The industrial turnover index reached 111.7 in August (base 2005=100), recording an increase of 0.8% compared with August 2011. However, the increase in the overall index was entirely the result of a
Onshore Chinese shares fell for a third-straight day, reversing midday gains in Hong Kong after the Shanghai share index closed below 2,000 points for the first time in nearly four years on
(Published on 21 November 2012) An article in Germany’s Der Spiegel the other week said that the bailout which Cyprus is currently negotiating with the troika (European Commission, European Central Bank and
Greece's bank stocks dropped on Tuesday on concerns that a Greek debt buyback plan as part of the country's international bailout might hit their capital. Bank stocks were down 2.8% at 1048
Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement on reducing Greece's debt on Monday in a breakthrough to release urgently needed loans to keep the near-bankrupt economy afloat.
A bleary-eyed Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras welcomed on Tuesday an agreement by international lenders to help cut his country's debt and unblock vital flows of bailout money. The biggest opposition party,
The euro hit a one-month high, commodities rose and Asian shares climbed for a seventh consecutive day on Tuesday as global lenders reached a deal on new debt targets for Greece and
Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement on reducing Greece's debt on Monday in a breakthrough to release urgently needed loans to keep the near-bankrupt economy afloat. After
Samsung came under renewed criticism from a rights group on Tuesday for illegal work practices at its Chinese suppliers, a day after the South Korean electronics giant admitted excessive overtime and fines
The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed on Tuesday by a team of international experts trying to discover if he was poisoned, as many Palestinians believe. French magistrates
