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Saudi first quarter GDP shrinks 3%, hit by oil sector decline

Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product fell 3% in the first quarter, slightly less than official estimates and compared with a…

4 years ago

EU hires banks for first recovery fund bond – lead managers

The European Union on Monday hired banks for a 10-year bond sale, the first to finance its recovery fund, according…

4 years ago

World stocks near record high as investors await dovish Fed act

Global shares held firm near record highs on Monday while U.S. bond yields flirted with three-month lows as investors expect…

4 years ago

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now.

4 years ago

Oil prices rise as demand improves, supplies tighten

Oil prices rose on Monday, hitting their highest levels in more than two years supported by economic recovery and the…

4 years ago

EXCLUSIVE IMF eyes new trust to provide aid to broader group of countries-Georgieva

The International Monetary Fund is exploring creation of a new trust that could allow its members to lend their IMF…

4 years ago

Bitcoin law is only latest head-turner by El Salvador’s ‘millennial’ president

The young president of small Central American nation El Salvador leapt to worldwide fame this week after his country became…

4 years ago

Analysis: Remittance firms slow to add bitcoin, despite El Salvador move

El Salvador may be touting bitcoin's use to help its citizens living abroad send funds back home, but the biggest…

4 years ago

3 ways Asia can inspire learning through skills, tech, artificial intelligence

Developing world that it will displace human workers with automation and artificial intelligence (AI)

4 years ago

Mexican auto parts lobby sees chip supply crunch over by December

Mexico's main autopart association INA forecasts that the severe semiconductor chip shortage that has slammed the brakes on the global…

4 years ago