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Women’s employment rate in Turkiye hits record in 2022
Nearly 10M women employed in Turkiye last year, reaching all-time high rate of over 30% Women employment rate in Turkiye…
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China’s industrial profits slump deepens on soft demand, high costs
China Jan-Feb industrial profits -22.9% y/y vs -4.0% for 2022 Recovery far from on solid footing, demand and cost woes…
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China to implement zero tariffs on coal imports to the end 2023
China will extend some preferential tax policies and continue to implement zero tariffs on coal imports until the end of…
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Moderna rebuked over plan to hike COVID vaccine to $130
Moderna’s chief executive on March 22 defended the U.S. company’s plan to quadruple the price of its lifesaving COVID vaccine…
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OECD hikes global growth forecast for 2023, 2024
Global growth to reach 2.6% this year, 2.9% next year, according to latest OECD assessment The Organization for Economic Cooperation…
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Why India’s start-up sector is likely to face a funding crunch in 2023
India’s start-up sector is in the depth of a funding winter. Investment continues to be subdued and the country may…
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Fitch revises up 2023 global growth forecast to 2%
Ratings agency, however, lowers growth estimate for 2024 to 2.4% from 2.7% due to ‘lagged impact’ of rapid rate hikes…
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China no longer a top 3 investment destination for most US firms amid mounting business challenges
American Chamber of Commerce in China survey shows 45 per cent of firms ranked China as a top-three investment priority…
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China’s factories storm ahead, output growth returns to eurozone
China’s factory sector grew in February at the fastest pace in over a decade, a standout in Asia, where manufacturing…
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Toyota’s global sales fall 5.6% in January amid chip shortages, COVID-19
Company’s worldwide output increased for 2nd month in row by 8.8% annually Japanese automaker Toyota saw a 5.6% year-on-year decline…
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