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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
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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
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Germany's current account surplus hits global high
Germany's current account surplus is set to remain the world's largest this year despite increased trade tensions, the Ifo institute said on Monday, in an estimate likely to renew criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel's fiscal policies.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Trade war puts new strains on America Inc's factories in China
LARRY Sloven arrived in southern China three decades ago, just as the region was taking off as the low-cost manufacturing centre of the world. Since then, he has exported millions of dollars of goods, ranging from power tools to LED lights, to some of America's biggest retailers.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Malaysia PM calls for China's help with fiscal problems
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called on China's top leadership Monday to help solve his country's fiscal problems, as he tries to revise major Beijing-backed projects signed under his scandal-plagued predecessor.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
'Everything's business': Rohingya crisis offers earning opportunity
Captain Min Min, a Buddhist from Myanmar, looks on as a stream of Muslim Rohingya labourers zig-zag up narrow gangplanks hauling sacks of ginger from his boat onto Bangladeshi soil -- one of many seizing the economic opportunities presented by a refugee crisis.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Greeks rebuild lives after debt crisis wrecked dreams
In 2010, Panagiota Kalliakmani had just secured her chemistry degree and dreamed of going into research. Then the Greek economic crisis struck.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
US firms warn next China tariffs to cost Americans from cradle to grave
A broad cross-section of US businesses has a message for the Trump administration: new tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports will force Americans to pay more for items they use throughout their daily lives, from cradles to coffins.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Apple removes illegal lottery apps from China store
Apple Inc says it has pulled illegal lottery apps from its App Store in China amid tightening regulation and a barrage of criticism from state media.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Turkish lira crisis poses additional risk to German economy: finance ministry
Turkey's currency crisis poses an additional risk to Germany's economy on top of trade frictions with the United States and the possibility of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal, the German finance ministry said on Monday.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
India's surging coal imports driven by captive power users
India's coal imports appear headed for another strong month in August, raising the question as to why the usually cost-sensitive market hasn't scaled back purchases given a surge in prices to the highest in nearly seven years.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Euro zone limping as global trade war escalates
More evidence that euro zone growth has slowed this year is likely to be seen on Thursday, when surveys are expected to show an escalating global trade war is hurting producers.
19 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump backs CEOs, proposes easing corporate reporting rules
US President Donald Trump asked securities regulators to explore replacing quarterly reporting requirements with half-yearly filings at the urging of executives including PepsiCo Chief Executive Indra Nooyi, reigniting a debate about how often companies should give
19 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Walmart asks beauty suppliers to consider sourcing outside China
Walmart Inc has asked some beauty suppliers to consider sourcing products from outside China, as it looks for ways to mitigate the impact of a new set of tariffs on Chinese products proposed by the Trump administration.
19 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Iran says no Opec member can take over its share of oil exports
Iran told Opec on Sunday no member country should be allowed to take over another member's share of oil exports, expressing Tehran's concern about Saudi Arabia's offer to pump more oil in the face of US sanctions on Iranian oil sales.
19 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Falling rupee a double-edged sword for economy: analysts
India's rupee hit fresh record lows Thursday amid warnings that benefits to exporters from a weaker currency would be offset by the higher price paid by Asia's third-largest economy for oil.
19 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Walmart e-commerce and comparable sales jump
Walmart Inc on Thursday reported a 40 percent rise in US e-commerce sales during the second quarter, faster than the previous quarter's 33 percent advance.
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump's latest boost to the dollar: US-Turkey spat
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for a weaker US dollar in a bid to help US exporters, but his recent trade policies, including the imposition of import tariffs on some Turkish goods, have had the opposite effect of strengthening the greenback.
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM
UK retail sales shine on heatwave, World Cup
British retail sales rebounded in July, official data showed Thursday, as the food sector won a major boost from sunny weather and the World Cup.
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM
US banks teach financial literacy with hands-on experience
Last year, Abbey Jones' high school routine had a twist. For 45 minutes each week, she became one of 15 student tellers at the Community Spirit Bank branch at Red Bay High School in Red Bay, Alabama.
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Hong Kong spends $2b to defend currency peg
Hong Kong's de facto central bank said Thursday it had bought up more than US$2 billion worth of local currency to maintain a long-held peg to the US dollar.
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Japan's trade surplus with US slumps in July
Japan's politically sensitive trade surplus with the United States shrank sharply in July, according to official data published Thursday, as
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM