With consumers rethinking their priorities, employees rethinking their jobs and marketers rethinking their rosters, it should naturally follow that agencies will be rethinking the ways they do business, and with whom. In the months ahead, this is likely to lead to a number of acqui-hires by agencies, mid-sized shops looking […]
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Computer Science Vs Info Technology? Profession Outlook
Newspapers suffered a major disruption and television have been affected by YouTube. Distributors (e.g. newspapers) finally misplaced energy over content material and increased the ability of aggregators . Mobile operating systems Computer Android and iOS disrupted the facility of desktop working system Microsoft Windows. In 2017 for example, 67% of […]
Esports revenue outlook gets another downgrade as pandemic halts live tournaments
Brief: Researcher Newzoo again downgraded its esports revenue outlook for the year, lowering its forecast 8% from prior projections, according to VentureBeat. The firm now says global esports revenue will reach $973.9 million in 2020 and $1.194 billion next year, suggesting sluggishness will continue into 2021 due to a weaker […]
Coronavirus latest: Fitch ‘negative’ on India outlook as cases rise
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 8,320,288, according to Johns Hopkins University. The worldwide death toll has hit 447,628. To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker charts: […]
Property asking prices climb after market freeze despite bleak economic outlook
The asking prices of properties put up for sale after lockdown have risen, reflecting the optimism of sellers in the face of a newly-reopened market. Rightmove, a property website, reported that the average asking price of homes in England was 1.9pc higher in May, after market restrictions were lifted, compared […]
Bankruptcies in Japan fall but outlook bleak due to coronavirus
TOKYO — The number of bankruptcies in Japan in May fell from a year ago, bucking eight months of increases, in spite of the impact of business closures and a fall in consumption amid the coronavirus outbreak. Financial research company Tokyo Shoko Research said the number was likely an anomaly […]
No numerical target? All eyes on China’s 2020 GDP outlook
BEIJING — With the Chinese economy struggling to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, speculation has grown that the country may not set a numerical growth target this year, which would mark the first time in three decades its parliamentary body skipped setting a goal. China usually announces its annual […]
US pension fund freeze on investment chills China stock outlook
SHANGHAI — With a U.S. government retirement fund putting a hold on plans to invest in Chinese equities under pressure from the White House and Congress, market watchers worry that foreign money that has sustained mainland shares through the pandemic could dry up. The U.S. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, […]
Coronavirus latest: US stocks plunge on Fed chair’s grim outlook
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 4,098,018, according to the World Health Organization. The worldwide death toll has hit 283,271. To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker […]
China’s feeble construction sector dims outlook for GDP rebound
BEIJING — China’s economic contraction during the first quarter, the country’s only quarterly decline on record, came as the coronavirus epidemic slowed or idled many construction projects and sapped an industry regarded as a key engine for growth. The expansion of the China National Convention Center, 10 km north of Tiananmen Square in […]