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Wall Street short sellers are not villains but Reddit traders should be totally free to attack them

Wall Street short sellers are not villains but Reddit traders should be totally free to attack them

In the battle between the army of renegade Reddit retail traders and Wall Street’s hedge funds over unloved stocks like the Texan computer games retail chain GameStop, there has been a serious case of mistaken…

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If Google does pull its search engine out of Australia, there are alternatives

If Google does pull its search engine out of Australia, there are alternatives

The Australian government’s push to make Google pay news organisations for linking to their content has seen the search giant threaten to pull out of Australia. Google Australia’s managing director Mel Silva said if the…

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IMF / Fiscal Monitor January 2021 Forecast

IMF / Fiscal Monitor January 2021 Forecast

Government spending support of $14 trillion has contributed to saving lives and livelihoods and has mitigated the effects of the pandemic on consumption and output, the IMF said in its Fiscal Monitor report released Thursday…

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Le nigérian Cowrywise lève 3 millions $ pour son activité de gestion de patrimoine

Le nigérian Cowrywise lève 3 millions $ pour son activité de gestion de patrimoine

(Agence Ecofin) – C’est sa plus importante levée de fonds réalisée depuis sa création en 2017. Cowrywise, le spécialiste de l’épargne et de l’investissement au Nigeria veut accélérer son développement et s’appuie à cet effet…

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Google annonce un financement de 10 millions $ dont la moitié ira au soutien des start-up

Google annonce un financement de 10 millions $ dont la moitié ira au soutien des start-up

(Agence Ecofin) – En Afrique de l’Est, le Kenya est l’économie la plus dynamique dans le numérique. Google qui veut profiter du potentiel de ce marché – qui devrait croître au cours des prochaines années…

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Treasury’s Yellen affirms importance of close ties with Canada By Reuters

Treasury’s Yellen affirms importance of close ties with Canada By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Yellen holds a news conference in Washington 2/2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Canadian counterpart on Friday underscored the importance of working closely together on…

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Crude Oil Prices Slip to Second-Straight Weekly Loss on Demand Concerns By Investing.com

Crude Oil Prices Slip to Second-Straight Weekly Loss on Demand Concerns By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – Crude oil prices settled lower Friday for the second straight week on fears the rocky ride for demand will continue as the threat of new Covid-19 variants prolonging…

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South Africa needs policies that reflect this

South Africa needs policies that reflect this

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the policy measures to combat it, are having profound effects on the economic and social lives of citizens. They are threatening employment as well as the long-term livelihoods and well-being…

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Google is leading a vast, covert human experiment. You may be one of the guinea pigs

Google is leading a vast, covert human experiment. You may be one of the guinea pigs

On January 13 the Australian Financial Review reported Google had removed some Australian news content from its search results for some local users. Speaking to the Guardian, a Google spokesperson confirmed the company was “running…

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des liens étroits avec la BAD pour relever les défis du développement

des liens étroits avec la BAD pour relever les défis du développement

( BANQUE AFRICAINE DE DEVELOPPEMENT) – De hauts dirigeants africains ont salué, jeudi, le rôle de la Banque africaine de développement dans le financement des infrastructures et des programmes agricoles sur le continent. Avec des…

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