Global Trade and Business

Chinese Premier of the State Council Li Qiang attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 at the Davos Congress Center yesterday.  Li delivered a special address. Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab chaired the meeting. Premier Li noted that the theme of this meeting, “Rebuilding Trust,” echoes well with […]

British computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton has left Google with a warning about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, having spent his entire career driving the technology forward. Let’s takes a look back at his life to find out why he became known as the “Godfather of AI”. From Sky News  “He is considered one of […]

Marriott International Inc (MAR.O) reported better-than-expected first-quarter results on Tuesday as the U.S. hotel operator benefited from a global rise in occupancy and room revenue led by domestic travel in China, sending its shares up by 3%. Reuters said U.S. hotel operators who have been grappling over the past year with an uneven recovery in […]

Oil prices rose for a second-straight session on Tuesday, driven by optimism about recovering demand in China and concerns over supply shortages following the shutdown of a major export terminal after an earthquake in Turkey. Brent crude futures were up 98 cents, or 1.2%, to $81.97 a barrel by 10:50 a.m. EST (1551 GMT), while […]

UK government may have left it too late for businesses to prepare properly for the end of free movement of goods to and from the European Union, an influential group of lawmakers told media. The British parliament’s Treasury Committee has written to finance Minister Rishi Sunak about their concerns over delays setting up computer systems […]