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Boeing suffered more groundings of its most important airliner as operators from Brazil to South Korea idled the 737 Max following a second deadly crash, throwing the US manufacturer deeper into crisis.
A global grounding of the relatively new 737 Max jetliner following the tragic Ethiopian crash that killed all on board on Sunday morning is now on the cards.
It has emerged that Chinese hackers have successfully penetrated university IT systems in the US to steal western maritime military secrets.
Eskom deliberately deceived the central bank to ensure it was granted permission to conclude a R25bn loan agreement with China’s Huarong Energy Africa, according to a senior company official.
Major retailing group Edcon secured a life-saving deal with creditors almost a year after it began negotiating the refinancing of a debt mountain created in 2007 by private equity investors Bain Capital.
Negotiations on the US trade war with China is going so well that it has been described as ‘fantastic’ by National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow.
The expansion comes as Huawei faces pressure from the US administration, which accuses the Chinese firm of being a security threat.
US share prices rose strongly last night, with the three major indices gaining almost 1.5%.
Growth is slowing in China despite Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan assuring delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos that sustainable growth will be maintained in his country.
Tencent got several of their less-important titles approved in China, as the world’s largest gaming market recovers from a months-long shutout.