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07 December 2023
Italy withdraws from China's Belt and Road project: govt source
Investors make trades at a security exchange house in Shanghai, China. Photo: Qilai Shen/EPA
Business
18 March 2016
Asia markets extend Fed-fuelled rally, Tokyo hit...
Asian markets extended their gains Friday on the lingering effects of the Federal Reserve...
A security officer stands guard at the main entrance of the Tokyo Stock Exchange during an afternoon trade session in Tokyo, Japan, 18 February 2016. Photo: Kimima Sa Mayama/EPA
Business
12 March 2016
Asian markets see afternoon rebound after ECB move
Asian markets ended the week on a high Friday, with an afternoon rally erasing morning...
A file photo dated 04 June 2007 showing workers transporting steel cables at a steel yard in Beijing, China. Photo: Michael Reynolds/EPA
Business
05 March 2016
China sets 2016 growth target at '6.5-7...
China on Saturday cut its growth target for this year to a range of 6.5 to seven percent...
Metro Cash & Carry. Photo: Metro
Business
04 March 2016
German retail giant Metro eyes expansion in...
German retail and distribution giant Metro will decide by the end of this year on whether...
Oil and gas price slide a challenge - A view of the Repsol oil rig off the coast of the Canary Islands, Spain, 16 January 2015. Photo: Cristobal Garcia/EPA
Business
27 February 2016
Oil wipes out gains on fading hopes for output...
Oil prices turned lower in late trade Friday as hopes fizzled for a fix in the global...
(Front, L-R) World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati, moderator Yingyi Qian, Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, International Monetary Fund (IMF) First Deputy Director David Lipton and Breugel Director Guntram Wolff compose a panel during a session of the G20 High-level Seminar on Structural Reform, preceeding the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting at the Pudong Shangri-la Hotel in Shanghai, China, 26 February 2016. Photo: EPA
Latest News
26 February 2016
Asian shares rally as G20 meeting begins
Asian stocks rallied on Friday after China's central bank chief said Beijing still has...
Investors watch the stock trading board at a securities exchange house in Shanghai, China. Photo: EPA
Latest News
22 February 2016
Asian shares extend rally led by surge in Shanghai
Asian shares swept higher on Monday, with Shanghai leading the charge after China...
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the start of the trading day in New York, New York, USA, 12 February 2016. Photo: Andrew Gombert/EPA
Latest News
20 February 2016
Global markets gain in rocky week
Global markets sagged Friday but still turned in one of the strongest weeks of 2016...
A person walks past a sign board displaying the closing numbers of the Hang Seng Index, which fell by 565.21 points, or 2.78 percent lower, to finish the day at 19,888.5, in Hong Kong, China, 11 January 2016. Photo: Alex Hofford/EPA
Latest News
11 February 2016
Inauspicious start to Year of the Monkey for Hong...
Hong Kong stocks plunged nearly four percent Thursday as dealers returned from a three-...
Tokyo money dealers work during an afternoon trade session as a display flashes Tokyo's Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo, Japan, 9 February 2016. Photo: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
Latest News
10 February 2016
Asian markets extend rout as volatility returns
Asian stock markets took another battering Wednesday, with Tokyo leading another day of...
Investors monitor and trade stocks at a securities exchange house in Shanghai, China. Photo: Qilai Shen/EPA
Business
04 February 2016
Asia markets rally, oil extends gains as dollar...
Oil extended the previous day's rally and Asian stocks surged Thursday while the dollar...
Some stability as the oil market adjusts to the glut. Photo: EPA
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30 January 2016
Oil market ends turbulent month with tick higher
The oil market scored modest gains Friday, ending a turbulent January that drove prices...

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