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22 October 2025, 07:53 AM
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Trump administration plans new probe into global drug pricing, FT reports
22 October 2025, 06:51 AM
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US, Australia sign rare earths deal as Trump promises submarines
21 October 2025, 07:59 AM
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Gold's record run pauses as investors book profits
21 October 2025, 06:41 AM
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Trump vows to keep 'massive' tariffs on India until Russian oil imports cease
20 October 2025, 08:16 AM
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China's economic growth slows amid sputtering domestic demand
20 October 2025, 06:37 AM
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Gold gains on US rate-cut optimism
20 October 2025, 06:05 AM
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Gross forex reserves cross $32b after 32 months
19 October 2025, 15:44 PM
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Gold price makes another record
19 October 2025, 15:15 PM
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Gold slips
Gold slipped on Wednesday as the dollar strengthened amid speculation that the next US Federal Reserve chief may be a policy hawk.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Bidding war heats up for $5b second Amazon HQ
It's the prize of a lifetime -- a $5 billion investment creating 50,000 well-paid jobs that everyone wants, but only one US city will get.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Hiring not part of Alibaba pledge to create US jobs
Alibaba executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai said Tuesday he expects to boost US jobs by expanding the Chinese firm's e-commerce platform -- not by hiring American workers.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Xi says China will continue to open its economy, deepen financial reforms
China will deepen economic and financial reforms and further open its markets to foreign investors as it looks to move from high-speed to high-quality growth, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Dollar edges up
The dollar edged higher on Wednesday, as markets awaited further news on the possible appointment of a hawk as Fed chair and progress on US tax reforms.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Catalonia independence push sparks tourism slump
Catalonia's independence push is taking its toll on the region's tourism industry, with revenues and hotel bookings down since a banned October 1 secession referendum that was marred by violence.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
India's tightened consumer goods standards could hurt China imports
India is tightening quality controls for consumer and capital goods, officials say, a move that follows calls to curb cheap imports from China amid diplomatic tensions between the world's two most populous nations over their shared border.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Pharma, medtech industries prepare for hard Brexit
Drugmakers and medical devices companies are drawing up plans to protect supply chains in case Britain crashes out of the European Union without a trade deal, and some small service businesses are already relocating to stay inside the bloc.
16 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Fiscal woes, Aramco IPO driving Saudi oil policy: analysts
Faced with dire economic straits due to low oil prices, Saudi Arabia is gearing up for deeper production cuts ahead of its massive Aramco share offering.
16 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Toyota to test self-driving, talking cars by about 2020
Toyota Motor Corp on Monday said it would begin testing self-driving electric cars around 2020, which will use artificial intelligence (AI) to engage with drivers, as the company competes with tech firms to develop new vehicles.
16 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Internet controls could harm companies, isolate China: German ambassador
China's internet restrictions have struck a "new blow" against foreign companies working there, Germany's ambassador said on Monday, warning that such moves could undermine Beijing's political and commercial ties with the world.
16 October 2017, 18:00 PM
China economy to grow 7pc in second half: central bank
China's central bank governor said the economy could grow 7 percent in the second half of this year, accelerating from the first six months and defying widespread expectations for a slowdown.
16 October 2017, 18:00 PM
HSBC names John Flint as next CEO
HSBC has appointed John Flint as its next chief executive the bank said on Thursday, sticking with a tradition of promoting company insiders to run the firm.
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Global oil market seen balanced in 2018: IEA
Global supply and demand for crude oil will be largely balanced next year, as growth in consumption helps erode a three-year-old overhang of unused fuel and should mostly offset a steep rise in output, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Samsung scion fights back as legal appeal begins
The heir to South Korea's Samsung Group, convicted of bribing the country's former president, appeared in a packed court on Thursday for the first day of arguments in the appeal of his five-year jail term for corruption.
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Paris plans to banish all but electric cars by 2030
Paris authorities plan to banish all petrol- and diesel-fueled cars from the world's most visited city by 2030, Paris City Hall said on Thursday.
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Trump says open to bilateral Canada, Mexico pacts if Nafta talks fail
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was open to bilateral trade pacts with either Canada or Mexico if a three-way deal cannot be reached to substantially revise the North American Free Trade Agreement.
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
London mayor welcomes Uber boss' humility after licence loss
London Mayor Sadiq Khan welcomed the humility shown by Uber's chief executive after the city stripped the taxi app of its licence to operate, but once again criticised the company's London management on Thursday.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
UK car sales skid in September
Political and economic uncertainty, not least from Brexit, sent sales of new cars in Britain falling sharply in September, a key month for the industry, data showed on Thursday.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
India considering exemptions sought by Apple to set up assembly plant
The Indian government is considering exemptions sought by Apple Inc for setting up a unit to assemble iPhones, Ramesh Abhishek, the top bureaucrat in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, said on Thursday.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM