Chinas PMI declines in August
GROWTH in Chinese manufacturing activity slowed last month, two closely watched surveys showed yesterday, losing momentum as a declining property sector and waning stimulus effects…
View More Chinas PMI declines in AugustAverting price war
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View More Averting price warFrance calls for more action to weaken euro
FRENCH Prime Minister Manuel Valls called for more action from the European Central Bank (ECB) to lower the value of the euro, amid concerns the…
View More France calls for more action to weaken euroCaixaBank to buy Barclays Spain businesses
MADRID: CaixaBank SA, Spains third-biggest lender, agreed to buy banking operations in the country from Barclays Plc for about €800 million (RM3.33 billion) in cash…
View More CaixaBank to buy Barclays Spain businessesPayments made easier with the new iPhone mobile wallet
NEW YORK: Apple Inc plans to turn its next iPhone into a mobile wallet through a partnership with major payment networks, banks and retailers, according…
View More Payments made easier with the new iPhone mobile walletCitigroup to pay ˜compensation allowance
NEW YORK: Citigroup Inc (Citi) has told senior staff in Europe that they would receive fixed monthly pay in addition to their salaries in an…
View More Citigroup to pay ˜compensation allowanceAlibaba IPO comes with unusual business structure
FOREIGNERS who want to buy Alibaba Group shares in the Chinese e-commerce giants United States public offering will need to get comfortable with an unusual…
View More Alibaba IPO comes with unusual business structureChina universities vow ideology clampdown on staff, students
BEIJING: Three top Chinese universities have vowed to tighten œideological control over students and teachers, as a wider clampdown on free expression in the country…
View More China universities vow ideology clampdown on staff, studentsSuspected Ebola patient tests negative in Sweden
STOCKHOLM: A man suspected of being infected with the deadly Ebola virus ravaging several African countries tested negative in Sweden on Monday, local health officials…
View More Suspected Ebola patient tests negative in SwedenIndonesian female governor jailed for corruption
JAKARTA: Indonesias first female provincial leader, and head of one of the countrys most powerful political dynasties, was jailed for four years Monday for bribing…
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