Archive for the August 25, 2019
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Malaysia's move to free up trading in its currency is a compromise between appeasing foreign investors and curbing hot money flows, but the changes might not be enough to immediately woo back players who had
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The dollar stumbled on Friday after President Donald Trump ordered US companies to start looking for an alternative to China as Beijing imposed more tariffs on American goods, further exacerbating a prolonged trade war between
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South African authorities have impounded an Airbus 220-300 aircraft leased by Tanzania's national flag carrier, the Tanzanian government said. The plane had been scheduled to fly from the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South
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The main Zimbabwe public sector union on Saturday rejected a pay offer from the government, which is trying to avert threats of strike action amid growing anger over the country's ailing economy. The Apex Council,
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Gamers at the industry's biggest fair in Europe have taken aim at US President Donald Trump's assertions that violence in video games was partly to blame for recent mass shootings. Experts and fans alike at
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Analysts warned Saturday that Lebanon needs to accelerate reforms to revive its floundering economy, a day after an agency downgraded the Mediterranean country's credit rating. On Friday, Fitch bumped Lebanon down to "CCC" while Standard
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Analysts warned Saturday that Lebanon needs to accelerate reforms to revive its floundering economy, a day after an agency downgraded the Mediterranean country's credit rating. On Friday, Fitch bumped Lebanon down to "CCC" while Standard
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Germany's economy has weakened but it is too early for major economic stimulus from the government or the European Central Bank, Bundesbank President and ECB policymaker Jens Weidmann was quoted as saying on Saturday. In
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Regime forces massed on Saturday in northwest Syria, a monitor said, in an apparent bid to press an offensive against jihadists and allied rebels that has heightened tensions with neighbouring Turkey. After eight years of
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Around 35,000 people marched against hate and racism in the eastern German of city Dresden on Saturday, organisers said, a week before state elections when far-right party AfD is projected to make huge gains. Under
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