China said on Monday that it hoped to make a trade deal with the United States as soon as possible, amid intense discussions before fresh U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports are due to kick in at the end of the week.
Archives for 2019
Bienvenue, Madame Lagarde: Five questions for the ECB
New European Central Bank boss Christine Lagarde holds her first policy meeting on Thursday, where investors will scrutinise her every word for a sense of the direction she will take the bank in.
Only option was to put South African Airways on rescue, Ramaphosa says
South African Airways (SAA) had to be placed on “business rescue” because there was no other viable and financially workable option to secure a credible future for the state-owned airline, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.
Podcast: Josh Wills on Building Resilient Data Engineering and Machine Learning Products at Slack
Josh Wills, a software engineer working on data engineering problems at Slack, discusses the Slack data architecture and how they build and observe their pipelines. By Josh Wills
China November exports fall, but import growth hints of recovering demand
China’s exports in November shrank for the fourth consecutive month, underscoring persistent pressures on manufacturers from the Sino-U.S. war but growth in imports may be a sign that Beijing’s stimulus steps are helping to stoke demand.
Rouhani says Iran budget set to resist U.S. sanctions by curbing oil dependence
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani presented a draft state budget of about $39 billion to parliament on Sunday, saying it was designed to resist U.S. sanctions by limiting dependence on oil exports, which Washington has targeted.
Trump will make final call on China tariffs, likes direction of talks – Kudlow
Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday that a Dec. 15 deadline is still in place to impose a new round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese consumer goods, but President Donald Trump likes where trade talks with China are going.
Struggling with Digital Transformation? Meet the experts at ‘The Evolving Enterprise’
Experienced executives in many sectors will tell you that today they face their toughest business challenges ever. Even leaders in successful and well-established enterprises are concerned at what the third decade of the millennium holds for them. Lean new competitors are entering the market, they enjoy lower operating expenses and are using disruptive technologies to tear up the rule […]
BOJ to consider offering bleaker view on output as trade war bites – sources
The Bank of Japan will consider offering a bleaker assessment on factory output than in October at its rate review this month, sources said, underscoring its concern over the broadening fallout from the U.S.-China trade war and slowing global demand.
5 Reasons Why CDOs May Ride the Next Wave of Leadership
Given all they contribute to today’s digital business landscape, chief data officers have a very real opportunity to become the CEOs of tomorrow.