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World Bank rates China, India as 'most improved' for doing business
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
Despite a bitter trade war, in which the United States is demanding reforms from Beijing to protect intellectual property and open its economy further to Americ...
Hong Kong businessman pays almost $1m for parking space
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
The mind-boggling sum paid by Johnny Cheung Shun-yee highlights the gaping inequality that has helped fuel nearly five months of demonstrations in the financial...
Austrian railways say night train bookings on increase
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
OeBB, one of Europe's leading operators of night rail services, said in a statement that bookings on both its regular seated and sleeper night trains were up 11...
Facebook's Zuckerberg open to scaling back Libra plan
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Zuckerberg made the comments as he faced a torrent of criticism on Capitol Hill over the cryptocurrency Facebook is seeking to roll out next year. "We clearly h...
Zuckerberg calls Libra coin a key for American leadership
Oct 22, 2019 (AFP)
In the testimony released a day ahead of Zuckerberg's appearance before a House of Representatives committee, the head of the world's biggest social network des...
Trump says 'phase 1' China trade pact on track for November
Oct 22, 2019 (AFP)
Trump remains upbeat on the chances Beijing and Washington will seal the mini-deal he announced earlier this month -- marking a cooling-off period in the two na...
China's 'unicorn' startups exceed US number for first time
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
There were 206 Chinese firms out of a global total of 494 ultra-valuable start-ups -- known as "unicorns" -- in June 2019, according to the research firm Hurun ...
China seeks WTO okay for $2.4 bn tariffs on US goods
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
In a statement circulated to WTO members last week, but sent to journalists on Monday, China claimed the penalty was justified given the "United States continue...
China's top diplomat says 'confident' of investment deal with EU
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
In an interview with AFP in Paris, Wang Yi said the list of sectors China still refuses access to is shrinking, and the country is opening up more and more, thu...
Pound dips as Brexit saga drags but hopes for deal lend support
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
The House of Commons sat on a Saturday for the first time in almost four decades to consider Johnson's deal in a vote that was seen as a potential turning point...
IMF chief says building 'peer pressure' to follow trade rules
Oct 19, 2019 (AFP)
As the United States and China remain engulfed in a massive tariff battle and with Brexit turmoil continuing on Saturday, trade overshadowed the discussions of ...
China, US make 'substantial' trade deal progress: top official
Oct 19, 2019 (AFP)
Trump announced a partial deal after meetings in Washington with the Chinese trade deligation led by Liu He, which ended on October 11. It included promises to ...
European governments move to veto Facebook's digital money
Oct 18, 2019 (AFP)
The firm opposition from France, Italy and Germany adds to the mounting resistance faced by the tech giant's troubled foray into digital finance. The Group of 2...
China's Q3 GDP growth slows to 6%, slowest in 27 years
Oct 18, 2019 (AFP)
The Chinese economy grew 6.0 percent in July-September, compared with 6.2 percent in the second quarter, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). T...
US-China trade mini-deal being 'papered': Trump
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
"It hasn't been papered yet but it is being papered," Trump told reporters at the White House. He insisted that China had already bought $40 to $50 million wort...
China says efforts 'accelerated' on US trade deal
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
The initial deal was announced on Friday by US President Donald Trump and included promises to increase purchases of US farm products and protections for intell...
IMF's Georgieva: US-China truce 'not good enough'
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
"It's really good news that the US and China are talking to each other," she told reporters at the start of the International Monetary Fund annual meeting. But ...
Legal basis absolute prerequisite for digital monies; As G7 seeks common stance
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
In a new report on stablecoins -- a type of digital currency backed by reserves assets -- the G7 also urged regulators to coordinate their work to prevent issue...
Sterling stands firm as Brexit hopes build, equities rise
Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)
The sterling surged Tuesday as negotiators voiced optimism that they could strike an agreement that would avoid Britain crashing out of the EU at the end of the...
China's GDP growth slows to 6% in third quarter: AFP poll
Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)
Gross domestic product (GDP) figures due on Friday are expected to show that the Chinese economy expanded 6.0 percent in July-September, compared with 6.2 perce...
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