economy

China’s imports grow at fastest pace in decade as materials prices surge

China's imports grew at their fastest pace in 10 years in May, fuelled by surging demand for raw materials, although…

4 years ago

Don’t mention the T word: Five questions for the ECB

The European Central Bank meets on Thursday and will review the pace of emergency bond buys that it jacked up…

4 years ago

U.S. officials up pressure on firms, foreign adversaries over cyberattacks

U.S. officials on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on companies and foreign adversaries to fight cybercriminals, and said President Joe Biden…

4 years ago

U.S. tech giant shares barely react to G7 tax deal

Shares in U.S. technology giants barely reacted on Monday to a landmark global minimum corporate tax deal agreed between the…

4 years ago

Daimler’s China venture aims to raise capacity 45% at Mercedes-Benz plants -document

Daimler AG's (DAIGn.DE) main China joint venture with BAIC Motor (1958.HK) plans to add a shift and working days at…

4 years ago

Regus owner’s shares slide as COVID-19 curbs, variants slow recovery

Office space provider IWG (IWG.L) warned on Monday that its 2021 core earnings will be well below last year's crisis-hit…

4 years ago

Take Five: U.S. inflation, China trade and the ECB

A critical view into inflation comes with Thursday's May U.S. consumer price index.

4 years ago

Supermarket groups Carrefour and Tesco to end purchasing alliance

French supermarket group Carrefour (CARR.PA) and its British peer Tesco (TSCO.L) said on Monday they would not extend a purchasing…

4 years ago

Asia shares turn cautious ahead of U.S. inflation

Asian shares turned lower on Monday as relief over the benign U.S. jobs report was chilled by caution ahead of…

4 years ago

Oil eases on Iran concern after hitting two-year high above $72

Oil eased after hitting a two-year high above $72 a barrel on Monday, pressured by the prospect of higher Iranian…

4 years ago