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IMF raises 2017 growth outlook for South Korea
Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)
Wrapping up a two-week visit, the IMF said it expects Asia's fourth-largest economy to expand 3.2 percent this year, up from its earlier prediction of 3.0 perce...
Watchdog warns of 'high risk' digital currency offers
Nov 13, 2017 (AFP)
The Paris-based European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), an independent EU body, said it had observed "rapid growth" in ICOs and "is concerned that inv...
ASEAN, Hong Kong sign deal in 'vote for open trade'
Nov 12, 2017 (AFP)
The city, a special administrative region of China, forged the agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the sidelines of a summit in...
China eases foreign limits in finance as Trump leaves
Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)
The announcement came after Trump capped his first state visit to Beijing by praising the "highly respected" President Xi Jinping as he took off for an Asia-Pac...
Trump says trade surplus unfair, adds 'I don't blame China'
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
At a signing ceremony for over $250 billion in US-Chinese business deals in Beijing, Trump said: "After all, who can blame a country for being able to take adva...
China's consumer price inflation accelerates in October
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
In a drive to clean up the country's smog-ridden cities the government has moved to wind down production at some at steel factories and smelters, and President ...
Trump's $250bn China deals are small beer: analysts
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
Trump's insurgent presidential campaign was built in large measure on lashing out at global trading relationships, particularly that with China, whose annual $3...
China's trade surplus with US eases as Trump visits
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
Trump is expected to seek ways to reduce the huge US trade deficit in his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his first, three-day state visit ...
US slams World Bank lending to rich countries like China
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
David Malpass, Treasury's under secretary for International Affairs, cited China as a prime example of the practice, as the World Bank's biggest borrower with $...
Canada: Amazon to add 1,000 jobs in Vancouver
Nov 03, 2017 (AFP)
The company said in a statement it would open a new office in downtown Vancouver in 2020 to accomodate the new staff, which will bring its total number of its e...
Alibaba launches electronic trading hub in Malaysia
Nov 03, 2017 (AFP)
The hub, part of a "digital free trade zone" near Kuala Lumpur International Airport, went live during a ceremony attended by Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Malays...
China factory activity steady in October: independent data
Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy registered 6.8 percent growth in the third quarter of the year, down from 6.9 percent in the first two quarters. But experts ...
Hong Kong skyscraper sold for record $5.15 bn
Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)
The rumoured sale of The Center, the city's fifth-tallest building, was first reported last month. Li's CK Asset Holdings confirmed in a statement to the Hong K...
China cracks down on fraudulent provincial growth figures
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
The national and provincial governments have long issued contradictory GDP statistics: the cumulative provincial output far exceeds the national output measured...
China slams US aluminium foil tariff ahead of Trump visit
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
The tariff was announced Friday by the US following concern that China was undercutting American manufacturers by flooding the country with underpriced aluminiu...
China's big four banks post solid Q3 results
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
Net income at the four banks -- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Bank of China (BOC), China Construction Bank (CCB), and Agricultural Bank of Chi...
Business leaders bow to Xi as Communist Party pushes in
Oct 29, 2017 (AFP)
Under President Xi Jinping, the country's ruling party is muscling back into business, expanding its reach in private enterprise and even laying out a plan for ...
US puts anti-dumping duties on Chinese aluminum foil imports
Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)
The move follows a Commerce Department decision in August that also imposed import duties to counteract alleged unfair Chinese subsidies in the aluminum foil in...
Japan bank CEO quits over claims of $2.2 bn in bad loans
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
The report alleged that hundreds of employees at almost all of Shoko Chukin Bank's offices across Japan falsified documents to make low-interest loans to firms ...
At a forgotten Pakistan port, China paves a new Silk Road
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
Situated on a barren peninsula in the Arabian Sea, Gwadar, or the "gate of the wind", owes its fortuitous selection as Pakistan's next economic hub to its strat...
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