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Scottish minimum drink price 'breaks EU law', court rules
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» LUXEMBOURG - The EU's top court ruled Wednesday that Scotland's minimum price system for alcohol, designed to stop people "drinking themselves to death," was contrary to EU law.
A year on, Germany tots up pros and cons of minimum wage
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» FRANKFURT - One year has passed since Germany introduced a national minimum wage, with no evidence so far of the catastrophic economic consequences predicted by its opponents.
Recession deepens in Brazil, world's seventh largest economy
AFP, Published on 02/12/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's economy contracted 4.5 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, officials said Tuesday, reflecting a steeper than expected recession in the world's seventh largest economy.
Brazil shuts mudslide mine in new blow to companies
AFP, Published on 10/11/2015
» MARIANA (BRAZIL) - Brazilian authorities said they have halted operations at an iron ore mine where the collapse of a waste reservoir triggered a deadly mudslide, the latest blow to co-owners BHP Billiton and Vale.
Gold glitters for India's leaders but jewellery guarded tight
AFP, Published on 12/10/2015
» NEW DELHI - Caressing delicate bangles she hasn't taken off since her wedding 11 years ago, Geetanjali Agarwal says she won't hand over her gold to the government, as it wages a campaign to make the nation's hoard of the precious metal more productive.
'Made in Iran' cars face boycott campaign at home
AFP, Published on 13/09/2015
» TEHRAN - A campaign to boycott "substandard and expensive" Iranian-made cars has fired up social media in the Islamic republic, where its supporters have been accused of anti-revolutionary treason.
Angry farmers hold massive tractor protest in Paris
AFP, Published on 04/09/2015
» PARIS - Angry French farmers blocked the streets of Paris with more than 1,500 tractors Thursday to protest against plunging food prices and soaring costs they say are killing their livelihoods.
China's slowing economy: What's wrong?
AFP, Published on 24/08/2015
» SHANGHAI - Asian stocks nosedived on Monday, led by sharp falls in Shanghai as concerns mount over the health of China's economy -- the world's second largest.
China new home prices up in July
AFP, Published on 31/07/2015
» BEIJING - China's new home prices increased in July for the third straight month, a survey showed Friday, as the market continued to recover on the back of government policy support.
China growth slows to 6.9% in second quarter: AFP survey
AFP, Published on 12/07/2015
» BEIJING - China's GDP growth likely slowed further in the second quarter, an AFP survey has found, as a slowdown in investment and trade weighed on the world's second-largest economy.