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Top UK firms keep women off boards: inquiry
Nearly two-thirds of Britain's 350 biggest listed companies have failed to reach a target of having 25 percent of female board members, and four-fifths have two or fewer women on their boards, an inquiry into gender diversity said on Wednesday.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
The next big thing in phones may not be a phone
Nearly a decade after the iPhone broke the mould for mobile phones the question being asked is whether the evolution of the smartphone has finally come to an end, as even Apple now treats older, smaller 4-inch screens as something new.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
ECB stimulus has created 80,000 French jobs: Bank of France chief
France's central bank chief Francois Villeroy de Galhau said Monday that contested economy-boosting measures by the European Cental Bank had produced "tangible results", including tens of thousands of French jobs.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Brexit could cost British economy £100b: study
Leaving the European Union could cause a "serious shock" to Britain's economy, with the risk of losing almost one million jobs, according to a CBI business group study released Sunday.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Saudi comes up with $1.5b to fund Egypt's Sinai projects
Egypt said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has offered $1.5 billion to help finance economic projects in the Sinai Peninsula, as Riyadh continues to bolster its ties with Cairo.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
China central bank to Fed: A little help, please?
CONFRONTED with a plunge in its stock markets last year, China's central bank swiftly reached out to the US Federal Reserve, asking it to share its play book for dealing with Wall Street's "Black Monday" crash of 1987.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
DBS seen as frontrunner for Barclays' HK, Singapore wealth units
Singapore's DBS Group Holdings is seen leading the race to buy British bank Barclays' Hong Kong and Singapore private wealth units, valued at as much as $300 million, sources with knowledge of the situation said on Monday.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
US to offer China's ZTE temporary relief on export curbs
THE US government plans to temporarily lift export curbs it imposed on Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker ZTE Corp for alleged Iran sanctions violations, a senior Department of Commerce official said.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
German economy to slow down in second quarter: Bundesbank
The German economy, Europe's biggest, will likely slow down in the second quarter after showing steady growth in the year's first three months, the Bundesbank central bank said Monday.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
China increases support for margin trading
Chinese authorities on Monday boosted support for margin trading, which fuelled a stunning stock market rally before government restrictions triggered a spectacular rout last year.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Japan's apparel industry in hi-tech bid to secure future
From ready-to-wear knits manufactured instantly to customised dresses produced on inkjet printers, Japan's apparel industry is turning to state-of-the-art technology in a bold bid to cut labour costs and secure its future.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Starwood swings back to Marriott in hotel bid battle with Anbang
Marriott International on Monday made a roaring comeback in its battle to build the world's biggest hotel group, winning Starwood Hotels's green light for an improved bid and pushing Chinese rival Anbang to the sidelines.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Priceline strikes deal with Cuba to let Americans book hotels
Priceline Group has agreed with Cuba to make Cuban hotel rooms available to US customers via subsidiary Booking.com, becoming the first US online travel agency to strike a deal with the island state, a Booking.com executive said.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Pakistan offers duty- free concession to attract new carmakers
Pakistan on Monday announced that foreign carmakers seeking to enter the market could import machinery for their plants duty-free, in an attempt to boost competition and cut prices for local drivers.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Ukraine's economy shrinks 10pc
Ukraine's war-torn economy shrank by nearly 10 percent in 2015, but the downturn was still less severe than the government had feared, official data showed Monday.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Opec, non-Opec producers to meet on April 17 in Doha
Opec members and key oil producers from outside the cartel will meet on April 17 in Doha in a bid to stabilise falling crude prices, Qatari energy minister Mohammed al-Sada said Wednesday.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Economic growth no longer translates into more greenhouse gas: IEA
Global economic growth did not translate into more harmful greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector last year, the IEA said on Wednesday, a strong indication that growth and increased pollution no longer go hand in hand.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Japan's wage talks key to future of Abenomics
Hisashi Aoto was not holding out much hope that his employer would give him a bumper pay rise this year as Japan's spring labour talks wrap up.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM
German women earn one fifth less than men
Women in Germany earn around one fifth less than men, a wider gap than the European average, but the shortfall is narrower in the east of the country, official data showed on Wednesday.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM
European travel agents defy internet threat
The doomsayers were 100 percent certain that the internet would be the death of travel agents.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM