Asian stocks climb after wild swings on US-China trade mix-up
MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside of Japan rose 0.6 per cent to 516.6 points after earlier going as low as 509.9. Chinese shares regained lost ground too, with the blue-chip index ...
Trump's wider visa ban to hit tech industry
US president Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House said Monday
Europe not to back unilateral US sanctions on Iran
Britain, France and Germany said on Friday they would not back US efforts to unilaterally trigger the re-imposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran, but said they wanted talks with Tehran over ...
India rice prices hit over 2-month low
Indian export rice prices fell to their lowest in more than two months this week due to a weaker rupee and muted demand, while mounting supplies from an ongoing harvest weighed on Vietnamese rates
Workers' rights seen crumbling as virus threatens further setbacks
Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt and Honduras were rated as the worst countries, according to the annual index, which ranked 144 nations on the degree of respect for workers' rights.
'Asian business sentiment plunges to record low on virus effect'
About 16 per cent of the 93 companies surveyed also said a deepening recession was a key risk for the next six months, with more than half expecting staffing levels and business volumes to decline.
Saudi govt adopts austerity measures
The twin shocks of the novel coronavirus pandemic and a plunge in oil prices have prompted the government to triple its value-added tax, suspend a monthly allowance to civil servants and slash ...
Asia stock rush pauses, bonds rally on sober Fed
Still, stock losses were modest given the scale of their recent rise. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.3 per cent, a natural pause after 10 straight sessions of ...
Honda cyber attack halts plants in India, Brazil, Turkey
Honda plants in Turkey, Brazil and India have halted operations as the Japanese carmaker battles to recover from a cyberattack that affected several factories worldwide
'US economy entered recession in February'
The US economy ended its longest expansion in history in February and entered recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the private economics research group that acts as the arbiter for ...
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