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How did the oil fields of Northern Iraq come under China’s control? – Expulsion of the USA February 8, 2024 China is halfway to completing its strategically vital oil project at Iraq’s critical Nasiriyah energy hub, at the “heart” of the country’s largest oil…
Shipping: The second “front” is the Indian Ocean after the Red Sea February 8, 2024 Attempted piracy attacks against merchant ships in the Indian Ocean have been on the rise recently, while for the first time since 2012 a…
Walmart is planning a major scale-up of its reach in the US February 8, 2024 The US retailer’s plans include building or converting more than 150 large-scale stores over the next five years. With a wide network of hypermarkets,…
Towards a new permanent banking crisis, the “bubble” in commercial real estate is bursting February 1, 2024 What the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, after the two-day meeting of American policy makers, contained…
USA: The number of active oil rigs increased and the price of Brent February 1, 2024 The number of active oil rigs in the United States rose over the past seven days to 499 from 497, according to data released…
What does Evergrande’s collapse mean for global business? February 1, 2024 A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of Evergrande, the heavily indebted Chinese real estate giant. The decision comes two years after…
Amazon: Historical investment in data centers February 1, 2024 A landmark investment in Mississippi has announced it will implement Amazon’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing division, building two data center complexes for…
The winners and losers from the crisis in the supply chain January 25, 2024 As the world tries to recover from the inflationary shock, a new threat is coming to commodity prices. With the flare-up in the Red…