Image: Maksym Yemelyanov/Adobe Stock China saw 2.1% growth in 2020, an amazing accomplishment given that the economy was shut down for nearly six months. And this year, the World Bank projects 7.9% growth for the world’s factory.
Thanks to a successful COVID-19 containment policy, China has emerged from the pandemic largely unscathed. Consumer spending, infrastructure, factory production, and private investment all experienced major upswings in the second half of last year. As a result, China saw 2.1% growth in 2020, an almost unbelievable feat given an economy that was shut down for nearly six months.
Add President Biden’s willingness to at least restart talks with China, the recently signed EU-China trade agreement, and the lifting of COVID lockdown orders throughout the United States, and it certainly appears that China, the United States, and the world are heading in the right direction.
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Zuckerberg could buy every Californian free In-N-Out for almost 10 months. (Mark Lennihan | AP)
CALIFORNIA The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy, yet billionaires in California and across the globe are significantly wealthier than they were a year ago, according to this year s recently released Forbes World s Billionaires List.
The number of billionaires on Forbes 35th annual list jumped to an unprecedented 2,755 people, 660 more than a year ago. Altogether, they are worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion in 2020.
Among those on the list, 86 percent are richer today than they were a year ago.
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The numbers will likely spark outrage, writes Forbes Chief Content Officer Randall Lane. There s no getting around a collective $5 trillion wealth surge during a pandemic, when most of the world felt scared, sick, besieged, he wrote in a comprehensive essay titled Operation Wealth Speed.
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The gaming peripheral market is set to grow by USD 3.36 billion, progressing at a CAGR of almost 7% during 2021-2025. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.
Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Gaming Peripheral Market by Technology, Type, and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025
The market is fragmented, and the degree of fragmentation will accelerate during the forecast period. Corsair Components Inc., GN Store Nord AS, Kingston Technology Co. Inc., Logitech International SA, Microsoft Corp., Razer Inc., Sennheiser electronic GmbH and Co. KG, Sony Corp., SteelSeries ApS, and Turtle Beach Corp. are some of the major market participants. The rising popularity of e-sports will offer immense growth opportunities. To leverage the current opportunities, market v
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Kingston Technology today announced it is partnering with NXP Semiconductors on their new i.MX 8M Plus applications processors. NXP is a leading applications processor developer for creating infrastructure solutions involving smart technology, and Kingston is proud that its eMMC embedded memory solution is part of the reference board for its latest application processor.
Smart device makers requesting NXP’s engineering verification kits featuring the i.MX 8M Plus chipset will see Kingston’s eMMC onboard. This creates a terrific opportunity to expand the relationship with NXP and also further showcase Kingston embedded memory solutions to other IoT manufacturers. Kingston’s discrete memory and storage solutions were also embedded on NXP’s previous-generation i.MX 6 and i.MX 7 series processor boards.