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LONDON: Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them. 1. MISSING TRADE WAR CASUALTY - JOBS U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff war has cast a shadow over all economic data releases lately, including the biggest market-mover of them all: the U.S jobs employment report. Friday offers a fresh chance to see if the brewing tensions have had any impact on hiring or not. The narrative a month ago, when July's employment and earnings figures were released, was about how rising tensions between Washington and its trade partners, especially China, might have hurt job creation. The answer was not much. The 157,000 jobs added was pretty healthy and at 3.9 percent, the unemployment rate was 0.10 percent above May's 18-year low. Friday's figures are expected to show a gain of 187,000 new jobs in August, just as some of the trade war clouds appear to be dissipating. A bilateral trade deal looks … [Read more...] about World markets themes for the week ahead

While healthcare in India is evolving, genetic diagnosis is gaining popularity in the recent past. In an interview with ETCFO, Surajit Chakrabartty, CFO of Medgenome, a genetic diagnostic company with labs in Bangalore, and Singapore talks about the growth projections of the business and challenges of the industry in India.“There are no challenges on acceptability but it is more about awareness... In a country like India, affordability continues to be an issue,” he said.He also discussed the need for proper guidelines as a major ask from the government while operating in an unregulated environment. The genetic diagnostic industry is expected to grow at three to four times the rate of normal diagnostic tests in the next five years, he shares. Edited Excerpts:Q: How much has your business grown as compared to the last FY? What are your growth and revenue expectations for this FY?As one of the key engines of market development and growth of genetics diagnostics in India, we … [Read more...] about Diagnostic market highly unregulated needs proper guidelines: Medgenome CFO

The emergence of political branded content is a reminder of how hard companies have to work to keep up with the changing landscape of political speech.  These posts, also known as sponsored content —  or, if you must, “sponcon” — have pushed the boundaries of advertising for the last half-decade or so. … [Read more...] about Facebook gears up for wave of influencer marketing in politics

A few months later, in May last year, the ACCC announced they would oppose the $15 billion merger on the grounds that it would cause further consolidation in Australia’s already “very concentrated mobile phone market”. … [Read more...] about Aussie share market shakes coronavirus fears and sets new all-time record

Other events postponed or cancelled include Chinese Grand Prix, the Black Hat information security conference’s Asia summit; London Metal Exchange’s annual Asian gathering in Hong Kong and Art Basel’s annual art fair in Hong Kong, among others. … [Read more...] about Facebook cancels Global Marketing Summit over Coronavirus fears