Archive for the January 23, 2019
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Weakness in the service and farm sectors slowed China's economic growth in the fourth quarter, despite a strong pickup in construction activity, official data showed on Tuesday. Services grew 7.4 percent from a year earlier,
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Sales of existing US homes unexpectedly plunged to a three-year low in December, partly reflecting a bump in mortgage rates, according to an industry survey. Amid rising prices and tight supply in addition to cold
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Bahrain has received the first instalment of a $10 billion aid package pledged by its Gulf allies last year, its central bank governor told Bloomberg TV in an interview. "This has been within the programme
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Morale among German investors improved slightly in January, but their assessment of the economy's current condition deteriorated to a four-year low, a survey showed on Tuesday, sending mixed signals for the growth outlook of Europe's
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A surge in government spending boosted South Korea's economy in the fourth quarter but weakening exports braked last year's annual pace of growth to a six-year low, underlining a dimming outlook in the face of
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British electric appliance pioneer Dyson will switch headquarters to Singapore this year due to booming Asian demand but not because of Brexit, the company said Tuesday. The group, founded and owned by serial entrepreneur and
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to invest around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in Turkey this year focusing on agriculture and exporting sectors, a senior EBRD official said, according to the
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British workers' pay grew at the fastest pace in over 10 years and employment jumped much more than expected in the three months to the end of November, contrasting with other signs of an economic
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One of the rescuers searching for the missing plane carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala said on Tuesday they were "fearing the worst". Sala, 28, is feared dead after contact was lost with the aircraft taking
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Unheralded Danielle Collins battled from a set behind to down Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Tuesday and take her dream debut at the Australian Open into the semi-finals. The unseeded American beat world number 44 Pavlyuchenkova 2-6,
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