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Nationalists make big gains in Sweden elections

Sweden's anti-immigrant far-right made gains in legislative elections Sunday and vowed to exert "real influence" as king...

September 10, 2018 4 min read

Jack Ma to unveil succession plans, not imminent retirement: SCMP

Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma will unveil a succession plan on Monday, the South China Morning Post reported S...

September 9, 2018 3 min read

Duterte blames 'friend' Trump for Philippines economic woes

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday blamed US President Donald Trump after inflation hit a nine-year high i...

September 8, 2018 2 min read

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announces plans to retire at 54

Alibaba co-founder and chief Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to p...

September 8, 2018 4 min read
Trump defends tariffs after advisor admits US will suffer from protectionism

US President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his tariff policy, insisting again that China will pay billions in duties t...

Uber to price IPO at $45, valuing company at $82 bn: source

Uber was preparing a share offering that values the global ridesharing giant at up to $82 billion, a source familiar wit...

Asian shares rise on tentative bounce in crude oil

TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Asian share markets rose on Tuesday, taking their cue from gains on Wall Street after a stri...

April 19, 2016 3 min read

Chinese official calls Trump 'irrational' on trade

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei criticized Republican presidential front-runner Dona...

April 18, 2016 3 min read

Asian shares drop, crude tumbles after Doha deal fails

TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Tumbling crude oil futures dragged down Asian shares on Monday after producers' weekend talk...

April 18, 2016 3 min read

China to implement appropriate monetary policy, more forceful fiscal policies

BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) - China should be flexible in implementing appropriate monetary policy and maintain reasonab...

April 17, 2016 2 min read

Epic Systems wins $940 mln U.S. jury verdict in Tata trade secret case

April 17, 2016 2 min read

Second big quake hits southern Japan, damage and death toll mounts

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday, killing at least 11 people, injuring hundreds more a...

April 16, 2016 4 min read

Asia subdued before oil producers' meeting, China GDP taken in stride

TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Asian stocks were subdued on Friday as caution over a weekend meeting of oil producers tempe...

April 15, 2016 3 min read

Bullish yen weighs on Japan stocks, oil buoyant as dollar sags

(Reuters) - Asian stocks made a subdued start on Tuesday, with Japanese shares dipping on a bullish yen, while commoditi...

April 12, 2016 2 min read

Vietnam government sees new faces but policy shift unlikely

(Reuters) - Vietnam completed a protracted leadership transition on Saturday, with 21 new faces in a cabinet tasked with...

April 10, 2016 2 min read

French bank chief 'more worried about sector now than in 2009'

CERNOBBIO, Italy, April 9 (Reuters) - The chairman of France's second-biggest retail bank is more worried about Europe's...

April 10, 2016 2 min read
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Australia PM to lead 1,000-strong business delegation to China

SYDNEY, April 8 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who last month criticised Chinese military deplo...

April 9, 2016 2 min read

Cyber fraudsters reap $2.3 bln through email wire-transfer scams

(Reuters) - Businesses have lost billions of dollars to fast-growing scams where fraudsters impersonate company executiv...

April 8, 2016 2 min read

Asia shares inch up as oil surges, dollar slips

(Reuters) - Asian share markets edged ahead on Thursday after a sharp rise in oil prices whetted risk appetites and boos...

April 7, 2016 3 min read

Panama will form commission to review financial practices

(Reuters) - Panama said on Wednesday it would form an independent commission to review the country's financial practices...

April 7, 2016 2 min read

Japan regulators raid messaging app Line over use of payment tokens

TOKYO, April 6 (Reuters) - Japanese financial regulators have raided the offices of messaging app operator Line Corp , t...

April 6, 2016 2 min read

Iceland's leader resigns, first casualty of Panama Papers

LONDON/REYKJAVIK, April 5 (Reuters) - Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, becomin...

April 6, 2016 6 min read

Panama law firm says data hack was external, files complaint

PANAMA CITY, April 5 (Reuters) - The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal that has embarrassed a clutc...

April 6, 2016 2 min read

Prosecutors open probes as world's wealthy deny 'Panama Papers' links

(Reuters) - Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on M...

April 5, 2016 6 min read

Low interest rates not imperative for long-term growth -S&P senior director

SEOUL, April 5 (Reuters) - A senior director at Standard and Poor's ratings services said on Tuesday that low interest r...

April 5, 2016 1 min read

Oil prices fall on dimming prospect of output restraint

SINGAPORE, April 4 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early trading on Monday as the chances of Middle East producers agreei...

April 4, 2016 2 min read