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Airbnb sees massive travel rebound ahead
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
The San Francisco "sharing economy" firm reported a loss of $1.2 billion in the first quarter, due largely to one-time costs for accounting requirements, loan p...
Asian markets plunge as US inflation data fans rate hike fears
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
Trading floors were already awash with red this week owing to growing fears that the blockbuster global economic recovery and vast stimulus measures will see a ...
Asian markets suffer further as inflation data looms
May 12, 2021 (AFP)
Global equities have had a torrid start to the week as traders bet that stimulus measures, the rollout of vaccines and the reopening of businesses will fan a bl...
China's factory gate prices jump as commodities rally
May 11, 2021 (AFP)
The forecast-beating jump in prices comes as global investors grow increasingly worried that the blast in economic activity expected to be caused by the easing ...
Chinese demand boosts Germany's ailing Thyssenkrupp
May 11, 2021 (AFP)
The Essen-based group, which is in the throes of a painful restructuring, is now expecting an adjusted operating profit in the "three-digit million euro range" ...
Markets tumble as inflation fears haunt trading floors
May 11, 2021 (AFP)
All eyes are on the release this week of crucial data on US retail sales and consumer prices, with expectations for a sharp rise as the world's top economy reop...
Sri Lanka gets $500m South Korean loan after Chinese bailout
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
The government said South Korea agreed to provide the loan at a concessional interest rate of 0.15 to 0.20 percent, repayable over 40 years with a 10-year grace...
G7 must invest $10 trillion for sustainable recovery: report
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
As rich countries, still reeling from a pandemic that saw global GDP drop four percent in 2020, transition from rescue to recovery, investment must flow in the ...
EU-China investment deal 'not exactly a deal'
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
"I will be very honest with you, this deal was not exactly a deal," Thierry Breton, France's representative to the EU executive told the Atlantic Council think ...
China's exports top forecasts, imports growth best in 10 years
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
With vaccines being rolled out around the world -- particularly in the key US market -- and economically painful lockdowns being eased, demand for China's goods...
Asian markets rally on US outlook, iron ore at record high
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
And in a further sign that the global reflation trade is on track, iron ore prices hit an all-time high, while copper -- a yardstick of economic health -- is ju...
Biden says US must invest because China 'eating our lunch'
May 06, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking in deep-Republican Louisiana, Biden pitched his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal as a way to secure US preeminence on the global stage as much as ...
From cod to scallop wars: Brexit reignites UK fish fights
May 06, 2021 (AFP)
- The cod wars - The long-running "Cod Wars" between Britain and Iceland began in 1958 and broke out again in 1972 and 1975. The violent clashes saw Royal Navy ...
China suspends economic accord with Australia
May 06, 2021 (AFP)
Relations between the two sides have collapsed into acrimony after Canberra called for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and ban...
Most Asian markets lifted by recovery optimism
May 06, 2021 (AFP)
The White House's support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid vaccines also provided some cheer as it lifted hope for a speedier recovery in poo...
G7 ends talks with criticism of China, Russia, Iran
May 05, 2021 (AFP)
Foreign ministers from hosts Britain, plus the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan also called on Tehran to release foreign and dual nationa...
EU beefs up powers to control China investment
May 05, 2021 (AFP)
The new rules, once approved by member states and European Parliament, will give EU competition authorities fresh abilities to probe foreign companies seeking t...
Asian markets swing after Yellen spooks Wall St, eyes on US jobs
May 05, 2021 (AFP)
The comments appeared to be a deviation from the united front top officials have put up in trying to reassure investors that the Federal Reserve's ultra-easy mo...
State Dept. reaches $13M deal with Honeywell over export allegations
May 04, 2021 (UPI)
The settlement resolves 34 charges the State Department leveled against the company for disclosing dozens of engineering prints showing dimensions, geometries a...
In first, WTO names women to half of deputy chief posts
May 04, 2021 (AFP)
The new director-general -- herself the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO -- appointed Angela Ellard of the United States and Costa Rica's Anabe...
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