Singles' Day is a Chinese annual online shopping spree that has been held every November 11 since 2009. Picture shows an employee stacking the packets in an online store.
Bloomberg has listed out the bhsiness and finance stories that matter most in 2017. Here's a selection of key events for the year.
January
Donald Trump will be sworn in as US president on January 20. Free trade and itd foes, oil sands, climate change and budget deficit will be in focus.
The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, scheudled to be held during January 17-20 will disucss sustainable investing.The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision aims to complete an overhaul of capital standards by January 8.
February
Judges may rule as early as February in a US patent dispute determining who invented the gene-editing technique known as Crispr-Cas9. US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gives the first of her twice-yearly reports to Congress.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc., which runs the daily London gold auction, will start trading a futures contract for the metal in the US, part of a battle for control of the world gold market.
March
ChemChina aims to complete its $43bn purchase of Syngenta, a record acquisition by a Chinese company, by the end of the first quarter.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May plans to trigger the legal process for Britain’s exit from the European Union, starting a two-year countdown for Brexit.
April
The European Central Bank is scheduled to begin scaling back its quantitative easing program, reducing monthly bond buying to 60 billion euros.
India will introduce its first national sales tax.
May
G-7 meets in Sicily. First meeting for US President Trump.
June
Roaming charges for mobile phones will be abolished in the European Union on June 15.
The US Federal Reserve typically releases results of its annual bank stress tests. Spotify plans to sell shares in an initial public offering by mid-year.
July
The Group of 20 nations meets in Hamburg, July 7-8.
US banks face a July 21 deadline for divesting their investments in private equity and hedge funds.
August
Kenya holds an election August 8. The Perseid meteor shower will peak August 12 or 13.
September
London trial opens for six traders accused of manipulating Euribor.
Apple typically unveils new technologies for its iPhones in September.
US meat producer Tyson Foods pledged to end the use of antibiotics in its chickens this month.
October
Annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, October 13-15.
November
China celebrates Singles' Day November 11. It’s the largest online shopping day.
Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meet in Vietnam.
December
A loophole that’s allowed US hedge fund managers to avoid taxes on performance fees parked offshore expires December 31
