Business and technology quick bites

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April 26, 2021,

Business News

1. Britain looks set to see faster economic growth than the US this year, expecting to grow by 7.8% this year, as the country races ahead with its vaccination programme after its slump in 2020, according to Goldman Sachs.
2. China’s economy continued to boom in April from the record growth in the first quarter, with strong exports and rising business confidence supporting the recovery.
3. The United States is racing aid to India and Singapore state investor Temasek is partnering Air India and Amazon India News to send medical supplies, as the massive surge of Covid-19 infections had shaken the country.
4. Investors will have a variety of potentially market-moving events to contemplate this week, with corporate earnings season ramping up and a Federal Reserve monetary policy decision on deck.
5. The collapse of Greensill Capital has sparked a political scandal in Britain and cast a light on a shadowy world of finance, with ex-British Prime Minister David Cameron and billionaire Gupta linked.
6. Manchester United’s U.S. owners would be prepared to sell the English Premier League club — one of the 12 teams that signed up for the ill-starred Super League — for 4 billion pounds ($5.6 billion), the Irish Mirror reported Saturday.

Technology News

1. Huawei is set to launch two satellites together with two Chinese partners in July this year, with aims including the verification of the 6G network technologies, Global Times reported.
2. Microsoft has introduced a new tool on Outlook that encourages people to take shorter meetings with plenty of breaks.
3. Investment app StashAway has raised a $25 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital India. Its Series D brings StashAway’s total paid-up capital to about $61.4 million.
4. New Windows 10 taskbar will display personalised content like news and other topics of interest, alongside the users’ programs and toggles.