The World Health Organization on Monday is convening a meeting in Geneva to determine whether a global health emergency should be declared for the Zika virus. WHO is responding in a more pro-active manner to the relatively minor mosquito-borne virus in contrast to its slow response to the lethal 2013 outbreak of Ebola in West […]
As the Chinese economy slows down and the renminbi devalues, people are pulling their money out of China. But it’s not until you see how much money is fleeing China that you realise just how dramatic the intensity of capital flight has become. Here is a chart from CLSA, in billions: That’s more than $200 […]
Chinese police arrested 21 employees at China’s largest online finance business on suspicion of fleecing 900,000 investors for $7.6 billion, in what could be the biggest financial fraud in Chinese history. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
When it comes to trading, you may very well be your worst enemy at times. Right before you get into a trade, you are level-headed, calculating, and pragmatic. You analyze the various scenarios and make a no nonsense decision. Then the trade goes live and you turn into the kid in front of the ice […]
GAME OF THRONES’ Sophie Turner went completely gaga over Hollywood A-lister Ryan Gosling this weekend, when she attended the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
FULHAM have reportedly pulled out of a deal to sell Moussa Dembele to Tottenham, leaving the north London club desperately seeking a striker on deadline day. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Doctors, public health experts and women’s rights organizations are concerned that the strongly suspected link between the Zika virus and microcephaly, a fetal deformity resulting in a shrunken head and a damaged brain, will cause women in the Americas to seek illegal abortions. Some countries in Latin America have opted to advise women to delay […]
The World Health Organization is holding an emergency meeting in Geneva today to decide whether to declare the Zika outbreak an international public health emergency. read more >>> Source : BBC
BT reports a “standout quarter” with pre-tax profits up 24% to £862m in the three months to the end of December read more >>> Source : BBC
(Reuters) – Cycling was being forced to confront a new controversy on Sunday after the sport’s head confirmed the first top-level case of “technological fraud” with a hidden motor being found on a Belgian cyclist’s bike. The motor was discovered inside the frame of the machine being used by teenager Femke Van den Driessche at […]
* Announces 800 mln euro share buyback (Adds quotes on profit outlook, buyback plans) read more >>> Source : Reuters
Ryanair maintains its full-year forecast and announces an €800m euros ($867m; £609m) share buyback. read more >>> Source : BBC
Track all the latest signings as they happen in England, Scotland and across the world. read more >>> Source : BBC
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia on Monday settled its patent dispute with South Korea’s Samsung, saying the arbitration verdict would boost its patent sales by hundreds of millions of euros. read more >>> Source : Reuters
ASTON VILLA have reportedly failed to land Spanish fourth-division striker Michu in a shocking snub for manager Remi Garde – but they could land him this summer. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Chinese stocks fell Monday after a weak manufacturing report while Japan extended gains following its central bank’s introduction of a negative interest rate policy to boost lending by banks. Other markets were mixed. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Dubai International Airport remained the world’s busiest for international passengers in 2015 as traffic grew 10.7 percent, boosted by the addition of new airlines and routes, the airport’s operator said on Monday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
CINDY CRAWFORD has revealed she is quitting modelling ahead of her 50th birthday as she feels she shouldn’t have to keep “proving” herself. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
South Korea will increase government support to businesses this year, with an eye on innovative startups in a slew of high-tech fields including 5G telecommunications, IoT, cloud computing, and biotechnology. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex regained the crucial 25,000-mark by rising 131.63 points, or 0.52 per cent to 25,002.32 in early trade. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com
Boarding a flight out of Hong Kong just got cheaper, after the city scrapped an old fuel surcharge on Monday. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
The migration policy governing the transition of customers from Telstra’s copper and HFC services to the NBN has been released, calling for information sharing between Telstra, NBN, and retailers. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
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Updated every MondayCopyright ⓒ 2015 RollingStory Inc. — This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. read more >>> Source : HuffingtonPost.Com
* China data not bad enough to provide lift for safe-haven yen read more >>> Source : Reuters
Chinese manufacturing ebbed in January to its lowest in more than three years, a possible sign of further weakness in the world’s No. 2 economy after posting its slowest annual growth in a quarter century. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
TAIPEI, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Chinese passengers will be able to transit through Taiwan and fly onwards to a third destination starting Monday, signalling a step toward greater transportation links between the two political enemies. read more >>> Source : Reuters
REAL MADRID are set to rival Manchester United for Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos, according to reports. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
TOMAS ROSICKY will be out of action for at least four weeks with a thigh injury, according to reports. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Dinner at Downton Abbey has gotten rowdy over the years, but it never got scary until Sunday night, when Lord Grantham projectile-vomited blood across the table and crumpled to the floor. He survived. But as Mary said, “It knocked the stuffing out of him,” along with pretty much everything else. What happened was that his […]
SIGNE TOLY ANDERSON has passed away on the same day as her Jefferson Airplane bandmate Paul Kantner. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
To access the newsletter, click on the link: http://share.thomsonreuters.com/assets/newsletters/Indiamorning/MNC_IN_02012016.pdf FACTORS TO WATCH 12:00 noon: LIC Chairman S.K. Roy to launch… read more >>> Source : Reuters
“Grease: Live” is already becoming a sensation, at least based on the Internet reaction. And a lot of it has to do with star Vanessa Hudgens. The actress performed Sunday night just hours after announcing the death of her father from stage-four cancer. She posted about his passing away last night on Twitter. Rather than […]
Private data on Monday showed activity in China’s factory sector shrink for an 11th straight month in January, but at a slightly slower pace than in December. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com
Patients taking the controversial heart drug, statins, have a almost double the risk of diabetes and a up to a twofold risk of serious diabetic complications, a shock study has found. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Toyota, the world’s top-selling automaker, will stop producing vehicles at all assembly lines across Japan for an entire week because of a parts shortage. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
Vodafone is trialling free roaming to NZ for the next year, while international travellers to Australia are being offered duty-free Vodafone-locked smartphones and SIM cards thanks to a deal with Qantas. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
RAY WILKINS believes Chelsea could be making a “slight error” by deciding not to renew John Terry’s contract. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracts for the sixth month in a row in January, hitting its lowest level since 2012. read more >>> Source : BBC
How e-books are making a difference to children read more >>> Source : BBC
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracted at its fastest pace in almost three-and-a-half years in January, missing market expectations, an official survey showed on Monday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 49.4 in January, compared with the previous month’s reading of 49.7 and below the 50-point mark that separates growth […]
By Paul Foster, Senior Director, Creative Content at Getty Images As the January blues set in and the winter layers build-up, we find ourselves reminiscing about the year that has passed; however, 2016 has a myriad of visual delights to look forward to, as the advertising industry prepares for a year dominated with images depicting […]
* China data not bad enough to provide lift for safe-haven yen read more >>> Source : Reuters
By Samuel Shen and Pete Sweeney SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese shares got off to a halting start on Monday after an official measure of activity in the giant factory sector fell to its lowest since mid-2012, offering no respite from the economic drift that has dogged markets for months. The official version of the PMI […]
It is, Johnny Reid thinks, a quintessentially Canadian song. read more >>> Source : Canada.com