World Economy

  • Apparently it’s not just iPhones that can bend. So can the will of bullish investors. Apple and other technology stocks took a tumble on Thursday, driving the Nasdaq deeply into the…

  • Rusatom Overseas, a unit of Russian nuclear power corporation Rosatom, will receive a 49% stake in India’s Gamma Tech to jointly build irradiation sterilization centers in the country, Itar-Tass…

  • Chinese firms have priced out European companies that had intended to bid to build Kuwait’s new international airport, with several pulling out of the tender process, Kuwait Times has…

  • A new strategic partnership between Tata Steel, the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and the University of Warwick is set to help drive advancement in the UK steel industry. WMG, at the…

  • US air strikes in Syria left Asian stock markets jaded on Wednesday, setting the stage for another soft session for European shares.

    The dollar was kept in check after…

  • Barclays has been fined a record £38m by the City regulator for failing to keep its clients’ assets separate from its own.

    The fine comes three years after Barclays paid out £1.1m for a…

  • Japan’s manufacturing activity picked up in the third quarter, a survey showed, but economists say they need more information on wages and consumer spending to determine whether the government…

  • Global goods trade will grow less than hoped this year and next, and factors including regional conflicts and the Ebola outbreak are putting a quick return to stronger growth at risk, the World…

  • Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) to establish an aviation research center.

    The new facility will be…

  • Royal Bank of Scotland has cut the price of shares in the sale of a stake in US bank Citizens Financial Group. RBS will raise $3b from selling the 25% stake, after pricing the shares at $21.50…

  • Three Brazilian companies have received permission documents for the export of dairy products to Russia, and one of them has already launched the supplies, secretary for international affairs…

  • State-owned Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) plans to spend $3 billion to build the UAE’s first alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi, chief executive Abdulla Kalban has said.

    Feasibility studies…

  • London has become the world’s most expensive city for companies to locate employees, overtaking Hong Kong, which had previously topped the ranking for an unbroken five year period, according to…

  • China’s economy will likely grow faster than previously thought in 2015, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, downplaying the risks of the cooling property market in the world’s…

  • Still jittery over the 2008 market crash, billionaires are hoarding mountains of cash – $600 million on average – hoping to have it on hand for a good investment opportunity, and perhaps signaling…

  • Japan has extended sanctions against Russia; limiting operations with the securities of some Russian banks and arms exports over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, according to Chief Cabinet…

  • Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Wednesday that it plans to invest $1 billion in Southeast Asia over the next five years to expand its business in the region, Reuters said. Toshiba said in a statement…

  • European central banks have started circulating a new 10-euro banknote. The second generation of eurozone money has a number of enhanced security features, making it harder to forge, DW reported.…

  • German prosecutors say they have filed fraud charges against Deutsche Bank’s co-Chief Executive Jurgen Fitschen and four other former executives, DW reported. The suits revolve around a protracted…

  • Asian markets closed mixed following better-than-expected China factory data from a private survey.

    The preliminary HSBC reading of China’s manufacturing activity - the Purchasing Managers…

  • Canada and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement to ensure companies better access to each other’s markets. The deal serves as a gateway for Canadian businesses into the Asia-Pacific…

  • In its latest assessment of gross financial resources in private households around the globe, German insurance group Allianz has found the world is getting richer again. The rise of the middle…

  • Brazil’s market-movers hope President Dilma Rousseff’s time is up. If stock prices are a guide, the business elite wants to see Rousseff go, blaming her for the low growth and high inflation that…

  • South Korea’s national debt rose to 34.3% of its gross domestic product (GDP) last year, a government report said Tuesday, Xinhua reported. Debts owed by central and provincial governments reached…