Semiconductor revenue set for global decline

Due to the impact of the coronavirus on semiconductor supply and demand, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to decline 0,9% in 2020, according to Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 12,5% growth. “The wide spread of...

Pandemic drives massive interest in Netflix

Global interest in streaming platform Netflix has risen by 142% over the past year. Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that a significant number of people were interested in the platform from the first week of March 2020. At the start of March, the Netflix...

African Development Bank sets up $10bn Covid-19 Response Facility

The African Development Bank Group has announced the creation of the Covid-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. The facility is the latest measure taken by the bank to respond to the pandemic and will be the...

Global leaders issue G20 call to action

A 165-strong international group including 92 former presidents and prime ministers, along with current economic and health leaders in the developed and developing world have come together to demand the creation of a G20 executive task force and an immediate global...

Index reveals Covid-19 research efforts

Finbold.com has launched the Coronavirus Research Index (CRI) to identify countries that are putting in the most effort in finding ways to manage the Covid-19 disease. The index ranks the countries based on the number of active medical coronavirus studies that show...

US jobs slump the tip of the iceberg

The US is expected to be about three to four weeks behind Europe in feeling the impact from the Covid-19 global pandemic. Therefore, when the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported 701 000 non-farm job losses for the month of March it came as a severe shock,...