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Oil Prices Rise On Tight Supply Outlook As Russia Bans Fuel Exports

Investors are focusing on a tighter supply outlook as oil prices rose on Monday. This comes after Moscow issued a temporary ban on fuel exports while remaining cautious about further rate hikes that could dampen demand. Brent crude futures increased by 0.5 per cent, or 48 cents, to USD 93.75 a barrel by 0110 GMT […]

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Surge In Global Coffee Consumption Outpaces Production

The global coffee industry has seen remarkable expansion in recent years, with growing demand for coffee surging by 28.6 million kilogram bags, far exceeding production, Vanusia Nogueira, Executive Director, International Coffee Organisation told BW Retail World. In the past three years, coffee production and consumption have surged, leading to a deficit in the market, she […]

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Shein Sending More Goods To U.S. Warehouses To Speed Up Shipping

Shein is taking steps to expedite shipping times for its customers in the United States by sending more low-priced apparel and home goods to its U.S. warehouses from China. This strategic move, revealed through data from the global trade analysis firm ImportGenius and exclusively shared with Reuters, aims to reduce the wait times that many […]

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Alibaba To Make AI Model Tongyi Qianwen Widely Available To Public

Chinese conglomerate Alibaba has announced plans to make its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Tongyi Qianwen, widely available to the public. The Chinese regulatory has approved the plan, according to a news report published on its WeChat account. The report also mentioned that in the near future, an open source version of the large language model […]

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India Extends Anti-Dumping Duty On Chinese Steel Wheels For Another 5 Years

India has imposed an anti-dumping duty on some Chinese steel for a period of another five years, according to an official gazette by the Ministry of Finance. An anti-dumping duty of USD 613 per tonne has been imposed on flat-base steel wheels from China, according to a notification on Monday. Such duty on steel wheels […]

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Daniel Zhang Steps Down From Alibaba Cloud Division

Daniel Zhang, the former chief of Alibaba Group, has made the decision to step down from his role leading the company’s cloud division, introducing a new layer of uncertainty to China’s largest e-commerce company. This development comes just months after Zhang had agreed to take charge of the cloud division. The news of Zhang’s departure […]

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Italian PM Hints At Leaving China’s BRI, Says It Won’t Affect Ties

Leaving the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) also known as Silk Road does not compromise relations with China, but the decision still has to be taken, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said on Sunday, the Italian media, Corriere della Sera daily reported. On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, the Italian PM met Chinese Premier […]

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Apple Shares Tumble 4% On Reports of China iPhone Ban

Apple saw its shares tumble by nearly 4 per cent on Thursday, marking its most substantial one-day drop in over a month. The catalyst for this sharp decline was the emergence of reports indicating that China had extended restrictions on the use of iPhones by government personnel. The move sent shockwaves through the tech industry […]

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India Is Monitoring On Steel Imports From China: Govt Official

India is monitoring steel imports after shipments from China touched a five-year high in the first four months of the fiscal year that began in April, the country’s steel secretary told Reuters on Monday. During April-July, China was the second-biggest steel exporter to India, after South Korea, selling 0.6 million metric tons, up 62 per […]

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Retailers Suffer As Retail Sales Falls

On Friday, the FTSE 100 exhibited further weakness, with London’s major retailers affected by disappointing retail data for July, as reported by the Office for National Statistics. Retail sales volumes fell by 1.2 per cent during the month due to adverse summer weather conditions. Consequently, leading high street companies like JD Sports, Frasers, and M&S […]

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