Business Leader of the Week: Meet Gianluigi Aponte, founder of Mediterranean Shipping Company
Gianluigi Aponte made a move into the cruise industry in 1988, after purchasing the liner Monterey, a luxury ocean liner launched in 1931...
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China’s Xinjiang to get free trade zone under Belt and Road Initiative
Making Xinjiang a free trade zone is expected to support China's goals of seeing more nations settle payments in Chinese yuan instead of US dollars, especially when buying commodities...
Business Leader of the Week: Meet Colin Huang, Billionaire founder of Pinduoduo
In 2020, Colin Huang ranked second in the Huron Global Young Zhuang Sect Self-Made Rich List...
Will Venezuela become oil biggie? As US lifts sanctions, experts weigh in
The Joe Biden administration removed the majority of the six-month limitations on Venezuela's ability to produce, sell, and export oil to specific markets...
Amid geopolitical tensions, OPEC sticks to 2024 oil demand forecast
OPEC and its allies, known as OPEC+, began limiting supplies in 2022 to support oil prices...
IF Insights: An honest take on the ‘success’ of G7 price cap on Russian energy trade
The price cap, imposed by the 2022 end, was seen as an effort intended to reduce Russia's ability to finance its Ukraine adventure...
Riyadh Air to launch direct flights to China
In the first six months following its establishment, Riyadh Air received over 600,000 resumes from prospective employees around the world...
IF Insights: Will China’s ‘Housing Bloodbath’ end finally?
The housing sector crisis is affecting China’s banking system, which holds four-fifths of the country’s financial assets including most of the bonds...
Malware LuaDream targeting telecom across three continents
It's been noted that Lua is not exactly a popular choice among hackers, with malware written in this language having only been discovered three times in the previous ten years...
China’s real estate stimulus faces consumer confidence test
China recently announced lowering interest rates on current mortgages and relaxing regulations for first-time homebuyers in major cities...