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Amanda Hansen

Amanda Hansen is our senior reporter writing on Economy News. Ms. Hansen is a Georgetown graduate specializing in economic and political sciences. Her Ph.D. concentrates on the market impact on the global economy.

IT Workers Facing Hostility Leaving Russia

Mainland Chinese Stocks Fell Due to the Omicron Variant

Mainland Chinese stocks dropped on Tuesday, tracking other losses in Asia-Pacific markets, as Covid’s new variant returned to focus.  In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index declined 1.33% to close at 23,635.96. Tech stocks fell, with Alibaba down almost 2%, Tencent losing 1.46%. The Hang Seng index dropped 2.28%. Shares of Weibo declined fell more …

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Labor Productivity Rate Fell at the Fastest Pace in Decades

In the third quarter, labor productivity dropped at the fastest rate in a long time according to a Labor Department report. Importantly, in a measure of output versus energy, nonfarm business sector productivity dropped 5.2% from the previous three-month period. The result surpassed expectations. The labor productivity rate dropped at the fastest pace since the …

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New technology to help keep women safe at night

New technology to help keep women safe at night

According to recent statistics from the Office for National Statistics, at some point, most women have felt unsafe walking alone in the streets at night. They might manage to call a friend, share their location with them through WhatsApp, or use other strategies to stay safe. Sexual harassment against women increased this year. Women in …

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Binance KR and its operations

Binance Closes Singapore Cryptocurrency Exchange App

The Singapore branch of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has canceled its bid to launch a stock exchange in a city-state. With that, the company ended an attempt that began last year to gain the consent of the Singaporean government. The Fiat-to-crypto trading platform will cease operations and close by February. It is worth …

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Natural gas record prices give power markets a jolt

Stock Futures Benefited from a One Very Important Factor

Stock futures rose in overnight trading Sunday thanks to the S&P 500. Since February, the index notched its best week, rebounding from a big sell-off triggered by fears of the omicron coronavirus variant.   Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 90 points. The S&P 500 futures added 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.3%.  Interestingly, the …

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Biggest Space Tech Trends for the Next Year

Biggest Space Tech Trends for the Next Year

The last few years have seen interest in technological innovation and space travel. While Elon Musk has the colonization of Mars in mind, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, billionaire space tourists, made the headlines this year. However, it’s worth mentioning that such schemes often end up affecting people’s lives in more practical ways. For example, …

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Ubisoft's New NFT Project is Causing Hatred – Here’s Why

Ubisoft’s New NFT Project is Causing Hatred – Here’s Why

Ubisoft’s new NFT project faces strong opposition from the Quartz gaming community. Ubisoft released a beta version of Quartz on December 8 via YouTube Video, with over 214,000 views. The project aims to integrate blockchain technologies and NFTs with existing Triple-A game titles. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint is the first game to combine NFTs …

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Oil Refinery Plant along river with tanker loading.

Oil Prices Continue to Rise Thanks to Favorable Conditions 

There is no lack of factors that have the ability to influence oil prices. Still, oil prices were on course for their biggest weekly gain since summer, with market sentiment buoyed by easing concerns regarding the new variant’s impact on global economic growth as well as fuel demand. The Brent, as well as West Texas …

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China called for a rejection of hegemonic power structures, stock

China’s Property Sector and its Main Challenges

Real estate companies in China have to cope with various issues on a daily basis. Financial distress among the country’s real estate companies came to the forefront in the last several months as China Evergrande Group and other developers struggled to deal with financial problems. The state of the country’s property sectors is far from …

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