Day: November 27, 2020

Nov 27
Global stocks hover near record high, oil skids on demand outlook

Asian shares stalled near record highs on Friday as investors weighed renewed doubts about a highly-anticipated coronavirus vaccine against hopes that some of the region’s economies will recovery quicker than their Western peers. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.04% but remained with striking distance of a life-time peak touched […]

Nov 27
Facebook’s Libra currency to launch next year in limited format

The long-awaited digital currency Libra could finally see the light of day as soon as January 2021, according to a new report. Expected in January, the exact launch date is still not known and would depend on when the Libra Association receives regulatory approval by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or FINMA, to operate […]