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Trump vows to keep 'massive' tariffs on India until Russian oil imports cease
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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
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Gross forex reserves cross $32b after 32 months
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Gold price makes another record
19 October 2025, 15:15 PM
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Growth fears grip markets ahead of Fed meeting
World stock markets, the U.S. dollar and oil prices tumbled on Tuesday as fears about a slowing global economy gripped investors, just as the U.S. Federal Reserve looks set this week to deliver its fourth interest rate hike of the year.
18 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Huawei to spend $2b over five years in cybersecurity push
Huawei Technologies on Tuesday said it would spend $2 billion over the next 5 years to focus on cybersecurity by adding more people and upgrading lab facilities, as it battles global concerns about risks associated with its network gear.
18 December 2018, 18:00 PM
IMF says trade war already hurting Asia, may cut global growth forecasts
Trade frictions between China and the United States are already affecting business confidence and investment in Asia, a senior International Monetary Fund official said, warning that the fund could further cut its global growth forecasts in January.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
German union calls strike at Amazon warehouses
German trade union Verdi called on workers at two Amazon logistic centers to strike on Monday, part of a long-running campaign for better pay and conditions.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Govt meddling in RBI could dent stability: S&P
The increasing involvement of the Indian government in the affairs of the country's central bank is a negative for the ratings of giant Asian economy's banking system, S&P Global said on Monday.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Nissan meets to replace Ghosn, as tensions grow
The board of automaker Nissan was meeting Monday to discuss a replacement for former chairman Carlos Ghosn after his arrest for financial misconduct, as tensions grow in the firm's alliance with Renault.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
BOJ to warn of rising growth risks, policy seen steady
As the risks to the global economy rises, the Bank of Japan is expected to join a chorus of warnings from other policy-makers of the threat to growth from protectionism and signal its resolve to keep the money spigot open.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Malaysia files criminal charges against Goldman, ex-bankers in 1MDB probe
Malaysia on Monday filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two of the U.S. bank's former employees in connection with an investigation into suspected corruption and money laundering at state fund 1MDB.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Thyssenkrupp steel boss Goss to lead joint venture with Tata Steel
Germany's Thyssenkrupp and India's Tata Steel on Monday named the top management of their planned European joint venture, ending months of uncertainty over who will join the entity's leadership.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Ten years on, Fed's long, strange, trip to zero redefined central banking
Whatever the acronym, when the US Federal Reserve dropped its policy rate to near zero on Dec. 16, 2008, to counter a full-scale economic crisis, it ushered in what the central bank's chairman at the time, Ben Bernanke, called “the end of the old regime.”
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Hitachi to buy majority stake in ABB's power grid arm for $6.4b
Japan's Hitachi on Monday announced plans to buy a majority stake in the power grid business of Swiss-Swedish engineering giant ABB for $6.4 billion, in what would be its biggest ever buyout.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Google to spend $1b on new campus in New York
Alphabet Inc's Google is investing more than $1 billion on a new campus in New York, becoming the second major technology company after Amazon to pick America's financial capital to expand and create thousands of jobs.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
S Korea cuts growth outlook, but sticks to equitable economy goal
South Korea cut its 2018-2019 economic growth outlook to the lowest in six years on Monday, with the economy hurt by weak investment and global trade disputes, but it pledged to ensure that the benefits of growth are distributed more equally.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
China trade steps seen as good start but leave core US demands untouched
The United States has welcomed Chinese concessions since the two declared a trade war truce in early December, but trade experts and people familiar with negotiations say Beijing needs to do far more to meet US demands for long-term change in how China does business.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Canada Goose delays opening of flagship China store
Canadian clothing brand Canada Goose delayed the opening of a new flagship store in Beijing on Saturday, a decision that comes as Canada and China are locked in a diplomatic standoff.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Opec has shown it can reach deal despite splits
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh praised Opec on Saturday for what he said was the producer group's ability to reach agreement despite intense internal political differences.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Shenzhen, China's reform pioneer, leads tech revolution
The southern city of Shenzhen is the symbol of the transformative reforms launched by China 40 years ago: former fishing villages that morphed into a global manufacturing hub.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Fed to hike rates again but hints at pause in 2019
The US Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates in the coming week but policymakers have begun to signal they may take it a bit slower in 2019.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Europe must fight illiberal forces, Draghi warns
The spread of illiberal ideology is threatening the euro but it is an illusion that leaving it would offer an easier path, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Saturday.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Trade war: signs of progress in US-China talks
Though markets are on edge and the arrest of a top Chinese executive threatened to spark a crisis, there are signs the US-China trade war can be resolved without further collateral damage to the global economy.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM