Archive for the March 1, 2019
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India's economy slowed further in the latest quarter, official data showed Thursday, as the world's largest democracy prepares for a national election and clashes with arch-rival Pakistan at the border. GDP growth in Asia's third-largest
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German high-end car giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler said Thursday they would work together to develop automated driving and driver assistance systems, the latest cooperation for the historically fierce rivals. The two manufacturers have
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China's manufacturing activity shrank for a third straight month in February, sinking to its worst performance in three years as the economy slows and the US trade war bites, official data showed Thursday. The Purchasing
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Flicking through the business pages of The Guardian newspaper could be a better guide to how Britain's economy is faring than following stock market moves, Bank of England research shows. Britain's central bank has investigated
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Eight out of 10 Venezuelan households are at risk of food shortages in the country's economic crisis, a study has found. The study by three Venezuelan universities indicated that 80 percent of households were "at
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US energy giant ExxonMobil has discovered a huge natural gas reserve off the coast of Cyprus, Cypriot authorities said Thursday, a find that could raise tensions with nearby Turkey. The "world-class discovery" is the biggest
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A Russian being held in Greece on money laundering and fraud charges is dangerously malnourished after three months on hunger strike in protest at his incarceration, his lawyers said Thursday. Alexander Vinnik, who headed the
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Rolls-Royce no longer wishes to be a candidate to make the engine for a new midsize passenger jet proposed by US planemaker Boeing, the troubled British group said Thursday. Rolls gave the update alongside news
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The US economy slowed less than expected in the fourth quarter amid solid consumer and business spending, leaving 2018 growth just shy of the Trump administration's 3 percent annual target. The Commerce Department's gross domestic
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A hasty rewrite of the battle plan saw Neil Wagner bag a five-wicket haul as New Zealand ripped through the Bangladesh tail to counter Tamim Iqbal's virtuoso century on day one of the first Test
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