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Dollar extends gains as Fed hike speculation builds
May 09, 2017 (AFP)
Regional markets surged Monday, with Tokyo and Seoul leading the way, following centrist Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's presidential election and last we...
China's April exports rise but slow from March
May 08, 2017 (AFP)
Exports were up 8.0 percent year-on-year to $180 billion, while imports were up 11.9 percent at $142 billion. That pushed the trade surplus to $38 billion from ...
Sister of Trump senior adviser solicits Chinese investment
May 07, 2017 (AFP)
Nicole Kushner Meyer was in Beijing Saturday and in Shanghai Sunday, seeking more than $150 million in investment in a luxury apartment complex project in New J...
China, Japan, S. Korea to jointly combat financial instability
May 05, 2017 (AFP)
North Korea's efforts to develop an arsenal of nuclear-armed missiles have fuelled concerns among its Asian neighbours and led to threats of military action fro...
IBM tumbles as Buffett discloses he is trimming stake
May 05, 2017 (AFP)
In early Wall Street trade, IBM shares were down 2.5 percent at $154.00. Buffett, one of IBM's biggest shareholders, told CNBC he had divested shares in the fir...
HSBC pre-tax profit slides but hails 'good result'
May 04, 2017 (AFP)
The London-based giant has been on a recovery drive over the past two years aiming to slash costs with measures including laying off tens of thousands of staff ...
US jury convicts ex-Guinea minister over China bribes
May 04, 2017 (AFP)
Mahmoud Thiam, 50, who is also a US citizen, was arrested in December 2016 and convicted Wednesday after a seven-day trial, the US attorney's office said Thursd...
Hong Kong firm snaps up London skyscraper in $1.47bn deal
May 03, 2017 (AFP)
C C Land's acquisition of the 224-metres-high Leadenhall Building, which earned its nickname from its wedge shape, is the biggest single property purchase in th...
Tech billionaire buys Sydney mansion for record price
May 01, 2017 (AFP)
The co-founder of Australian software giant Atlassian, which floated in the United States in late 2015, snapped up the iconic "Elaine" from John Brehmer Fairfax...
China targets debt risks, but does it mean business?
Apr 30, 2017 (AFP)
Analysts don't think so. China's addiction to debt-fuelled growth powers the steady economic expansion that the ruling Communist Party craves, and it won't go c...
Trump targets aluminum in week of trade tensions
Apr 27, 2017 (AFP)
The industry is "critical" to the defense industry," Trump said at the White House. "We can't afford to become dependent on foreign nations for the aluminum tha...
Canada's Trudeau says will stand up to Trump on trade
Apr 25, 2017 (AFP)
"I'm polite, but I'm also very firm in defending Canada's interests," Trudeau said in an interview with broadcaster CTV. After targeting Canadian lumber Monday,...
Israel signs deal to bring in 6,000 Chinese labourers
Apr 23, 2017 (AFP)
However, Israeli media reports said Israel had acceded to Chinese demands that the labourers not work in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israeli o...
Police block farmers' protest against planned Nicaragua canal
Apr 23, 2017 (AFP)
"They are closing off all the roads. It's pitiful what's happening in Nicaragua," said one of the leaders of the demonstration, Francisca Ramirez. Police preven...
Trump invokes national security to probe US steel imports
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
"Steel is critical to both our economy and our military. This is not an area where we can afford to become dependent on foreign countries," he said after signin...
Japan's exports jump in March
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
The strong result, which came in better than expected, backs up the view that Japan's economic growth is picking up steam. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Trump seeks headway on 'Buy American, Hire American' pledge
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking in Kenosha, Wisconsin -- one of the states that carried him to his upset victory last November -- Trump vowed: "We're going to do everything in our pow...
IMF raises China growth forecast to 6.6% this year, 6.2% in 2018
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
The IMF's forecast for 2017 was 6.6 per cent, compared to a 6.5 percent estimate in January, and 6.2 percent next year compared to 6.0 percent. "The upward revi...
Tears and cheers greet China's new economic zone
Apr 16, 2017 (AFP)
Hu's family run-clothing factory in the northern province of Hebei could close at the expense of a new special economic zone similar to those in Shanghai and Sh...
US: China, Germany must do more to cut trade surpluses
Apr 14, 2017 (AFP)
The decision was expected after President Donald Trump this week reversed himself and said China was not a currency manipulator. And although the administration...
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