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The ‘biggest threat to global order since the 1930s’ is underway

By Staff Reporter
November 7, 2023
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FILE - In this May 14, 2019, fiel photo, containers are piled up at a port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province. China’s economic growth slowed to a 26-year low in the latest quarter as a tariff war with Washington weighed on exports and auto sales and other domestic activity weakened. The world’s second-largest economy expanded by 6.2 percent in the three months ending in September, down from the previous quarter’s 6 percent, data showed Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

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The United States is facing its fourth major inflection point in history since the early 20th century, and if world leaders get it wrong, the results could […]

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World Bank alerts of possible major oil price hike

By Staff Reporter
November 1, 2023
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The Israeli war on Gaza has caused the World Bank to warn that oil prices could rise to as much as $157 per barrel, up from $90. The bank’s Commodities Outlook Report, which was released on Monday, […]

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Bank boss indicates the most dangerous time

By Staff Reporter
October 24, 2023
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The world may be facing “the most dangerous time… in decades”, bank boss Jamie Dimon has warned. The chief executive of JP Morgan Chase told […]

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Uber warns delivery cost rise

By Staff Reporter
October 18, 2023
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Uber’s warning that Australians may pay up to 85% more to have a meal delivered if gig economy workers are treated as employees under proposed workplace […]