Amid a tide of retrenchments, hiring is all the more challenging with the deluge of applications swarming in, says the Financial Times’ Pilita Clark.
China should be firm in adopting an expansionary fiscal policy aimed at accelerating economic growth, says Yu Yongding.
Much depends on governments’ specific objectives for the bailouts and whether supporting the stock market is a key goal, says NUS Business School Emir Hrnjic.
The United States has doubled its investment - to nearly US$1 billion - to expedite development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine by American firm Moderna, which on Monday (Jul 26) begins the decisive final phase of clinical trials.
Top aides to President Donald Trump on Sunday raised the possibility of the Congress passing piecemeal coronavirus relief legislation - an approach opposed by Democrats - with a deadline looming on the expiration of enhanced unemployment benefits.
After several weeks of trading in narrow ranges, bitcoin breached US$10,000 on Sunday for the first time since early June.
British interior minister Priti Patel said on Sunday she had asked Twitter and Instagram for a full explanation of why anti-Semitic comments made by rap artist Wiley remained on the social media platforms for so long.
Moderna Inc said on Sunday it has received an additional US$472 million from the U.S. government's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support development of its novel coronavirus vaccine.
British interior minister Priti Patel said on Sunday she had asked Twitter and Instagram for a full explanation of why anti-Semitic comments made by rap artist Wiley remained on the social media platforms for so long.
AMMAN: Jordan's largest lender, Arab Bank Group, reported on Saturday (Jul 25) a 66 per cent year-on-year drop in first-half net profit to US$152.1 million as it set aside more money to cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Executive Officer Nemeh Sabbagh did not give a ......
