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Canada’s economy accelerates to 2.9% in the second quarter 30 Aug 2018 - 03:56 pm
Peninsula
China-backed trade pact talks at 'critical stage': Singapore PM 29 Aug 2018 - 11:45 pm
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (9th from L) poses with the Asean economic and trade ministers at the opening of 50th Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting and Related Meetings in Singapore on August 29, 2018. AFP / Roslan Rahman
Argentina burns reserves, asks for early IMF help as peso crashes 29 Aug 2018 - 11:30 pm
Mauricio Macri
Canada stunned and worried about Trump trade threats 29 Aug 2018 - 11:30 pm
Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland after a meeting with Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico City, Mexico July 25, 2018. Reuters/Luisa Gonzalez
Aston Martin's IPO is a case of Ferrari envy 29 Aug 2018 - 11:30 pm
Andy Palmer, CEO of Aston Martin, poses for a photograph next to the company's new Vantage car in Gaydon, Britain November 20, 2017. Reuters/Phil Noble
Kenya Airways Plans to Hire Pilots as Fleet Expands, CEO Says 29 Aug 2018 - 06:45 pm
Peninsula
Elon Musk's rants rekindle concern about Tesla CEO's troublesome tweets 29 Aug 2018 - 06:36 pm
SpaceX founder Elon Musk pauses at a press conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 6, 2018. (Reuters / Joe Skipper)
Where's the illegal cash? Indians return almost all banned notes 29 Aug 2018 - 01:00 pm
An India rupee note. (REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo)
Nestle seals deal to market Starbucks coffee 29 Aug 2018 - 12:13 am
Mark Schneider
Why Canada's exclusion from US-Mexico deal raises obstacle 29 Aug 2018 - 12:13 am
 In this file photo taken on July 22, 2018 US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, gestures during a press conference in Buenos Aires, at the end of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting.  AFP / Eitan Abramovich
Google ties up with Indian lenders in bid to woo new users 28 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
Caesar Sengupta, Google's General Manager of Payments and Vice President leading the Next Billion Users (NBU) initiative, poses for a picture after an interview with Reuters in New Delhi August 28, 2018. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Brussels gripped by lobbying war over copyright law 28 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
 A file photo taken on September 28, 2017 shows a smartphone being operated in front of GAFA logos  acronym for Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon as background in Hédé-Bazouges western France. AFP / Damien Meyer
Toyota invests $500 million in Uber to get self-driving cars on the road 28 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
Pilot models of the Uber self-driving car is displayed at the Uber Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 13, 2016. AFP / Angelo Merendino
US consumer confidence races to near 18-year high 28 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
The Procter & Gamble logo displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 27, 2018. Reuters/Brendan McDermid
Coca-Cola acquires Moxie, soda beloved in Maine 28 Aug 2018 - 07:03 pm
Boxes of Coca-Cola are seen at a grocery store in Los Angeles, November 21, 2017. Reuters / Lucy Nicholson
Venezuela orders banks to adopt cryptocurrency 28 Aug 2018 - 07:03 pm

In this file photo taken on February 20, 2018 Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a press conference to launch to the market a new oil-backed cryptocurrency called
India's Jet Airways seeks to reassure investors with cost-cutting plan 28 Aug 2018 - 06:03 pm
:FILE PHOTO: A Jet Airways plane is parked as other moves to runway at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport in Mumbai, India, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Millions risk malnutrition as CO2 levels climb 27 Aug 2018 - 07:52 pm
On current trends, higher CO2 concentrations could reduce iron, zinc and protein levels in the crops that feed the world by up to 17 percent by mid-century, they reported in the journal Nature Climate Change.