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AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» MADRID: Dreamt up in the 1960s to attract tourists, Spain's three-course "menu del dia", or set lunch menu, has long been seen as the best deal in town.
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» HONG KONG: HSBC on Monday said it would resume paying dividends to shareholders after first-half profits more than doubled as an ongoing restructuring and pivot to Asia continues to pay off.
AFP, Published on 22/06/2021
» Most Asian markets rebounded Tuesday from the previous day's sell-off as concerns about the pace of expected US Federal Reserve monetary tightening eased, while oil prices pushed to new two-year highs above $75 on demand optimism.
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday expanded a blacklist of Chinese firms that are off-limits to American investors over their links to Beijing's "military-industrial complex," in a sign of Washington's continued pressure campaign against the Asian power.
AFP, Published on 27/01/2021
» NEW YORK: Boarded-up stores, shuttered restaurants and empty office towers: Covid-19 has turned New York's famous business districts into ghost towns, with companies scrambling to come up with ways to entice workers to return post-pandemic.
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Hubertus Vaeth was considered crazy when he launched a Frankfurt initiative to lure banks there after Brexit.
AFP, Published on 26/08/2020
» HONG KONG: Shares in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba jumped to a new record Wednesday morning, a day after the group's financial arm filed paperwork for a joint Shanghai and Hong Kong listing.
AFP, Published on 25/08/2019
» BIARRITZ, France: EU leaders rounded on US President Donald Trump over his trade threats Saturday at a G7 summit in France overshadowed by trans-Atlantic tensions and worries about the global economy.
AFP, Published on 05/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: Donald Trump faced fierce opposition Tuesday from his own Republican camp to his threat of tariffs to force Mexico to stem illegal immigration, with top allies warning Congress may not back the US president in his latest trade standoff.
AFP, Published on 28/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: As the US capital traded stifling summer heat for cool autumn breezes, signs began appearing at bus stops, asking Washington commuters: what do you think about buses going cash-free?