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Argentina's hikes taxes, lays of workers after soft-peg collapse

Argentina's president Mauricio Macri on Monday announced he was slashing his government's bureaucracy in half and restor...

September 4, 2018 4 min read

Asian markets sink as global trade concerns return

Asian markets started Monday on a negative note as trade tensions returned to the fore with Donald Trump eyeing fresh ta...

September 3, 2018 3 min read

Tokyo stocks open lower

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, weighed down by investor caution over US trade tensions with Canada and China.

September 3, 2018 2 min read

Turkey calls US 'wild wolves', vows to abandon dollar in trade

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday vowed Ankara would pursue non-dollar transactions in trade with Russia ...

September 2, 2018 2 min read
Asian markets bounce after Trump-fuelled plunge

Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday, paring some of the previous day's painful losses as investors welcomed news that Chin...

Chinese, Hong Kong stocks dive on Trump tariffs threat

China's key stock indices plunged more than five percent on Monday after US President Donald Trump threatened to hike ta...

After sombre week, Pope leads Catholics into Easter stressing hope

VATICAN CITY, March 26 (Reuters) - After a Holy Week blighted by bomb attacks in Brussels, Pope Francis led the world's ...

March 27, 2016 2 min read

China leads as green energy investment plans hit record high

FRANKFURT, March 24 (Reuters) - China helped push global green energy investment plans to record heights in 2015, offset...

March 27, 2016 2 min read

Tiny fruit fly sours Australia's big ambitions in agriculture

SYDNEY, March 27 (Reuters) - A tiny fruit fly is undermining Australia's efforts to grow its $3 billion fruit and vegeta...

March 27, 2016 3 min read

Sprout investors say Valeant prices 'female Viagra' too high - Bloomberg

March 25 (Reuters) - Investors in Sprout Pharmaceuticals, which makes the first drug to treat low sexual desire in women...

March 26, 2016 2 min read

Metro suspect held by Brussels police - source

BRUSSELS, March 25 (Reuters) - Belgian investigators believe a man arrested on Thursday was a suspected accomplice of th...

March 25, 2016 2 min read

China premier says will reform VAT, cut regulations and not devalue currency

BOAO, China, March 24 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that the government would move to ease tax...

March 24, 2016 1 min read

Belgians hunt Islamic State suspect after blasts kill 30

(Reuters) - Belgian police are hunting an Islamic State suspect seen with two supposed suicide bombers shortly before th...

March 23, 2016 7 min read

Asian shares consolidate gains as risk appetite holds

(Reuters) - Asian shares consolidated their gains on Wednesday, shaking off earlier losses following attacks on the airp...

March 23, 2016 3 min read

Explosions hit Brussels airport, metro station at least 13 killed

BRUSSELS, March 22 (Reuters) - Two explosions tore through Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing 13 people in what...

March 22, 2016 4 min read

Stocks fall, gold and govt bonds rise after Brussels explosions

(Reuters) - European stocks fell on Tuesday and safe-haven assets, gold and government bonds rose in price after two exp...

March 22, 2016 2 min read
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US Dollar 331.7485 330.8514
UK Pound 443.7468 438.3450
Euro 372.5204 371.0168
Yen 2.0969 2.0916
Aus Dollar 233.0533 231.1659
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China shifts axed miners to lower-paid jobs in farming, cleaning

SHUANGYASHAN, China, March 20 (Reuters) - Anticipating millions of layoffs from bloated state-owned coal and steel compa...

March 20, 2016 5 min read

Bank heist puts Philippines financial system at risk -c.bank

MANILA, March 18 (Reuters) - The Philippines' financial system is facing a risk because of the $81 million that was stol...

March 20, 2016 2 min read

Bundesbank chief sounds warning over 'helicopter money'

(Reuters) - "Helicopter money", or free cash dished out to citizens in a bid to stimulate spending and inflation, would ...

March 19, 2016 2 min read

Google AI programme wins third straight match to take Go series

SEOUL, March 12 (Reuters) - Google's artificial intelligence (AI) programme on Saturday took a 3-0 lead in a five-match ...

March 14, 2016 2 min read

Gold rebounds on weak dollar, market eyes Fed meeting

SINGAPORE, March 14 (Reuters) - Gold bounced back on Monday, inching closer to last week's 13-month high as the dollar r...

March 14, 2016 2 min read

Big account wins keep ad group WPP at front of pack

LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - WPP outperformed global advertising rivals Omnicom and Publicis by winning big accounts in 2...

March 5, 2016 2 min read

Myanmar grants operating licences to four more Asian banks

YANGON, March 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar has granted operating licences to four Asian banks, bringing to 13 the number of for...

March 5, 2016 1 min read

Oil prices edge up on rising confidence that market has bottomed

(Reuters) - Oil prices edged up on Thursday as sentiment spread that a 20-month long market rout may have come to an end...

March 3, 2016 2 min read

China reserve ratio cut not a signal of impending large-scale stimulus: report

SHANGHAI, March 2 (Reuters) - China's move to cut banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) indicates a slight easing bias ...

March 2, 2016 2 min read

Australia's central bank bucks global easing trend, holds rates

(Reuters) - Australia's central bank stared down global headwinds and kept interest rates steady for a tenth month on Tu...

March 1, 2016 3 min read