Archive for the January 4, 2017
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The revival of vinyl records in Britain continued in 2016 with sales jumping to their highest level in 25 years, according to figures released on Tuesday. Music fans bought more than 3.2 million LPs last
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The Indian owner of a Dubai-based foreign exchange trading firm who had promised to double investors' money has been arrested in the emirate for suspected fraud, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Sydney Lemos, 36, from Goa,
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German inflation jumped to within a whisker of the European Central Bank target in December, hitting the highest level in more than three years and providing the euro zone bank with evidence its loose monetary
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Australian home prices boasted their biggest increase last year since 2009 as December ended on a high note for the red-hot markets of Sydney and Melbourne. Property consultant CoreLogic said its index of home prices
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China has kicked off reforms to allow farmers to turn their assets into shares in various ventures to help boost their incomes, the country's agriculture minister said on Tuesday. "At the present, it's urgent to
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Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves hit a record $32.09 billion at the end of December, the central bank said on Tuesday, up $720 million from the previous month. The reserves were sufficient to cover about nine
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Brazil logged a record $48-billion trade surplus last year, a silver lining to its economic and political turmoil, the government said Monday. The country's key oil, auto and sugar exports fell at a slower pace
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Kazakhstan said Tuesday it had lifted visa requirements for citizens of the European Union, OECD countries and a number of other states in a bid to boost investment and tourism. The move, which follows a
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Sharp rises in food and drinks prices pushed Turkish inflation to a higher-than-expected 1.64 percent in December, official data showed on Tuesday, triggering a slide in the lira to a record low against the dollar.
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British manufacturing grew at its fastest pace in two and a half years high last month, adding to signs that the economy ended 2016 strongly despite the shock of June's Brexit vote, a survey showed
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