© Reuters. By Seng Li Peng SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia’s gasoline refining margins nearly burned up in July, dropping to just above zero in the worst profit performance for refined fuels over the month as…
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In what seems to be a common occurrence, Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is once again in the headlines. After months of speculation about national security risks and users’ data being harvested by the Chinese Communist…
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When it comes to money, coronavirus has split the nation. Financial stress dominates for many of the 9.5 million employees on furlough, potentially facing unemployment as the scheme unwinds, and for those whose small businesses…
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© Reuters. Gold Surges to Record as Week Opens With Spot Price Near $2,000 (Bloomberg) — Gold’s spot and futures prices opened the week by hitting records, with metal for immediate delivery closing in on…
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We are all living through a major historical event, a once-in-a-century pandemic that has radically changed how we work, learn, travel, socialise and spend our free time. But for many of us juggling working from…
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Most economists see structural transformation as one of the main routes to Africa’s sustainable development. What it means is changing the share of agriculture, manufacturing and services in an economy. It is a central aim…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – At the cusp of $2,000 an ounce, gold’s front-month contract on Comex looks set to sail past the barrier again in the trading week beginning Aug 3. I…
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Editor’s note: When the Trump administration ordered hospitals to report COVID-19 data to the Department of Health and Human Services rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as they had been doing, it…
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COVID-19 has shown how damaging ill-health can be for the economy. But it has also shown how measures that benefit health (lockdowns) can be seen as bad economic prosperity. A similar paradox is at the…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Robert Giatras fuels-up his car at a Speedway gas station in Des Plaines, Illinois By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum (N:) plans to permanently close two small U.S. oil…
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