Countries began isolating hundreds of citizens evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to stop the spread of an epidemic that has killed 170 people, as worry about the impact on the world’s second-biggest economy rattled markets. CBC | World News
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Teen activist Autumn Peltier appears at World Economic Forum with criticism for federal politicians
Teenage Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier says she doesn’t feel Canada’s federal politicians are focused enough on climate change, even after years of her campaigning for them to take action. CBC | World News
Read More »China’s economic growth sinks to lowest level in decades
China’s economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low of 6.1 per cent in 2019 as consumer demand weakened and Beijing fought a trade war with Washington. CBC | World News
Read More »Pound euro exchange rate holds steady as ‘golden decade’ of German economic growth ends
The pound to euro exchange rate held steady today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.171 after Germany’s year-on-year inflation figure for December confirmed forecasts and held at 1.5 percent. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Pound euro exchange rate holds steady as ‘golden decade’ of German economic growth ends
The pound to euro exchange rate held steady today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.171 after Germany’s year-on-year inflation figure for December confirmed forecasts and held at 1.5 percent. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed
Read More »‘We are in a dark tunnel’: Lebanese fear economic collapse more than the Iran-U.S. conflict
Lebanon has too much history perched on the edge of wider regional conflicts to be too rattled by fears of another one between the U.S. and Iran. As Margaret Evans reports, what people fear most is an economic collapse. CBC | World News
Read More »EU humiliation: How Germany’s economic woes could cause Brussels carnage
THE EUROPEAN UNION’s warnings of economic chaos failed to deter UK voters from backing Brexit following Boris Johnson’s huge election victory last month – and now, with the German economy in a state of stagnation and Berlin the setting of political division, Brussels may suffer from instability of its own in 2020. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Pound euro exchange rate steady as Brexit uncertainty hits UK economic growth
The pound euro exchange rate held steady today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.189 after October’s UK growth figure fell to a worse-than-expected 0 percent due to Brexit uncertainty. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Pound euro exchange rate steady as Brexit uncertainty hits UK economic growth
The pound euro exchange rate held steady today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.189 after October’s UK growth figure fell to a worse-than-expected 0 percent due to Brexit uncertainty. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed
Read More »Centre-left party could capitalize on economic crisis in Argentina’s election
Argentina could take another sharp political turn in Sunday’s presidential elections, with centre-left Peronist candidate Alberto Fernandez favoured to oust conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri amid growing frustration over the country’s economic crisis. CBC | World News
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