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Small businesses, big dreams: Iraq's women entrepreneurs
Jan 25, 2023 (AFP)
Adel, 33, counts herself among a limited number of female entrepreneurs in a country where most women don't work outside the home. "We have a social tradition t...
Asian markets swing as traders weigh growth outlook
Jan 25, 2023 (AFP)
While equities have enjoyed a strong start to the year as a slowdown in inflation gives central banks room to temper their interest rate hikes, focus is now tur...
Swatch upbeat after China ends zero-Covid policy
Jan 24, 2023 (AFP)
Swatch, which also owns the luxury brands Tissot, Longines and Omega, posted net sales of 7.5 billion Swiss francs ($8.2 billion) last year, up 4.6 percent from...
Most Asian markets track Wall St rally
Jan 24, 2023 (AFP)
Tech firms provided the support in New York as traders gear up for the release of earnings from big-ticket firms including Microsoft and Intel. Hopes that the F...
Asian markets track Wall St rally
Jan 24, 2023 (AFP)
Tech firms provided the support in New York as traders gear up for the release of earnings from big-ticket firms including Microsoft and Intel. Hopes that the F...
Macau ponders future even as tourists and gamblers return
Jan 23, 2023 (AFP)
Mainland Chinese tourists filled winding passages leading up to the historic Ruins of Saint Paul's, and stores selling local snacks like almond cookies and meat...
Asian markets mixed in holiday-hit trade
Jan 23, 2023 (AFP)
Tokyo was the standout performer, rallying more than one percent following a blockbuster performance on Wall Street, where all three main indexes enjoyed a stro...
Luxury sector impatient for return of Chinese tourists
Jan 22, 2023 (AFP)
Prior to the pandemic, Chinese tourists visiting Europe were a major source of sales for luxury houses. The Chinese accounted for "a third of luxury purchases i...
China's top diplomat in NBA charm offensive ahead of crucial visits
Jan 22, 2023 (AFP)
The frosty relations between the world's two biggest economies have shown signs of thawing, with a flurry of top-level meetings involving officials from both si...
Brazil's newly elected Lula heads to Argentina on first trip abroad
Jan 21, 2023 (AFP)
Lula will head to Argentina, the customary first stop for Brazilian presidents. Beyond tradition, however, the trip will also allow him to meet with a faithful ...
From tanks to subsidies: the main topics at Davos
Jan 20, 2023 (AFP)
Here's a summary of the hottest topics and main events: - Tanks - Ukraine sent a huge national delegation to Davos to lobby hard for new weapons and financial s...
Most Asian markets up as traders weigh China hope, recession fear
Jan 20, 2023 (AFP)
While falling US inflation has fanned speculation the Federal Reserve will further slow its pace of interest rate hikes, several top bank officials have lined u...
'Finally!': Madrid tourism fair abuzz with return of Chinese visitors
Jan 20, 2023 (AFP)
China was the world's largest outbound tourist market before the pandemic, with 154 million international travellers in 2019, according to the UN World Tourism ...
Asian markets track Wall St lower as recession fears return
Jan 19, 2023 (AFP)
The optimism that has flowed through trading floors since the start of the year has taken a knock this week as concern about inflation and rising interest rates...
Yellen eyes China trip after 'constructive' meeting with top Chinese official
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
The first face-to-face meeting between Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, held in Zurich, was "candid, substantive and constructive", the US treasury depar...
'Pressing need' for US, China to communicate on economic issues: Yellen
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
"Amid a complicated global economic outlook, there is a pressing need for the two largest economies in the world to closely communicate on global macroeconomics...
Asian markets up on recovery hopes, yen sinks after BoJ decision
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
Weak earnings from banking titan Goldman Sachs, a jobs warning by Microsoft, and a plunge in manufacturing data highlighted the bumpy road ahead for the United ...
Asian stocks struggle, even as China growth tops forecasts
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
The three percent expansion was the slowest in four decades -- excluding pandemic-hit 2020 -- and sharply down from the previous year, as widespread lockdowns a...
China's economy grows at slowest pace in decades but tops forecasts
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing's rigid adherence to its zero-Covid strategy of strict containment that effectively shut the country off from the world hammered business activity last ...
Yellen to meet Chinese official in bid to ease tensions
Jan 16, 2023 (AFP)
Yellen's meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, to take place in Zurich, will be their first in-person encounter following three virtual meetings, the offici...
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