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Gold falls again as rally comes to halt, stock markets mixed
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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World must transform food production or face unrest, scientists warn
The world must diversify its food production and consumption, or face damaging supply disruptions that could lead to suffering and social unrest, scientists warned on Monday.
16 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Gold jumps 1pc as attacks on Saudi lift safe-haven bets
Gold prices jumped 1pc on Monday as attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities dented risk appetite, boosting demand for the safe-haven bullion, while investors awaited for clues on monetary easing from major central banks this week.
16 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Pakistan hopes to meet fiscal deficit target set by IMF: finance chief
Pakistan is edging towards macro-economic stability after putting in place tough measures to meet a fiscal deficit target set by the International Monetary Fund as part of a $6 billion bailout in July, its finance chief said on Sunday.
16 September 2019, 18:00 PM
General Motors auto workers strike in US
The United Auto Workers union began a nationwide strike against General Motors on Monday, with some 46,000 members walking off the job after contract talks hit an impasse.
16 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Oil prices rocket on slashed Saudi output
Brent crude surged by 20 percent Monday -- the biggest gain since the 1991 Gulf War -- after weekend drone attacks on two Saudi oil facilities halved output in the world’s top crude exporter, fuelling fresh geopolitical and growth fears.
16 September 2019, 18:00 PM
China’s economy strains under disappointing data
China’s economy showed more signs of strain Monday as the country published weak data for industrial output, investment and retail sales, amid a lingering trade war with the United States.
16 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Germany sees lower borrowing costs
Germany sees much lower borrowing costs than expected due to record-low yields and this could create additional fiscal room of roughly 5 billion euros this year, maybe more, two people familiar with Berlin’s budget planning told Reuters on Thursday.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
China says firms have started inquiring about US agriculture purchases
China said on Thursday that Chinese companies have started to inquire about prices for US agricultural goods purchases, in a further sign of a potential de-escalation in a bitter trade war between the two countries.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Netflix, Apple cross swords in Indian streaming market
Competition in India’s booming streaming market is heating up as Netflix joins forces with a director of Bollywood feel-good blockbusters and Apple launches its TV platform for 99 rupees ($1.39) a month.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Compensate ill-paid workers
Garment factories in Thailand that supply to global brands such as coffee giant Starbucks and sports gear maker Bauer Hockey were raided by police on Thursday and ordered to compensate hundreds of workers after an expose found illegal underpayments.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Apple’s new iPhones shift smartphone camera battleground to AI
When Apple Inc introduced its triple-camera iPhone this week, marketing chief Phil Schiller waxed on about the device’s ability to create the perfect photograph by weaving it together with eight separate exposures captured before the main shot, a feat of “computational photography mad science.”
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Ad executives point to five ways Google stifles business
US authorities investigating Alphabet Inc’s Google for anticompetitive behaviour have recently begun probing the company’s $116 billion-a-year advertising business.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Low-cost fracking offers boon to oil producers, headaches for suppliers
At a dusty drilling site east of San Antonio, shale producer EOG Resources Inc recently completed its latest well using a new technology developed by a small services firm that promises to slash the cost of each by $200,000.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
BSEC bans investors for gambling
The regulator has banned a number of investors and directors of listed companies as well as a corporate director from stock trading for their involvement in gambling in 12 shares.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Rupee unlikely to gain traction as investors stay shy
The Indian rupee will not regain ground lost against the dollar in the coming year, according to strategists polled by Reuters, who believe a recent rollback of a surcharge on foreign investments will have no impact on the currency.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Nissan probe finds CEO, other execs overpaid in compliance failure
Nissan Motor Co was embroiled in another scandal over executive pay on Thursday after Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa admitted to being overpaid in violation of internal procedures under a scheme designed by ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Rising US exports shrink trade deficit; China imports fall
A bump in US exports helped shrink America’s yawning trade deficit in July while imports from China continued to fall amid the two nations’ trade war, government data showed Wednesday.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
German industrial orders suffer in July
New orders for industrial firms in Europe’s manufacturing powerhouse Germany fell back in July, official data showed
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
US sees modest growth, businesses show near-term optimism: Fed
The US economy grew at an unspectacular pace in recent weeks, while businesses still took a rosy view of the near future despite the escalating US-China trade war, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Canada central bank holds key lending rate at 1.75pc
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key lending rate at 1.75 percent, saying it expects the Canadian economy to slow in the second half of the year.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM