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Rare White Diamond Up For Auction In Hong Kong
The diamond was cut and polished by Diacore to bring out its "best brilliance, fire and scintillation", according to Sotheby's . This morning Sotheby's annou...
Covid 19 coronavirus: Victoria records 37 new cases and six deaths
The state has recorded a further six deaths bringing the state's death toll to 716. "The average number of cases has come down in metro Melbourne to 70 per da...
MPs call for targeted extension of furlough scheme
The committee criticised the job retention bonus, which pay companies £1,000 for every furloughed staff member brought back to work, saying that most of the mon...
‘Surprising rebound’: Tech stocks boost ASX after three-month low
USA investors jumped back in to take advantage of the pullback in technology-related stocks, a day after the Nasdaq moved into correction territory. Media rep...
How major U.S. stock indexes fared Tuesday
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index is down more than 10% from its recent high, considered a market correction. Other stocks in red include Slack Technologi...
United Kingdom reaches historic post-Brexit trade deal with Japan
The agreement comes after negotiations between the two countries' Ministers for Foreign Affairs - Singapore' Vivian Balakrishnan and Japan's Motegi Toshimitsu. ...
Hundreds of Austrians Receive Coronavirus Stimulus Payments
Some of them appeared puzzled by the unexpected payments or were ineligible for the payouts, according to bank officials and Austrian media reports. The payou...
Oil prices add to losses as supplies swell amid weak demand
Despite the bounce back in crude oil prices in yesterday's session, which had largely stemmed from the recovery in risk sentiment. "When strong Middle Easte...
MI begins processing $300 supplemental unemployment payments
Roughly 2 million New Yorkers are pre-qualified for the program & will receive payment next week. Another 435,000 individuals must submit an additional certific...
White House Considering Executive Actions for Coronavirus Relief
By a vote of 52-47, the Senate failed to get the 60 votes needed in the 100-member chamber to advance the partisan bill towards passage. Earlier this week in ...
EU Commission is "very concerned" about British Brexit plan
The EU says, if adopted as proposed, the U.K.'s Internal Market Bill would constitute an "extremely serious violation" of the Withdrawal Agreement. For his p...
BoC overnight rate remains at effective lower bound of 0.25%
The central bank's key rate has stayed at 0. "The pace of the recovery remains highly dependent on the path of the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolution of soci...
EPFO trustees to raise delay in ratification of EPF interest rate for FY20
However, it could not do so because of the choppy market conditions amid lockdown induced by COVID-19. The Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Providen...
U.S. blocking visas of some Chinese graduate students and researchers
More than 1,000 Chinese nationals have had their visas revoked by the United States since June, under a program aimed at graduate students and researchers belie...
Disney faces backlash for filming ‘Mulan’ in Xinjiang
The film, which released on the streaming platform Disney+ last week, met with widespread outrage after it extended "special thanks" to top government bodies su...
United Kingdom and European Union hold Brexit emergency talks as tensions rise
After the end of the transition, legal action could be taken at the ECJ or through the dispute settlement mechanism agreed under the withdrawal agreement, eithe...
Amid layoffs, Amazon announces 33,000 job vacancies in US
Amazon is one of the few companies that has thrived during the coronavirus pandemic. The company's global workforce exceeds 875,000 people. Because of the hig...
Gold Slips On Robust Dollar; ECB Meeting Awaited
US gold futures eased 0.4% to $1,926.60. In global markets, gold prices moved higher, supported by a weaker USA dollar and concerns that a coronavirus vaccin...
Reliance offers $20 billion-stake to Amazon in retail arm
The sources did not specifically name which companies Reliance had approached. The shares of the company have got a lift from a number of announcements of i...
Seven Indian-Americans in Forbes’ list of richest people in US
Trump World Tower, with a net value of $27 million, increased by $2 million over the a year ago, Forbes reported . The coronavirus pandemic has decimate...
Wall Street rises as tech stocks stabilise
Tesla's inclusion in the S&P 500 index would have required a lot of funds to buy its shares. At closing bell , the Dow had slid into the red by 632.42 poi...
Service NSW support after data breach
An investigation by NSW police and auditor-general of NSW is in the process of the cybersecurity defenses, systems, and education and practice of the department...
Irish PM calls UK's Johnson to express concerns
After Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis admitted the current government's plans would break global law in a "specific and limited way", it caused alarm a...
PMQs: Blackford and Johnson on internal markets proposals
The Speaker said: "I'm sure that the leader of the SNP would like to withdraw that last comment of being a liar". He said that the UK Internal Market Bill p...
Belarus detains another leading opposition activist
Znak said Kravtsov and Rodnenkov went missing after heading to Kolesnikova's flat in search of her. "Sitting in the auto, she saw her passport on a front seat a...
Amazon's Bezos tops Forbes richest list, pandemic knocks Trump lower
Overall, Trump's NY real estate declined by an estimated $326 million. (One property, Trump World Tower, increased $2 million in net value). Mar-a-Lago, a priva...
Spot Gold Rate Falls 1% On Firm Dollar
The U.S. Federal Reserve's landmark shift to a more tolerant stance on inflation will be a drag on the dollar for years and will raise hard questions about th...
North American stock markets plunge again led by continuing tech selloff
The technology-heavy Nasdaq dropped 144.97 points, or 1.3%, to 11,313.13. The VIX, a gauge of how much volatility investors expect in the market, has been ris...
Vince McMahon No Longer On Forbes’ List Of The 400 Richest Americans
Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., with a net value of negative $2 million, declined by $66 million over the year, according to Forbes . Mar-a-Lago...
Second stimulus check: Republicans unveil coronavirus relief bill; Is second stimulus included?
The bill includes $300 a week for expanded unemployment insurance benefits through the end of the year and $257 billion for a second round of the small-business...
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