Negative oil prices, ships dawdling at sea with unwanted cargoes, and traders getting creative about where to stash oil. The next chapter in the oil crisis is now inevitable: great swathes of the petroleum industry are about to start shutting down. The economic impact of the coronavirus has ripped through...
The world is facing a staggering jobs challenge with a quarter of a billion people set to lose their job this year, the president of Microsoft has said. Brad Smith says millions will need to learn new skills to get jobs, or even to hang on to...
The United States tech sector is getting some relief from a trade truce with China signed this week, but the deal leaves many of the industry’s concerns unresolved. The ‘phase one’ agreement signed by president Donald Trump on Wednesday cancelled $160 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods,...
Bangladesh Ambassador M Shahidul Islam has called upon the US vaccine producing companies to exercise more openness and transparency in the commercial export of vaccines to developing countries.
The Ambassador expressed hope to remain engaged with the US government and the private sector...
The relationship between President Donald Trump and the largest US technology companies has often been frosty but a common opponent — France’s plan to tax US tech giants — will bring the two sides together, at least temporarily. Alphabet Inc’s Google, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc are...
