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$1 billion programme launched to restore land, protect forests 18 Oct 2017 - 10:41 pm
A concept photo of the self-driving bus being co-developed by Baidu and King Long. The companies plan to start production in July next year. Photo: Handout
Oil’s biggest rigs get sent to junkyard as daily losses mount 18 Oct 2017 - 10:41 pm
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Rio Tinto Group, ex-CEO face fraud charges on $3.7 billion coal calamity 18 Oct 2017 - 10:41 pm
A coal truck passes others inside coal giant Rio Tinto's Hunter Valley operations in Lemington, north of Sydney, Australia, April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Bidding with bitcoin, a world first at Italian auction 18 Oct 2017 - 07:01 pm
This file picture taken on February 28, 2014 shows a man talking on a mobile phone in a shop displaying a bitcoin sign during the opening ceremony of the first bitcoin retail shop in Hong Kong. AFP/ Philippe Lopez
Kazakhstan central bank approves $1.2 bln assistance for four banks 18 Oct 2017 - 12:36 pm
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Bidding war heats up for $5 billion second Amazon HQ 18 Oct 2017 - 09:58 am
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Catalonia tourism 'down 15%' since independence vote 17 Oct 2017 - 05:42 pm
A man waves a stelada (pro-independence Catalan flag) during a protest against the arrest of two Catalan separatist leaders in Barcelona on October 17, 2017.  AFP / LLUIS GENE
Airbus teams up with Canada's Bombardier 17 Oct 2017 - 02:14 pm
An Airbus A320neo aircraft and a Bombardier CSeries aircraft are pictured during a news conference to announce a partnership between Airbus and Bombardier on the C Series aircraft programme, in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Re
SoftBank-Uber deal likely next week: Official 17 Oct 2017 - 08:44 am
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Philippine central bank Governor sees no need to tighten for now 17 Oct 2017 - 12:00 am
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Indonesia on track to become a trillion-dollar economy 16 Oct 2017 - 10:53 pm
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Putin treads where Stalin failed with plan for mega-project 16 Oct 2017 - 08:58 pm
An elderly woman crosses a road in front a mural painting depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the wall of a house, in the town of Kashira, some 115 km southeast of Moscow, on October 16, 2017.  AFP / Vasily Maximov
Airbus CEO says won't cling to job amid bribery probes: report 16 Oct 2017 - 01:10 am
Airbus Group Chief Executive Tom Enders speaks during a news conference on the aerospace group's annual results, in London, Britain February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
US-world divide spills at IMF-World Bank meetings 16 Oct 2017 - 12:33 am
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Improving world economy still needs help from low rates 16 Oct 2017 - 12:22 am
On Saturday, Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and a White House adviser, appeared with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to launch a World Bank initiative to support women entrepreneurs. The World Bank fund has raised $350 million which is designed
Owendo cargo port 16 Oct 2017 - 12:22 am
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What global finance chiefs are saying about the global economy 16 Oct 2017 - 12:22 am
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London to lose gold crown on MiFID 16 Oct 2017 - 12:21 am
A gold bar is presented at the German Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on August 23, 2017 (AFP / DPA / Arne Dedert)