Markets flounder as US bond yields rise Business World stock markets slid Wednesday on profit-taking, as investors fretted over rising US Treasury yields and speculation 2018 will see four interest... Markets flounder as US bond yields rise
Business US trade officials to visit China soon, Trump says President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that top US trade officials would soon travel to China as Washington and Beijing seek to resolve a trade... il y a 22 hours
Business Britain’s deficit hits 11-year low Britain's deficit improved last year to reach the lowest level in more than a decade, aided by ongoing state austerity, official data showed... le 24 April 2018
Business SK Hynix posts big jump in Q1 net profit South Korea's SK Hynix, the world's second-largest memory chip maker, on Tuesday announced a big jump in first-quarter net profit thanks to strong... le 24 April 2018
Business China’s ‘makers’ battle mistrust in hi-tech community Engineers, computer programmers and children tinker with self-made radio-controlled toy cars and robotic arms in China's southern city of Shenzhen,... le 24 April 2018
Business Dollar strengthens with bond yields, boosts Japanese exporters The dollar extended gains against its main peers and most other currencies Tuesday as rising US bond yields fan speculation of a sharp rise in... le 24 April 2018
Business EU probes Apple plan to buy music app Shazam The EU on Monday launched an in-depth probe of tech giant Apple's plan to buy leading song-recognition app Shazam because of fears the deal may... le 23 April 2018
Business Remittance payments hit record in 2017 : World Bank Payments from immigrants back to their home countries rebounded to reach a new record in 2017 but the costs of transferring funds also increased,... le 23 April 2018
Business Record US wage gains gnawing at corporate profits : survey Record increases in wages and materials costs are eating into corporate profits despite robust sales, according to a survey of business economists... le 23 April 2018
Business Most Asia markets fall, with tech firms hit again Asian markets mostly fell Monday with technology firms extending last week's sharp losses, following another plunge in Apple as investors fret... le 23 April 2018
Business Kim heralds more N. Korea economic reforms : analysts North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's promise to build "socialist economic construction" in his nuclear-armed but impoverished and isolated country... le 22 April 2018
Business EU, Mexico reach ‘agreement in principle’ on free-trade deal The EU and Mexico said Saturday they had reached an "agreement in principle" to modernise a free-trade deal sealed in 2000 between Brussels and... le 22 April 2018
Business World Bank shareholders approve $13 bln capital increase World Bank shareholders approved a "historic" increase in the bank's lending capacity Saturday after the United States backed a reform package... le 21 April 2018
Business Door to US-China trade talks seems to open after IMF meeting The gathering of world finance ministers began with heightened anxiety about the potential damage a US-China trade war could do to the economic... le 21 April 2018
Business US Treasury’s Mnuchin considering trip to China for trade talks US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday he was considering a trip to Beijing to hold talks on the trade dispute that is seen as a... le 21 April 2018
Business US-China trade tension dominates IMF gathering Trade tensions between the United States and China, which threaten to spill over into the global economy, are dominating a gathering of world... le 21 April 2018
Business S.Africa riots force new president to leave London summit South African police on Friday fired rubber bullets at protesters after President Cyril Ramaphosa cut short a foreign trip to deal with violent... le 20 April 2018
