Top StoriesJapanese government to provide fresh economic stimulus worth $708 billionGBO CorrespondentDecember 9, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 9, 202001484 The stimulus package will also provide funds worth $20 billion to the clean tech segment
Top StoriesMicroStrategy roll out $400 mn in securities to purchase fresh BitcoinGBO CorrespondentDecember 8, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 8, 202001180 The new securities are expected to ramp up the company’s holdings by 20,833 at current prices
Top StoriesEtisalat records 5G speed of 9.1Gbps: ReportsGBO CorrespondentDecember 8, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 8, 202001453 The company is the first to roll out a commercial 5G network in the MENA region
Top StoriesIran sends oil tankers to Venezuela amid US sanctionsGBO CorrespondentDecember 8, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 8, 202001451 About 10 vessels will also assist Venezuelan crude after discharging fuel
Top StoriesNovo Nordisk to setup new facility in China, invests $30.5 mnGBO CorrespondentDecember 8, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 8, 202001849 The company’s new unit will focus on marketing, pharmaceutical R&D, imports and distribution of finished goods
Top StoriesECB gears up to add fresh stimulus for Eurozone as economy declinesGBO CorrespondentDecember 7, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 7, 202001240 Analysts expect that the bank will inject fresh capital worth $600 billion as part of its to its €1.35 trillion pandemic emergency bond-buying program (PEPP)
Top StoriesTotal plans to sell its stake in Northern Iraq oil fieldGBO CorrespondentDecember 7, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 7, 202001226 The oil giant is working with investment banking company Jefferies to carry out the development
Top StoriesEgypt receives $7.3 bn development funds amid pandemicGBO CorrespondentDecember 7, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 7, 202001512 The government has also passed fresh law for SMEs to incentivise and attract informal activity into the formal sector
Top StoriesPayments company VNPay becomes second startup unicorn in VietnamGBO CorrespondentDecember 7, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 7, 202002912 VNPay invested $1.7 billion in the Southeast Asian fintech segment in 2019
Top StoriesKingswood appoints David Lawrence as UK CEOGBO CorrespondentDecember 4, 2020 GBO CorrespondentDecember 4, 202001380 Mr David Lawrence became the COO and commercial director in 2014 for Lloyds’ private banking and wealth businesses