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Brazil's Feb inflation falls to lowest since 2000
Brazil's inflation rate slowed unexpectedly sharply last month, falling to its lowest for February since 2000, official figures showed Friday.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
China says industrial policy not aimed at foreign firms
China on Saturday tried to downplay concerns it is reducing market access for foreign enterprises, days after a report by an EU group accused Beijing of trying to skew its business playing field towards domestic firms.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
UK industrial output drops at start of year
Britain's industrial output recoiled in January as the nation prepared to exit the European Union, official data showed Friday.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Tourists help Cyprus economy keep growing
The economy of bailed-out eurozone member Cyprus grew for an eighth consecutive quarter, helped by record numbers of tourists flocking to the Mediterranean island, official figures showed Friday.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Spanish GDP seen taking a hit from Brexit
BRITAIN'S exit from the European Union will trim 0.2-0.4 percentage points off Spain's gross domestic product growth, according to a government report published Friday by daily newspaper El Pais.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
US economy adds 235,000 new jobs in February
The US economy had another strong month of job creation in February, the Labor Department reported Friday -- a result sure to boost already high expectations that the Fed will raise interest rates next week.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
German trade surplus rises alongside US tensions
Germany's trade surplus ticked upwards in January, official data showed Friday, as attacks from the Trump White House over the nation's export strength intensify.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Volkswagen pleads guilty in US court in diesel emissions scandal
Volkswagen AG pleaded guilty on Friday to fraud, obstruction of justice and falsifying statements as part of a $4.3 billion settlement reached with the US Justice Department in January over the automaker's diesel emissions scandal.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Rain brings smile to tea planters in Sylhet region
The heavy rain on Thursday came as a boost for the tea gardens in Sylhet as the shower could help the owners avoid the fall in output caused normally by drought at this time of the year.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Paris region orders French spoken on building sites
The Paris region has passed a new rule obliging labourers on public building sites to use French, copying action taken elsewhere in France to squeeze out foreign workers.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Canada jobless rate falls to 6.6pc in February
Canada's jobless rate fell slightly to 6.6 percent in February as 15,000 net new jobs were added and fewer people searched for work, the government statistical agency said Friday.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Singer launches energy efficient refrigerator
Home appliances brand Singer has introduced energy efficient and environment friendly refrigerators with R600a gas.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
US to launch NAFTA renegotiation process coming weeks
The Trump administration will launch the formal process to renegotiate the US trade agreement with Mexico and Canada "in the next couple of weeks," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Indian inflation seen picking up in February
Indian inflation likely picked up for the first time in seven months in February as rising food prices began to bite, but it remained below the central bank's medium-term target, a Reuters poll found.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Alibaba seeks $5b loan amid tech financing rush
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is in talks with banks to raise $5 billion in new funding, sources told Thomson Reuters' Basis Point, amid a flurry of fund-raising by China's tech giants.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Japan hopes to leave farms out of US economic talks: sources
Japan will push to leave agriculture out of its first economic talks with the Trump administration next month, sources say, hoping to prevent thorny topics such as its heavily protected farm industry from blocking other negotiations.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka to scale back port deal with China
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is to scale back a profitable but controversial deal to sell a deep-sea port to a Chinese company after widespread protests, the ports minister said Thursday.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Some Indian banks risk skipping coupon payments: Fitch
Some Indian banks are at risk of skipping coupon payments on their capital instruments despite recent easing of rules by the central bank and capital injection by the government into state-run lenders, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Samsung Group chief denies all charges as 'trial of the century' begins
The head of South Korea's Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, denies all charges against him, his lawyer said on Thursday, at the start of what the special prosecutor said could be the "trial of the century" amid a political scandal that has rocked the country.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Uber works to mend relationship with regulators
Uber Technologies Inc is working to mend its relationship with regulators as pressure mounts for the company to improve its business practices and temper Chief Executive Travis Kalanick's aggressive leadership style.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM