Economy – Page 72 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Yuan going global: China tests its digital currency on e-commerce platforms

Posted on March 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor

As part of a push to internationalize the yuan, China has been testing its digital currency on trading platforms around the world where it can be freely traded with other fiat currencies. … Read More >Yuan going global: China tests its digital currency on e-commerce platforms

Business

EU countries lose almost 6 MILLION jobs due to Covid-19 pandemic, study finds

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021By Editor

The coronavirus crisis has had an unprecedented impact on the EU economy, as well as the labor market and society, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) said in a new report. … Read More >EU countries lose almost 6 MILLION jobs due to Covid-19 pandemic, study finds

Shows

We can do better, corporate media lies, palm oil slavery, Myanmar coup

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

There’s no question that we live in a dysfunctional society, but the majority of the people in our ruling class will never admit that the root of those dysfunctions is our economic system. Lee Camp opens the show with a dive into how racism, consumerism, environmental destruction, and misogyny are built on the foundations of our capitalist system. … Read More >We can do better, corporate media lies, palm oil slavery, Myanmar coup

World

Foreigners refuse to invest in ‘fraudulent state’ Ukraine because country has ‘reputation for scamming’ – reform czar Saakashvili

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

Ukraine has so few foreign investors because the country is seen abroad as a place where they will get scammed. That’s according to the former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, who now heads Kiev’s National Reform Committee. … Read More >Foreigners refuse to invest in ‘fraudulent state’ Ukraine because country has ‘reputation for scamming’ – reform czar Saakashvili

Business

China’s foreign trade reviving global recovery, experts say

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

Chinese overseas commerce soared 41.2 percent year-on-year in the January-February period, amounting to $834.49 billion. Exports rose to $468.87 billion, customs data shows. … Read More >China’s foreign trade reviving global recovery, experts say

Business

Why does every American president promise to bring the economy back? Boom Bust explores

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

The massive $1.9 trillion stimulus bill has made its way through both houses of Congress and is expected to become law on Friday. Boom Bust talks to Professor Richard Wolff, host of the Economic Update, about the relief bill. … Read More >Why does every American president promise to bring the economy back? Boom Bust explores

USA

Biden signs ‘historic’ $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, promises answers to press later

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

US President Joe Biden has signed the coronavirus relief bill, clearing the way for some Americans to get a one-time $1,400 check and giving billions to a number of other policy priorities. He left without taking questions. … Read More >Biden signs ‘historic’ $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, promises answers to press later

Business

EU to lose up to €100 billion due to vaccination failures, wary investors & no sign of reopenings – media

Posted on March 9, 2021March 9, 2021By Editor

The European economy reportedly risks losing tens of billions of euro, as the slack pace of its anti-Covid inoculation program causes serious concern among investors over potential growth and poor progress in business re-openings. … Read More >EU to lose up to €100 billion due to vaccination failures, wary investors & no sign of reopenings – media

Shows

Exposing factory farms, the digital divide, & liberal fantasies as ‘fact checking’

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021By Editor

Lee Camp interviews Matt Johnson, an animal rights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere. He’s currently facing felony charges for exposing the brutality of the factory farming industry. An Iowa pork producer was using brutal methods to massacre surplus pigs whose meat they couldn’t harvest because of slowdowns in the Covid economy. … Read More >Exposing factory farms, the digital divide, & liberal fantasies as ‘fact checking’

Business

Hague Claims Tribunal Reportedly Awards Iran $37 Mln in Damages Over Illegal US Asset Seizures

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021By Editor

Tens of billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian assets remain stuck in US banks, with the vast majority of the funds trapped there in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. US courts have sought to whittle away at these funds over the years, with Iran doing everything in its power to get its money back. … Read More >Hague Claims Tribunal Reportedly Awards Iran $37 Mln in Damages Over Illegal US Asset Seizures

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