1. Home
  2. Business

Category: Business

Iran rejects ‘step-by-step’ lifting of U.S. sanctions By Reuters

Iran rejects ‘step-by-step’ lifting of U.S. sanctions By Reuters

© Reuters. Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna (Reuters) -Iran wants the United States to lift all sanctions and rejects any “step-by-step” easing of restrictions, the foreign ministry said on Saturday ahead of…

Read More
Did the UK outsmart the EU over AstraZeneca vaccines?

Did the UK outsmart the EU over AstraZeneca vaccines?

In the “vaccine spat” between the EU and the UK, the common perception is that the UK is winning. The UK health secretary, Matt Hancock, has said this is because his government secured a better…

Read More
new research cracks the mystery of how the first continents formed

new research cracks the mystery of how the first continents formed

Earth is an amazing planet. As far as we know, it’s the only planet in the universe where life exists. It’s also the only planet known to have continents: the land masses on which we…

Read More
Suez Canal says close to clearing backlog after ship dislodged By Reuters

Suez Canal says close to clearing backlog after ship dislodged By Reuters

© Reuters. A container ship sails at the Suez Canal, in Ismailia CAIRO (Reuters) – The Suez Canal said on Friday it was close to clearing a backlog of shipping that built up when a…

Read More
What baseball can learn about COVID-19 case spikes and crowd size from the NFL’s 2020 season

What baseball can learn about COVID-19 case spikes and crowd size from the NFL’s 2020 season

Baseball season is here, and thousands of cheering fans are back in the ballparks after a year of empty seats and cardboard cutouts as fan stand-ins. Still cautious of the COVID-19 risk, most teams were…

Read More
An Australian ‘space command’ could be a force for good — or a cause for war

An Australian ‘space command’ could be a force for good — or a cause for war

As the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) celebrated 100 years with a spectacular and well-attended flyover in Canberra yesterday, many eyes were lifted to the skies. But RAAF’s ambitions go even higher, as its motto…

Read More
Power play – India wields oil ‘weapon’ to cut dependence on Saudi By Reuters

Power play – India wields oil ‘weapon’ to cut dependence on Saudi By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. Oil tankers are seen parked at a yard outside a fuel depot on the outskirts of Kolkata 2/2 By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When India’s government last month asked refiners…

Read More
Biden wants corporations to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure plans, echoing a history of calls for companies to chip in when times are tough

Biden wants corporations to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure plans, echoing a history of calls for companies to chip in when times are tough

President Joe Biden just proposed a roughly US$2 trillion infrastructure plan, which he ambitiously compared to the interstate highway system and the space race. He aims to pay for it solely by taxing companies more,…

Read More
this menstruating rodent may help us understand human pregnancy

this menstruating rodent may help us understand human pregnancy

About 8–12% of couples of reproductive age suffer from infertility, and roughly 15% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. The underlying mechanisms of human pregnancy are still poorly understood. In part, this is because pregnancy…

Read More
Gold Brushes $1,730 High As U.S. Bond Yields, Dollar Wilt By Investing.com

Gold Brushes $1,730 High As U.S. Bond Yields, Dollar Wilt By Investing.com

By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold brushed highs of just above $1,730 an ounce on Thursday as U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar continued their retreat from recent highs. Gold’s rally for a second straight…

Read More