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No Roman holiday: G20 meets on climate, Covid, recovery
Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)
US President Joe Biden is flying in to reiterate his message that "America is back" after four years of Donald Trump's bruising diplomacy, although Russian Pres...
UK eyes solid economic recovery despite strong inflation
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
Confirming plans for multi-billion-pound funding projects, Sunak said in a budget speech that the government was reducing state debt that soared during the pand...
Hong Kong leads Asia lower as US ban on China Telecom fans tensions
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
A strong corporate earnings season has provided some much-needed support to investors in recent weeks as companies showed resilience in the face of supply snarl...
Beijing tells Evergrande boss to pay firm's debts with own cash: report
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
The liquidity crunch at one of China's biggest property developers has hammered investor sentiment and rattled the country's crucial real estate market, while f...
China's Liu and US Treasury's Yellen hold 'candid' call on trade
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
In a video call, the two held "pragmatic, candid and constructive exchanges on the macroeconomic situation and cooperation in multilateral and bilateral fields"...
WTO wades in on Australia-China wine spat
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
Canberra's first request to have the case examined was blocked by Beijing in September. According to WTO rules, second requests are automatically granted. Austr...
Recovering HSBC bank announces mega share buyback
Oct 25, 2021 (AFP)
HSBC endured a tumultuous 2020 like the rest of the banking sector as the virus outbreak rocked the economy, while last year the lender triggered a restructurin...
Evergrande says it has resumed work on 10 stalled projects
Oct 25, 2021 (AFP)
The liquidity crisis at one of the nation's biggest property developers has hammered investor sentiment, rattled China's crucial real estate market and fuelled ...
China to expand property tax trial to check speculation
Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)
China's housing market took off after key 1998 reforms sparked a building boom on the back of rapid urbanisation and wealth accumulation. But as prices soared, ...
New allegations in Credit Suisse spying scandal: media
Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)
Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane Thiam was forced to resign in February 2020 after revelations the bank had hired investigators to follow Iqbal Khan, head ...
Asian markets swing but Evergrande payment report provides boost
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
Another round of positive earnings provided a further lift to Wall Street with the S&P 500 hitting its first all-time high since the start of September as trade...
Evergrande pays overdue interest on offshore bond: state media
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
The crisis at one of the nation's biggest property developers has hammered investor sentiment, rattled the key real estate market and fuelled fears of a spillov...
OECD nations to ban export credits for coal power
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
With the latest international climate conference just days away, the proposed ban will halt support to new coal power stations that don't have systems that trap...
Australia accuses China of undermining world trade
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
During a usually routine WTO review in Geneva, Canberra's representatives said China had benefited "significantly" from 20 years of WTO membership but was not k...
Aussie rock lobsters a Hong Kong security threat: customs chief
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
Lobsters are one of a number of products from Australia that China has restricted imports of as relations between the countries plunged. But they remain a prize...
The self-made Chinese billionaire battling to save his empire
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
The 63-year-old was once China's richest man, with a taste for luxury labels and yachts, and a nose for praising the Communist Party that steered the economy to...
Amazon faces new union organizing push in US
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
Laborers vying to form the first union at the e-commerce colossus in the United States will file with US officials on Monday with the goal of holding an electio...
China new-home prices fall for first time in six years
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
The latest reading follows official figures showing the real estate and construction industries shrank in the third quarter for the first time since the early s...
Asian markets mostly up on more earnings joy as Fed mulls taper
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
Signs of progress on US President Joe Biden's massive spending bill provided an extra lift, while bitcoin came within touching distance of a new record after a ...
China vows to open up market, but US sees no change
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing made the pledges during a WTO review of China's trade practices, an exercise held behind closed doors that all 164 members of the global trade body unde...
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