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France slams Silicon Valley for skirting tax in Europe
Sep 15, 2017 (AFP)
Big EU countries have become increasingly frustrated that internet giants such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google escape paying a fair tax by basing their op...
China industrial output drops again in August
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
The readings follow disappointing export figures released last week, a one-two punch for the Asian giant, as an official pointed to weak overseas demand and war...
Top Chinese bitcoin exchange shuts down
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
The international value of bitcoin has plunged in recent days amid speculation that the Chinese authorities will shut down the trading platforms following last ...
Europe must seize Brexit 'window of opportunity', says Juncker
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
In his annual State of the Union address, Juncker urged the bloc to seize a "window of opportunity" and use the momentum from its recent economic recovery to be...
Juncker says 'wind back in Europe's sails'
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
In his annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament, Juncker said the troubled bloc had become more united in the past 12 months and stressed th...
China's FM to visit Panama under new diplomatic ties
Sep 11, 2017 (AFP)
Wang will lead a delegation aimed at "advancing the bilateral agenda of Panama and China," including on tourism exchanges, trade links and the maritime environm...
China export growth slows in August but imports pick up
Sep 08, 2017 (AFP)
The figures follow a run of broadly positive readings in recent months, which have provided some optimism in the world's number two economy and key driver of gl...
China's fifth-largest bank downgraded to junk status
Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)
The decision to downgrade Bank of Communications was based on the lender's lack of customer deposits and over-reliance on expensive and volatile alternative sou...
Goldman Sachs halts advising work on HNA unit: source
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
The US investment bank had been enlisted in August to manage a stock offering of HNA outsourcing business Pactera. But Goldman Sachs concluded the financial str...
Nicaragua renews environmental permit for Chinese canal project
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
The permission was renewed back in April but was not made public until the release of the report on the mega-project. Excavation work has not yet started on the...
Trump's turn on S.Korea risks alliance: analysts
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
More than 24 hours after Pyongyang shook the ground and the world with what it said was a hydrogen bomb test, the US president had yet to speak to his South Kor...
Nicaraguan anti-canal activist says held without charge
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
Medardo Mairena on a video posted on social media that he came home to Nicaragua from Costa Rica, where he visited his son in hospital, and was arrested "withou...
Common ground in short supply as China hosts BRICS
Sep 03, 2017 (AFP)
BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- was formed to allow the biggest emerging economies representing more than 40 percent of humanity to fo...
Brazil 0.2 percent GDP growth confirms end to recession
Sep 01, 2017 (AFP)
The increase in GDP surprised analysts polled earlier by financial newspaper Valor who'd been expecting no movement for the second quarter of the year. Compared...
China factory activity picks up in August
Aug 31, 2017 (AFP)
The figures came as China registered steady inflation but slowing foreign trade growth in the previous month. The latest purchasing managers index (PMI), a gaug...
China Construction Bank profits lifted by economy, debt crackdown
Aug 31, 2017 (AFP)
The bank's earnings were posted Wednesday night, hours after China's three other big state-owned lenders announced similar results for January-June, which they ...
Prosecutors appeal against ruling on Samsung heir
Aug 29, 2017 (AFP)
Lee Jae-Yong, the de-facto head of Samsung Electronics, was found guilty last week of bribery, perjury and other charges related to payments made by Samsung to ...
Wanda shares tumble on rumours chairman detained
Aug 28, 2017 (AFP)
Wanda and other Chinese conglomerates that made a succession of multi-billion-dollar overseas investments in recent years have been under official scrutiny for ...
Brazil seeks buyers in China in privatization wave
Aug 28, 2017 (AFP)
Temer has announced plans to privatize 58 state firms in a bid to spark an economic revival after two years of recession. "We hope China may be interested in ta...
Israelis log out of high-tech jobs for a life offline
Aug 27, 2017 (AFP)
With a smile of satisfaction, he contemplates his "organic basket" ready to be delivered to a customer. Goshen, a graduate of Israel's prestigious Technion tech...
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