Standard Chartered has agreed a three way partnership deal to launch a digital-only bank in Singapore with the nation’s National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).

Rising eurozone inflation will provide the backdrop for the meeting of European Central Bank governors Thursday, with markets hoping for hints of when policymakers might start easing their massive pandemic-era stimulus.

Legislative reforms need to come about in South Asia’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) spectrum for overall economic development, stressed the region’s apex court judges, heads of ADR institutions and lawyers at a webinar. 

Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, slashed prices of all crude grades to Asian customers in October versus September, but left prices to northwestern Europe and the United States steady.

Leading shipping associations have proposed creating a global levy on carbon emissions from ships to help speed up the industry’s efforts to go greener.

Asian markets mostly rose Monday after a big miss on US jobs creation last month fuelled optimism that the Federal Reserve will hold fire on tapering its massive financial support programme, while Tokyo extended last week’s rally on hopes for more economic stimulus.

The pollution, emissions and clean-up costs of plastic produced in 2019 alone could be $3.7 trillion, according to a report released Monday by wildlife charity WWF, warning of the environmental and economic burden of this  “seemingly cheap” material.

German industrial orders climbed to a new high in July, official data showed Monday, as the economy continued its strong recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Top banks in Europe continue to use tax havens to book chunks of profits, a trend that has changed little since 2014 despite country-by-country disclosures becoming mandatory, the EU Tax Observatory said in a report on Monday.

Brazil’s worst drought in almost a century is threatening electricity supply and critical crops, pushing up energy and food prices at a time the country was hoping to start recovering from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

The dollar took a dive and stocks slumped after disappointing US jobs data, while Tokyo rose on stimulus hopes after Japan’s prime minister signalled his exit.

Spending less on food. Drawing down on retirement savings. Dropping out of the workforce altogether.Last year, the United States massively expanded unemployment aid as Covid-19 broke out.

In a sprawling oil palm plantation in the Malaysian state of Perak, watermelon seedlings are sprouting from freshly ploughed earth between palm saplings while rented cows graze in overgrown areas of the estate. 

Germany’s revamped IAA auto show, one of the world’s largest, opens in Munich on Tuesday for a celebration of all things car-related, but climate concerns and pandemic woes threaten to spoil the party.

Syria said on Saturday that it welcomed Lebanon’s request to import Egyptian gas for energy generation via its territory after Lebanese ministers made the highest level visit to Damascus in years.

Boeing Co’s delivery of 787 Dreamliners will likely remain halted until at least late October as the US Federal Aviation Administration has rejected the company’s recent proposal to inspect them, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. 

The US Gulf Coast Energy Company was boosted on Saturday by the reopening of the port and the restart of the refinery closed by Hurricane Ida, but damage to key facilities continued to curb oil production. 

Investors are girding their portfolios for potential stock market volatility, even as equities hover near fresh highs after logging seven straight months of gains.

The Italian government of Mario Draghi has opened an inquiry into the sale of a company making high-tech drones for the armed forces to Chinese state-owned investors three years ago, a source close to the matter said.

Oil prices fell on Friday after a weaker than expected US jobs report indicated a patchy economic recovery that could mean slower fuel demand during a resurgent pandemic.