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Oil prices continued to rally with Brent oil topping $50 a barrel
Aug 19, 2016News Hour: Oil prices continued to rally on Thursday with Brent oil topping $50 a barrel following data showing lower US crude stockpiles, reports BSS. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in October rose $1.04 to... -
Nokia expands virtual reality leadership globally with OZO launch in China
Aug 18, 2016News Hour: Nokia has extended its leadership position in the global virtual reality (VR) production marketplace with a China launch for OZO, the world’s first VR camera for professional content creators. OZO and its robust software... -
Japan’s exports suffered sharpest monthly fall in July in seven years
Aug 18, 2016News Hour: Japan’s exports in July suffered their sharpest monthly fall in seven years, data showed on Thursday, as a surging yen clouds the country’s trade picture, with shipments of cars, ships and steel all tumbling,... -
Visa is introducing new payment system during Rio Olympic
Aug 18, 2016News Hour: Visitors to the Olympic games Rio 2016 are able to make purchases in a variety of ways thanks to new payment innovations that have been introduced by worldwide Olympic partner visa. New wearable payment... -
Volvo Cars strengthens focus on the Swedish market
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: Volvo Car Corporation acquired the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund shares in Volvofinans Bank AB. Volvo Car Corporation and the sixth AP Fund signed an agreement on December 28th 2015 to acquire the Fund’s 40% stake... -
Arc’teryx expands into trail running
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: Arc’teryx enters the trail running market with a shoe that delivers climbing and scrambling performance with high durability on steep, technical landscapes. Arc’teryx’s first trail runner, the Norvan VT and Norvan VT GTX, will... -
Wilson launches a digitally connected football
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: The new Wilson X Connected Football is the latest step in Amer Sports strategy to accelerate growth in digital products and services. The Wilson X Connected Football is a completely new football experience designed... -
Japan’s economy stagnated in the second quarter of the year
Aug 15, 2016News Hour: Japan’s economy stagnated in the second quarter, data showed on Monday, falling below expectations and rekindling worries about the government’s faltering bid to stoke a recovery, reports BSS. Growth in the world’s third-largest economy... -
Egyptian president wouldnt shy from tough economic reforms
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that he would not shy from tough economic reforms he said previous rulers had avoided fearing unrest, reports BSS. Sisi’s comments come after an initial agreement... -
World Bank approved as the first SDR bond issuer in China
Aug 13, 2016News Hour: The World Bank announced today that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has approved the World Bank’s inaugural issue in the Chinese domestic market of bonds denominated in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). The World...
