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Written by Gabriel HerveyFebruary 11, 2021
Global Enterprise Asset Management Market 2020 Business Growth Rate, Manufacturing Analysis, Size, Share, Cost Structure and Forecast to 2025
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The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Feb 07, 2021 (CDN Newswire via Comtex) — Global Enterprise Asset Management Market 2020 by Company, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2025 published via MarketsandResearch.biz covers the market landscape and its growth over the upcoming years and discussion of the prominent
Written by Gabriel HerveyFebruary 3, 2021
UPDATE 1-NZ jobs surprise rules out rate cuts, tightening could be back sooner
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(Adds details, comment from analyst) By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s jobless rate dropped unexpectedly and wages expanded, ruling out prospects for further central bank rate cuts and sparking talk that monetary tightening may be back sooner than expected. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.9% in the December 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 15, 2020
Singapore generated less waste in 2019, but recycling rate also fell: NEA
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SINGAPORE: The amount of waste generated in Singapore fell 6 per cent in 2019 compared to the previous year, but the overall recycling rate also fell, according to figures released by the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Wednesday (Apr 15). About 7.23 million tonnes of solid waste was generated last year compared to about 7.7
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
COVID-19: Malaysia reports 170 new cases, almost 50% recovery rate
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 220 more COVID-19 recoveries on Tuesday (Apr 14) bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,478, almost 50 per cent of the total positive cases. Ministry of Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah in a press conference said all 2,478 have recovered and been discharged. He stressed that the number of recoveries
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
COVID-19 infection rate steepens as India searches for 9,000 exposed to Delhi cluster
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NEW DELHI: India reported its biggest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases as officials on Thursday (Apr 2) raced to track down some 9,000 people exposed to the country’s biggest infection cluster during a Muslim missionary group’s gathering in the capital last month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has placed the world’s second most populous nation under
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Italy COVID-19 death rate slows but studies suggest true tally higher
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ROME: Italy’s daily death toll from coronavirus on Wednesday (Apr 1) was the lowest for six days, authorities said, but the overall number of new infections grew and the government extended a national lockdown until at least the middle of April. The Civil Protection Agency said 727 people had died over the last 24 hours, down
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
China slashes rate, pumps US$7 billion into market to counter COVID-19 impact
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BEIJING; China’s central bank on Monday (Mar 30) cut an interest rate on loans to banks by the largest margin in five years and injected 50 billion yuan (US$7 billion) into the financial system to help the world’s second-largest economy weather the coronavirus impact. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said it launched a 50-billion-yuan reverse
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Peak US COVID-19 death rate likely in two weeks: Trump
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Sunday (Mar 29) that the peak death rate in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks and extended “social distancing” guidelines until Apr 30. “Easter should be the peak number,” Trump said of the Christian holiday which falls on Apr 12. Advertisement Advertisement “The modelling
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
‘Broad support’ for Singapore’s plan for new interest rate benchmark: Committee
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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s plans to adopt a new interest rate benchmark called the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) has received “broad support”, a steering committee overseeing the change said in an update on Thursday (Mar 19), as it laid out key initiatives ahead. It was announced in August last year that Singapore would transition from the use
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 16, 2020
US Fed slashes key interest rate to 0-0.25% amid pandemic
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WASHINGTON: Faced with a growing economic shutdown amid the global new coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Reserve on Sunday (Mar 15) announced drastic emergency measures to shore up confidence and keep the financial sector running, including slashing the key interest rate to virtually zero. The Fed made its second emergency rate cut in less than two weeks,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
South Korea reports 179 new COVID-19 cases as rate of increase slows
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SEOUL: South Korea reported an additional 179 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 272 new cases over the previous 24 hours, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late on Sunday (Mar 8). The new cases bring South Korea’s total to 7,313, the largest number of any country outside of China. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
COVID-19 fatality rate higher than the flu, says WHO
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GENEVA: About 3.4 per cent of confirmed COVID-19 cases have died, said the World Health Organization on Tuesday (Mar 4), which is far above seasonal flu’s fatality rate of under 1 per cent. However, the novel coronavirus can still be contained, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva. Advertisement Advertisement READ: Protective gear to fight COVID-19 ‘rapidly depleting’: WHO “To
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Commentary: Three overlooked facts behind Indonesia’s high COVID-19 death rate
JAKARTA: International and local media organisations have reported that Indonesia holds one of the highest COVID-19 death rates in the world. Indonesia’s reported death rate is below Italy’s (10 per cent of confirmed cases), which has recorded the highest number of deaths in the world. But, Indonesia leads among countries in Southeast Asia and its