On Monday, global equity markets edged higher, as investors and traders bet on a faster economic recovery.
On Sunday, the Israeli First Digital Bank began operations on a testing basis and announced that it planned to open to the general public later this year.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, the German automaker Volkswagen plans to slash roughly 4,000 jobs at its factories in Germany via early retirement.
Volkswagen revealed to Handelsblatt that the company would retire 5,000 workers in a new early retirement program.
On Sunday, Virgin Atlantic revealed that it would raise 160 million GBP in a new round of financing.
S&P Global announced on Sunday that the oil-rich region of the Persian Gulf would recover economically very slowly.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong stated in an interview that Singapore could reopen its borders by the end of this year.
Japanese newspaper Yomiuri announced on Sunday that the President of the United States Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga would meet on April 9.
On Saturday, the US President Joe Biden enlisted the help of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with a surge of illegal immigration.
British Airways announced on Sunday that they would call for a permission for free travel for all COVID-19 vaccinated people.
On Sunday, the Governor of the Bank of Spain Pablo Hernandez de Cos stated that the recovery from Covid-19 would be slower than previously forecast.
The Pope announced on Sunday that efforts for peace should be made on the tenth anniversary of the civil war in Syria.
Throughout Sunday, protests against the military seizing power in Myanmar continued.
On Sunday, the Health Minister of Italy Roberto Speranza stated that he expects a decline in coroanvirus cases in late spring.
On Sunday, the CEO of Carnival Corp Arnold Donald revealed that it would take at least two years for the cruise industry to recover.
On Sunday, the CEO of Panasonic Kazuhiro Tsuga revealed to the Financial Times that the company would reduce its reliance on Tesla for electric vehicle batteries.
During Sunday's trading hours, the price for Ethereum hovered near the 2,000.00 mark, which was considered as the cyrptocurrencies all-time high.
During Sunday's trading hours, the price for Bitcoin reached the 61,000.00 level, as it broke the previous all-time high.
On Saturday, the leaders of various European Union countries called for a discussion that would solve issues regarding the coronavirus vaccine distribution.
During Saturday's trading hours, the price for Bitcoin reached the 60,000.00 level, as it broke the previous all-time high.
Prices of the US producers notably increased in February, according to a data published on Friday.
According to the African Development Bank prognoses, the continent economies are expected to grow 3.4% on average this year.
The UK economy contracted 2.9% in January, compared to the previous month, amid additional lockdown restrictions, a report published by the Office for National Statistics shows.
The German inflation rate increased 1.3% in February for a second month in a row, data published by the Federal Statistical Office show.