India’s plan to replace China as ‘the factory of the world’

  Backlink: THE BL The chips are being stacked in the new post-pandemic international context. The Chinese regime is suffering a major economic crisis and is at the center of criticism for its outrages and dictatorial policies. Meanwhile, India intends to make a qualitative leap in its commercial role and is striving to replace the […]

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Turkey Inflation Hits New 24-year High of 83% After Rate Cuts

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES Turkish annual inflation climbed to a new 24-year high of 83.45% in September, data showed on Monday, still lower than forecast, after the central bank surprised markets by cutting rates twice in the last two months. Despite soaring prices, the central bank was expected to cut its policy rate again this month, […]

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta No Longer Among Top 10 Most-Valuable Companies

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES As of 8 p.m. ET Saturday, Meta, with a market cap of $364.64 billion, has moved to the 11th position among companies with top market cap, data from companiesmarketcap.com shows. Visa Inc. stock is at the 10th position, with a market valuation of $374.38 billion.       […]

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Bitcoin Is As Bad for the Planet As Beef, and It’s Getting Worse

  Backlink: NEWS WEEK Mining bitcoin is as costly to the environment as energy-intensive beef production, and more so than gold mining. According to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, bitcoin mining and the mining of other cryptocurrencies uses huge amounts of energy, in fact, more than that used by entire countries. For example, 75.4 terawatt hours […]

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Senator Warren and Other Lawmakers Ask FTC to Block Amazon’s iRobot Deal

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES A group of lawmakers led by Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reject Amazon.com Inc’s $1.7 billion deal to buy Roomba vacuum maker iRobot Corp, Axios reported on Thursday, Sept. 29 citing a letter. The FTC last week had asked Amazon and iRobot for more […]

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E-Chinese yuan: Just another digital currency or a surveillance and control tool?

  Backlink: THE BL China has recently witnessed unprecedented capital outflow including foreign investment and people’s savings. The liquidity crisis is spreading across China, depositors’ protests have become a hot topic despite repression from authorities. At this point, the digital yuan (e-CNY) is probably the Chinese Communist Party’s perfect solution in preventing those customers from […]

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Philippines Set to Expel 40,000 Chinese Workers Associated With Online Casinos

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES The Philippines is taking another step towards purging the illicit influence of the notorious Chinese Communist Party after the country’s Justice Department announced it would expel 40,000 Chinese workers associated with illegal online casinos. Spokesman Jose Dominic Clavano stated that his department had canceled the license of 175 “Philippine offshore gaming operators,” also […]

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State-backed companies emerge as ‘winners’ in China real estate crisis

  Backlink: NIKKEI ASIA Bleak overall outlook for sector as sales tumble and losses mount. A select group of state-backed Chinese property developers are emerging as relative “winners” in the crisis engulfing the country’s real estate sector, as they take advantage of private rivals’ distress.       […]

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Philippines cancels award of million-dollar project to Chinese regime

  Backlink: THE BL The Philippine government has finally awarded a $11 billion airport project to a multinational consortium, which had previously been awarded to a Chinese state-owned company. On September 14, the provincial government of Cavite, south of the Philippine capital Manila, decided to award the Sangley Point International Airport (SPIA) construction project to […]

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Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Point to Highest Level Since 2008

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES The Federal Reserve raised the benchmark federal funds rate by 75 basis points to a target range of 3 percent to 3.25 percent on Sept. 21, matching market expectations. Fed officials indicated that further big increases were likely at two remaining meetings this year.       […]

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