BEIJING: Chinese manufacturing growth slowed in October, the government said yesterday, as the world’s second-largest economy expands at its weakest pace in five...
BEIJING: Chinese manufacturing growth slowed in October, the government said yesterday, as the world’s second-largest economy expands at its weakest pace in five...
Labourers work at the construction site of a monorail project in Mumbai yesterday. India’s annual infrastructure output grew by four percent between April...
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp’s Kimitsu steel plant in Kimitsu, east of Tokyo. Japan’s top steelmakers reported higher first-half earnings this week,...
An Exxon gas station in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. ExxonMobil Corp, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, reported a better-than-expected...
LONDON: British wholesale gas prices for the rest of this year fell yesterday after Ukraine and Russia signed a deal that will see...
GENEVA: The European Union launched a trade dispute at the World Trade Organisation yesterday to challenge Russia’s treatment of European exports of paper...
LONDON: Opec’s oil supply in October has fallen by 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to lower production in Angola and Nigeria, a...
LONDON: Gold and silver slumped to their lowest since 2010 yesterday as the dollar and stock markets soared following a new round of...
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) ramped up its vast monetary easing programme yesterday — sending the yen plunging and stocks soaring —...
SYDNEYL: The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) yesterday posted record annual net profit of A$7.3bn ($6.5bn) — up 15 percent —...
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s inflation will be higher than previously forecast this year and in 2015, although falling oil prices could temper its rise, the...
SINGAPORE: A strong Dubai price in a weak oil market has created a dilemma for top oil exporter Saudi Arabia as it works...
MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank raised its main interest rate much more than expected yesterday, trying to tackle a sliding rouble and climbing inflation...
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak (front left) reaches out to greet Ukraine’s Energy Minister Yuri Prodan (front right) after gas talks between the...
The Chief Executive of French energy company Total, Patrick Pouyanne (centre), leaves the stage after making an emotional tribute to late former Total...
LG smartphones on display at the IFA International consumer electronics in Berlin, Germany. LG on yesterday reported an increase of sales by 39...
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on display at the Apple store in Pasadena, California. Global smartphone sales grew at a healthy pace...
LONDON: Consumers can expect at least another two years of low oil prices, a Reuters poll showed yesterday, recording its biggest downgrade to...
