting for an Elizabeth Holmes verdict. It may take a while

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  • Wednesday, 29 Dec, 2021

The jury in Elizabeth Holmes’s fraud case is on its fifth day of deliberations, and trial-watchers who sat through 14 weeks of testimony could…

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SenseTime IPO lands Chinese professor $3.4bn fortune

SenseTime IPO lands Chinese professor $3.4bn fortune

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  • Wednesday, 29 Dec, 2021

Just weeks after the U.S. placed a unit of SenseTime Group Inc. on a blacklist for alleged human rights violations, the firm is about to make founder…

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SpaceX satellites near-misses fuel US-China tensions

SpaceX satellites near-misses fuel US-China tensions

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  • Wednesday, 29 Dec, 2021

A pair of dangerously close space encounters is adding to tensions between the U.S. and China, while underscoring the potential peril to astronauts…

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Exports rise 36% to $23.8 billion in first three weeks of December

Exports rise 36% to $23.8 billion in first three weeks of December

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  • Tuesday, 28 Dec, 2021

India exported items worth $23.8 billion during the first three weeks of December, up 36.2 per cent year-on-year.

This came amid robust external…

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President Aoun: Lebanon needs six to seven years to exit crisis

President Aoun: Lebanon needs six to seven years to exit crisis

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  • Saturday, 25 Dec, 2021

Lebanon needs “six to seven years” to emerge from the crisis it is currently in, the country’s president has said.

In a televised…

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Centre to expedite asset monetisation drive to meet FY22 target of Rs 88190 crore

Centre to expedite asset monetisation drive to meet FY22 target of Rs 88190 crore

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  • Saturday, 25 Dec, 2021

The Centre’s apex think tank Niti Aayog has reportedly asked ministries to expedite the government’s asset monetisation programme to meet…

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Pakistan foreign currency reserves deplete amid IMF stalemate

Pakistan foreign currency reserves deplete amid IMF stalemate

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  • Saturday, 25 Dec, 2021

Pakistan's foreign currency reserves are depleting after the persistent stalemate over the renewal of the IMF package.

Pakistan's total foreign…

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In Lebanon manufacturers mull stark choices to stay in business

In Lebanon manufacturers mull stark choices to stay in business

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  • Friday, 24 Dec, 2021

Beirut, Lebanon –  On a recent afternoon at the Oriental Paper Products factory just outside of Beirut, more than a dozen workers were busy…

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