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COVID-19 restrictions are continuing to take a substantial toll on economies across the world. While few countries are providing monthly metrics on how their GDP is recovering from lockdowns in March and April, Norway and the U.K. show how the massive …
The global battle about who will deal with the world’s trash is raging on. After China banned the import of plastic waste in 2019, other Asian countries have expanded into the sector that carries the inherent risk of air, land and maritime pollution. W…
The coronavirus pandemic aided or at least coincided with a high demand for videosharing app TikTok in app stores around the globe. Analytics platform Airnow Data counted almost 76 million monthly downloads in March of 2020 and a still respectable 44.6…
Germany, Japan and China are the countries in the world which export much more than they import (in monetary terms) and they are receiving lots of criticism for it. China, which exports electronics and metals but also cheap consumer goods, is embroiled…
According to a recently published report by CB Insight, Grab is the highest-funded fintech startup (currently private, up-and-coming company) in the world. The Singaporean business is also a ride hailing and food delivery provider, partly explaining wh…
Watch the new wave developing in days ahead…
The pandemic is not going away. We are months before the start of the ‘normal’ flu season in the Northern Hemisphere, when temperatur
Europe has now entered a full-fledged second wave of contagion. US is getting worse slower.
An interesting research from McKinsey on a range of COVID19 pandemic impacts across a broader range of industries — from traditional to advanced (advanced industries group includes automotive, aerospace, advanced electronics, and machinery playe…