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Germany denies China investment guarantees over rights concerns
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
The decision was the "first time an investment guarantee has not been given on human rights grounds", the minister told Welt am Sonntag weekly. Habeck did not n...
China premier issues warning on Covid-hit economy
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
China is the last major economy welded to a policy of mass testing and hard lockdowns to eliminate virus clusters, but the strict curbs have battered businesses...
Covid tests, no snow and no Russians: A strange Davos
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
There was no snow, no Russians and fewer Chinese delegates -- but plenty of rain and Ukrainians. The World Economic Forum is typically held in January under a b...
Hungary windfall tax to hit mainly banking, energy sectors
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
The government is looking to levy revenue of 300 billion forints (760 million euros, $820 million) each from both the banking and energy sectors, Economic Devel...
Asian markets mostly down as Li remarks overshadow Fed minutes
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
Li's comments dealt a blow to confidence from the start and overshadowed a positive lead from Wall Street fuelled by minutes indicating a less hawkish stand fro...
Australia urges China to drop trade tariffs
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
China -- Australia's biggest trading partner -- imposed tariffs and disrupted more than a dozen key industries, including wine, barley and coal, as relations de...
Hungary to levy windfall tax on businesses
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
The announcement, which Orban made in a Facebook video, comes a day after he imposed a state of emergency, citing the challenges posed by the war in neighbourin...
Stock markets mixed as traders weigh dark outlook
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
A series of weak indicators around the world and downbeat forecasts from big firms have chilled trading floors in recent weeks as the surge in prices begins to ...
China offers bonds, tax breaks as new medicine for ailing economy
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
China is the last major economy bolted to a zero-Covid strategy of mass testing and tough lockdowns to stamp out infections. Movement curbs have hit dozens of c...
Didi shareholders vote to delist from New York stock exchange
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
Didi, once known as China's answer to Uber, got into hot water after ploughing ahead with an initial public offering in the United States in June 2021, reported...
Asian markets up after China cuts key interest rate
May 20, 2022 (AFP)
Downcast earning reports from retailers this week have heightened uncertainty in the world markets at a time of rising interest rates, surging energy prices, Ch...
Biden opens SKorea trip at Samsung plant as NKorea nuclear fears mount
May 20, 2022 (AFP)
His first stop on Friday was a massive Samsung semiconductor factory, where he received a warm welcome from South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol, with glob...
Burberry warns on China impact, shrugs off inflation
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
Alongside news that its net profit and revenue had risen in the year to the end of March, Burberry added that it was managing fallout from the highest inflation...
China deepens support for tech as virus limits options
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
China -- the last major global economy sticking to a rigid zero-Covid policy -- is contending with an economic slump due to prolonged virus lockdowns which have...
Asian markets mixed after US retail data boosts Wall Street
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
The US Federal Reserve's tightening of monetary policy to contain surging inflation has sent jolts through global markets, deepening the apprehensions of invest...
Some Trump China tariffs impose 'more harm on consumers, businesses': Yellen
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
American tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese imports are due to expire in July, and President Joe Biden has faced growing calls to get rid of ...
Tencent revenue stagnates with China crackdowns and lockdowns
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
Revenue for the Shenzhen-based firm came in at 135.5 billion yuan ($20.1 billion) in the first quarter, putting year-on-year growth at nearly zero. Revenue grow...
Casino mogul Wynn sued for acting as agent for China
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
Wynn, the founder and former chief executive of Wynn Resorts, acted on behalf of Beijing in 2017 when he met with president Donald Trump and senior administrati...
China calls for urgent boost to virus-hit economy
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
China -- the last major global economy sticking to a rigid zero-Covid policy -- is battling an economic slump due to prolonged virus lockdowns that have constri...
Global stocks rally eyeing China reopening
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
European exchanges closed higher and Wall Street's main indices also rose, spurred as well by a nearly one-percent rise in April retail sales. "We've seen a muc...
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