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Ant Group is holding the biggest IPO of all time – here’s what it is

Ant Group is holding the biggest IPO of all time – here’s what it is

Ant Group is likely to pull off the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history when it goes public on the Hong Kong and Shanghai exchanges on November 5. The Chinese digital finance giant is…

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Gold Up on Mixed U.S. Stimulus News By Investing.com

Gold Up on Mixed U.S. Stimulus News By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Adam Claringbull Investing.com – Gold was up on Friday morning in Asia as the U.S. sent out contrary COVID-19 relief signals. inched up 0.08% to $1,863 by 11:53 PM ET (3:53 AM…

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Why there’s no COVID in this year’s Christmas ads

Why there’s no COVID in this year’s Christmas ads

To use a phrase used more this year than I’ve had mince pies, 2020 has been unprecedented. November heralds the start of the festive season, thanks to the incoming wave of advertising, but it’s undeniable…

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What’s cellular about a cellphone?

What’s cellular about a cellphone?

Editor’s note: Daniel Bliss is a professor of electrical engineering at Arizona State University and the director of the Center for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architecture. In this interview, he explains the ideas behind…

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Crude Oil Drifts Higher on Hopes for OPEC+ Discipline By Investing.com

Crude Oil Drifts Higher on Hopes for OPEC+ Discipline By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com — Crude oil prices rose modestly on Friday, as the market again looked through short-term developments on the Covid-19 front to focus on the prospect of a recovery in demand…

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what China’s star electric car maker can learn from Tesla

what China’s star electric car maker can learn from Tesla

Tesla is about to make Elon Musk the third richest man in the world, after it was added to the S&P 500 index, causing shares in the company to rise by 13%. But Tesla isn’t…

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COVID-19 vaccines were developed in record time – but are these game-changers safe?

COVID-19 vaccines were developed in record time – but are these game-changers safe?

There are now two COVID-19 vaccines that, at least according to preliminary reports, appear to be 94.5% and 95% effective. Both were developed in a record-breaking 11 months or so. I am an infectious diseases…

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Crude Oil Price Notches Three-Week Winning Streak on Vaccine Hopes By Investing.com

Crude Oil Price Notches Three-Week Winning Streak on Vaccine Hopes By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – Crude oil prices rose Friday marking a third-straight week of gains as investors weighed up positive Covid-19 vaccine news against the prospect of further lockdowns souring demand.   On…

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It’s not just you – work during COVID has become much harder

It’s not just you – work during COVID has become much harder

The pandemic has seriously altered how we work. According to statistics published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in September 2020, US$35 trillion (£26 trillion) has been lost globally in labour income. There has also…

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How chemical clues from prehistoric microbes rewrote the story of one of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions

How chemical clues from prehistoric microbes rewrote the story of one of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions

Chemical clues left behind by humble microbes have rewritten the timeline of one of the biggest mass extinction events in Earth’s history. The so-called “end-Triassic mass extinction”, thought to have occurred just over 200 million…

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