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Rerouting Russian Oil Would Require Dozens Of Supertankers — That Don’t Exist
Tankers gather off the coast of Thailand. Getty Before its war in Ukraine, Russia was producing about 11 million barrels per day of crude petroleum, about 10% of global demand. Since then, amid sancti...
WHO says it closely watching as China grapples with its worst Covid surge yet
Shanghai, home to the world’s largest container shipping port, began a two-part lockdown on March 28 and has yet to announce when restrictions will lift. Yang Jianzheng | Visual China Group | Ge...
Chairman Yi Huiman’s Weekend Speech Promising, Other Headlines Contribute To Weekend Weakness
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a poor start to the week following an eventful news weekend. Covid risk continues to weigh on China markets as a lockdown in Guangzhou was anno...
Oil drops, Brent crude falls below $100 as China lockdowns spark demand fears
Oil pumping rigs are situated next to a vineyard of table grapes as viewed on July 8, 2021, north of Bakersfield, California. George Rose | Getty Images Oil prices slid Monday, accelerating two straig...
AUD/USD Focuses on China CPI at the Start of a Busy Week
The Asia-Pacific trading week begins with the Australian Dollar taking center stage. Eyes remain on China CPI figures, which will be published today at 1:30 GMT. AUD/USD hit a high in the previous wee...
China Cracks Down On Illegal Bitcoin Miners; Seizes Over 3500 Rigs
China is known for being very vocal against the use of cryptocurrency and its mining. Once a Bitcoin mining powerhouse, the country is now cracking down on crypto by seizing equipment and raising elec...
China Stocks Caught in Fresh Rout on Covid, Regulation Worries
(Bloomberg) — Chinese stocks tumbled on Monday as mounting concern over a Covid outbreak at home and rising global interest rates added to persistent regulatory headwinds. Most Read from Bloombe...
U.S. Tells Citizens “Do Not Travel” To Shanghai, Hong Kong Due To Covid Restrictions
Residents have swab samples collected in a round of Covid-19 testing during a lockdown in Shanghai … [+] on April 7. As much of the world moves on from the pandemic, desperate scenes seeping out...
Alibaba Stock Hit by China Covid Outbreak. 4 Reasons to Hope for a Bounce.
Text size Alibaba stock faces headwinds from Covid-19 outbreaks in China. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images A renewed outbreak of Covid-19 in China has hurt the outlook for the e-commerce giant Alibaba ...
DeFiChain Adds New dTokens Representing MicroStrategy, Disney, Intel, and iShares MSCI China ETF – crypto.news
DeFiChain (DFI) has announced the addition of four new decentralized assets (dTokens), including Walt Disney Co ($dDIS), MicroStrategy Incorporated (dMSTR), iShares MSCI China ETF ($MCHI), and Intel C...
Algorithm Angst, Value Outperforms Growth, Week In Review
China Last Night KraneShares Week in Review Asian equities saw another choppy week of trading as earnings season wrapped, and investors assessed the risks presented by covid lockdowns in China. Howeve...
Disney, MicroStrategy, Intel & iShares MSCI China ETF Tracking Tokens Added by DeFiChain
Building on the back of Bitcoin’s security, transparency, and decentralization and upgrading it with DeFi features DeFiChain intends on bringing Decentralized Finance to individuals around the w...
China Investment In U.S. To Remain Low Amid Pandemic, Invasion Fallout: Rhodium Group
Internet heavyweight Tencent’s purchase of shares in Universal Music Group was one of China’s … [+] largest investments in the U.S. last year. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg © 202...
Asia faces threats from climate change. Here’s what can be done
A boy searches for remaining food in polythene packets at roadside in Allahabad, India, on May 11, 2018. In 2021, over 57 million people were affected by climate disasters in Asia, the International F...
Methane emissions surged by a record amount in 2021, NOAA says
A broken oil well pipeline gauge near Depew, Oklahoma J Pat Carter/Getty Images Global emissions of methane, the second biggest contributor to human-caused climate change after carbon dioxide, surged ...
iShares MSCI China ETF, Intel, Disney, and MicroStrategy dTokens now on DeFiChain
DeFiChain has announced the addition of four new decentralized tokens (dTokens) namely iShares MSCI China ETF, Intel, Disney, and MicroStrategy dTokens after they were voted for by the community in a ...
DeFiChain Adds New dTokens Corresponding to Disney, Intel, MicroStrategy and iShares MSCI China ETF
April 7, 2022 – Singapore, Singapore The four new decentralized tokens will give users price exposure, not ownership, to the underlying stocks and ETFs without any restrictions. DeFiChain, the world’s...
DeFiChain Adds New dTokens Corresponding to Disney, Intel, MicroStrategy, and iShares MSCI China ETF
Singapore, Singapore, 7th April, 2022, Chainwire The four new decentralized tokens will give users price exposure, not ownership, to the underlying stocks and ETFs without any restrictions DeFiChain, ...
JD’s Founder Steps Back As Fed Fears Weigh On Sentiment
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets followed the US market’s southward trajectory overnight, following the Fed confirming rising rates and balance sheet contraction. If one were...
US sanctions threat if China aids Russia stirs fear in Beijing about forex assets
Washington’s financial sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine have raised concern in China over its large exposure to US government bonds, although experts say there is no real alternative for...
Shunned Oil Piling Up Off China as Virus Outbreak Worsens
(Bloomberg) — Tankers carrying 22 million barrels of Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil are piling up off China, according to Kpler, as the country battles a virus outbreak that’s sapping deman...
JD.com’s Richard Liu Becomes Latest China Tech Billionaire To Leave CEO Post
Richard Liu, founder and chairman of JD.com, center, gestures during an IPO ceremony at the Nasdaq … [+] MarketSite in New York in 2014. JD.com. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg *** Local C...
Sanctions Starting To Be Felt Everywhere
SOLEDAR, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 27: Soldiers in the Ukrainian Army (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images The United States is bringing a new round of sanctions targeting Ru...
Fed Fears Weigh On Foreign Sentiment Though Not Chinese Sentiment
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Thailand chose the right day to be on a market holiday as Asian equities took a one-two punch from Fed Gov Brainerd’s statement that US interest rates will rise i...
U.S. Imports, Exports Jump 20% To Shatter 2021 Records
The price of a barrel of oil is a major factor in record overall export and imports thus far in … [+] 2022. AFP via Getty Images U.S. trade is up more than 20% over the 2021 record pace, accordi...
China Covid Lockdowns Likely To Be Followed By Policy Easing In 2nd Half — Matthew Asia’s Andy Rothman
Empty roads during a phased lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. … [+] Shanghai reported more than 13,000 daily Covid cases for the first time, as a sweeping l...
NIO Has a Plan to End the Anxiety Over Charging Electric Vehicles
Text size NIO, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker, is in talks to license its battery swapping technology, according to the Financial Times. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images Electric-vehicle sales are ...
Wind energy installations must quadruple to hit net-zero goals: GWEC
Onshore and offshore wind turbines photographed in Flevoland, the Netherlands. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images The wind energy sector had its second best year in 2021 but installations wi...
Nvidia Stock Is Downgraded. China and Russia Are Headwinds.
Text size Dreamstime Nvidia shares were falling on Monday after the stock was downgraded by a Baird analyst, who cited concerns over slowing consumer demand exacerbated by the Russian embargo. Nvidia ...