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India allows 49% foreign investment in state-run airline 10 Jan 2018 - 01:52 pm
Air hostesses walk next to the parked Air India Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner upon its arrival at the airport in New Delhi, September 8, 2012. (Reuters / Mansi Thapliyal)
Finland's Fortum snaps up EON's fossil fuels stake 09 Jan 2018 - 10:38 pm
Johannes Teyssen, CEO of German energy giant EON, speaking during his company's annual results press conference at the EON headquarters in Essen, western Germany, on March 15, 2017. AFP / DPA / Ina Fassbender
In China, Macron urges openness, pitches France Inc. 09 Jan 2018 - 09:03 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they are greeted by children during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 9, 2018. AFP / Ludovic Marin
GoPro shares dive as it cuts staff, exits drone market 08 Jan 2018 - 06:55 pm
A GoPro camera is seen on a skier's helmet as he rides down the slopes in the ski resort of Meribel, French Alps, January 7, 2014. Reuters/Emmanuel Foudrot
Lufthansa to hire 8,000 workers in 2018 08 Jan 2018 - 04:48 pm
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Japan welcomes bitcoin & other cryptocurrencies 08 Jan 2018 - 01:02 am
A man walks past a poster that informs customers that bitcoin can be used in this shop in Tokyo on January 06, 2018. Bitcoin is recognised as legal tender in the world's third-biggest economy and nearly one third of global bitcoin transactions in December
Ryanair flies record passengers despite cancellations 03 Jan 2018 - 06:44 pm
Ryanair increased by 10 percent the number of passengers flown mainly across Europe compared with 2016, the Dublin-based carrier said in a brief statement.
Brazil closes out 2017 with record trade surplus 02 Jan 2018 - 09:01 pm
Henrique Meirelles (Reuters)
India to become fifth largest economy in 2018: report 26 Dec 2017 - 04:08 pm
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Fuel shortage in oil-rich Angola tests new president 23 Dec 2017 - 03:50 pm
Luanda residents queue with their cars at a gas station on December 21, 2017 in Luanda, Angola. AFP / AMPE ROGERIO
Italian parliament passes 2018 budget, clearing way for elections 23 Dec 2017 - 03:06 pm
File photo. GIAMPIERO SPOSITO / REUTERS
Ryanair flights take off despite strike 22 Dec 2017 - 12:54 pm
Passengers queue before checking in at the desk of the Irish low-coast airline company Ryanair in the Frankfurt Hahn Airport in Hahn, western Germany, on December 22, 2017. AFP / dpa / Thomas Frey
Britain, Poland sign defence treaty ahead of Brexit 21 Dec 2017 - 08:06 pm
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May shake hands during a news conference in Warsaw, Poland December 21, 2017. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta/ REUTERS
Bank of Japan holds rates as inflation remains low 21 Dec 2017 - 11:37 am
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World Bank approves $825m loan for Pakistan infrastructure 20 Dec 2017 - 03:33 pm
This photograph taken on November 1, 2017, shows Chinese engineers working on a power distribution point of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project in Chattar Klass on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.  AFP / SAJJAD
Trump eyes major tax reform victory in Congress 19 Dec 2017 - 08:07 pm
The United States Congress is poised to pass huge tax cuts in both the House and Senate December 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/ AFP
Pakistan considering plan to use yuan in trade with China 19 Dec 2017 - 11:16 am
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Lauda says Lufthansa wants to 'destroy' Niki airline 17 Dec 2017 - 04:25 pm
A grounded aircraft of bankrupt Niki Luftfahrt GmbH is pictured at the Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Austria, on December 14, 2017.   AFP / ALEX HALADA