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Asian markets down as Apple, Amazon results dent optimism

Oct 29, 2021 (AFP)

Mostly forecast-beating profits from some of the world's biggest companies have helped fan a rally across global equities this month, helping to temper concerns...

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...

Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip UN climate talks as 2020 emissions soared.

Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)

The president's provisional itinerary shows Bolsonaro will attend the G20 summit in Rome this weekend before heading to Anguillara Veneta in northeast Italy on ...

Asian markets fall as inflation, recovery outlook return to focus

Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)

Ongoing worries about China's vast property sector and the future of giant developer Evergrande were also in view ahead of a payment deadline, while uncertainty...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...