Tag: COVID-19 pandemic
What is Shadow Banking and how is it upsetting the applecart...
The Shadow Banking System and the applecart of traditional finance
1. What is Shadow Banking?
The term Shadow Banking (or, more formally, Non-Bank Financial Intermediation (NBFI))...
Mag-7 companies are making the highest revenue per employee – Then...
The layoff paradox: Why high-revenue tech giants are cutting staff
The Mag-7 companies (Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia) are performing well financially,...
Decade-high bankruptcies recorded in Japan: Survey reveals
Rising costs and labour shortages drive corporate bankruptcies to decade high in Japan
Corporate bankruptcies in Japan surged 22 percent year on year to a...
Health Ministry disputes study that claims India recorded 1.1 million excess...
Health Ministry terms study on Covid deaths in India as 'misleading'
The Union Ministry of Health on Saturday issued a strong rebuttal to a study...
Govt directs travel portals to process refunds related to air tickets...
Department of Consumer Affairs meets online travel aggregators on issues affecting consumer interest
India’s Consumer Affairs Ministry on Wednesday directed online travel aggregators to process...
Global economy staring at two recessions in same decade, first time...
For the first time in 80 years, global recessions have occurred within the same decade
According to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report,...
India’s military spending third highest in the world, up by 0.9...
India among top 5 countries on military spending: SIPRI report
Sweden-based think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its report published on Monday has...
23 countries yet to fully reopen schools after Covid closings, says...
In the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic; 23 countries yet to fully open schools
The COVID-19 pandemic has now entered the third year and...
US economy regains speed: GDP grows 6.9% in fourth-quarter
US economy grew at a much better-than-expected pace to end 2021
The Commerce Department reported that the gross domestic product (GDP) of the US accelerated...
64% Americans think Biden’s COVID-19 response is ‘going badly’ as his...
Biden's approval hits historic low
According to a CBS News/ YouGov poll released on Sunday, Americans' approval of the White House's response towards the COVID-19...
