Archive for the January 16, 2019
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Chinese stocks climbed on Tuesday as Beijing signalled more stimulus measures, a day after the world's second largest economy posted weaker-than-expected December trade data. The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 2.0 percent, to 3,127.99 points, while
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European shares rose on Tuesday after China signalled more stimulus measures to soften the blow from a tariff war with the United States, although fresh worries over bad loans hit Italian banks and uncertainty dominated
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Hong Kong stocks advanced on Tuesday after Chinese officials pledged they would unveil a slew of measures to shore up economic growth, and reiterated confidence in the stability of yuan. The Hang Seng index settled
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Most Southeast Asian stock markets recovered on Tuesday, with Singapore hitting a near three-and-a-half-month closing high, after China signalled more stimulus to prop up its slowing economy. China's state planner said Beijing would strengthen monitoring
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Britain's FTSE 100 rose on Tuesday on hopes Beijing will take steps to stabilise a slowing economy, while mid-caps edged up in choppy trade as investors remained cautious ahead of a crunch vote on British
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The European Commission on Tuesday proposed to end the veto power member states have over EU tax matters, an idea rejected by several smaller countries including low-tax hub Ireland. A more harmonised tax policy across
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The German economy grew by 1.5 percent in 2018, the weakest rate in five years and markedly slower than the previous year, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, in a sign that exporters in Europe's largest
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US authorities on Tuesday charged a suspected Ukrainian computer hacker and several traders with involvement in a scheme to trade on market-moving corporate earnings news stolen from a US Securities and Exchange Commission database. The
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US producer prices dropped by the most in more than two years in December as the cost of energy products and trade services fell, adding to signs of tame inflation that may allow the Federal
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Global debt grew 3.9 percent in the third quarter of 2018 compared to a year earlier and was up 0.7 percent compared to the previous quarter, the Institute of International Finance said in a report
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