Economic Impact Of China’s Increasing Covid Outbreaks Not To Be As Severe As Feared

As China battles its greatest Covid-19 epidemic since the pandemic began, consumption is expected to be the hardest hurt, while producers find methods to keep producing. Mainland China reported a drop in new confirmed cases for the second day in a row on Wednesday. According to National Health Commission data, the 1,226 new locally transmitted…

Free Carbon Emissions Tracker Launched By Google Supported Startup

As businesses around the world struggle to figure out how to manage their environmental footprints, Normative, a Swedish start-up sponsored by Google, has released a free version of its carbon emissions tracker. The carbon calculator is intended to give a “baseline” from which small and medium-sized organisations can take action after entering data into a…

Rising China Covid Cases Causes Nosedive Of Sales Of KFC-Owner Yum

There was a  20 per cent fall in the sales in the first two weeks of March, according to the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, as a wave of new Covid-19 outbreaks emerge from more p[laces across China. Yum China warned that “the situation has drastically deteriorated,” citing regional lockdowns as a means of containing the outbreak. More…

World Bank says Ukraine war may prompt grain shortages in poor countries

According to the World Bank, a number of developing economies are facing wheat supply for the near term as a result of their reliance on Ukrainian wheat exports, which have been hampered by Russia’s invasion of the country. Gambia, Lebanon, Moldova, Djibouti, Libya, Tunisia, and Pakistan, according to the World Bank’s latest Trade Watch report, are the…

China Will Support Foreign Ipos Of Chinese Firms And Calls For End To Tech Crackdown

On Wednesday, China signalled its support for Chinese companies, following days of fears that the United States will delist them, sending stock prices in New York and Hong Kong down. Chinese and American regulators are working on a strategy to cooperate on Chinese equities listed in the United States, according to state media, citing a…

Prada Reaffirms 2022 Goals After A “Strong Start” To The Year 

After a “strong start” to 2022, Italian luxury fashion brand Prada maintained its growth targets for the medium term , while the luxury firm also acknowledged that the situation in Ukraine would make any projections questionable. Following the European Union and many other nations imposing tough economic sanctions on Russia in reaction to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Prada…

Adidas Replaces Rival Puma As Supplier Of Italian Soccer Kit Starting 2023

Sports equipment maker Adidas has managed to secure a sponsorship contract with the Italian national soccer team for the outfit of the European champions starting next year as the company replaced local competitor Puma as for the contract, Adidas said on Wednesday. According to reports quoting sources with knowledge of the matter, the new sponsorship…

Cryptocurrency Exchange CoinZoom Suspends New Account Applications From Russians

CoinZoom, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Utah, has put a stop on new account applications from Russia owing to the country’s escalating war in Ukraine, according to the company’s chief executive officer. While CoinZoom is a relatively unknown cryptocurrency exchange, it is one of the first to temporarily suspend new company operations in Russia. So…