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Gold sprints to over 5-year peak
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2019
» Gold prices surged as much as 1.8% to their highest in more than five years on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve signalled possible interest rate cuts later this year, sending the dollar and US Treasury yields lower.
Factory activity shrinks across Asia, recession fears mount
Reuters, Published on 03/06/2019
» HONG KONG: Factory activity contracted in most Asian countries last month as an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing raised fears of a global economic downturn and heaped pressure on policymakers in the region and beyond to roll out more stimulus.
Filling 'Brexodus' gap, Filipino nurses stymied by English tests
Reuters, Published on 08/04/2019
» MANILA: Bracing for life after Brexit, British hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona, but she twice flunked a mandatory English language test that asked her to write up the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
Sweden replaces China envoy in furore over bookseller
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Sweden said on Thursday it had replaced its ambassador to China after accusations she held an unauthorised meeting in a quest to free dissident bookseller Gui Minhai.
Central bank likely to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2019
» The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee seems all but certain to hold its key interest rate steady when it meets on Wednesday.
US jobless claims near 49-year low
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2018
» WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing applications for jobless benefits tumbled to near 49-year lows last week, which could ease concerns about a slowdown in the labour market and economy.
Make a meal of mealworms, Hong Kong startup says
Reuters, Published on 27/11/2018
» HONG KONG: Have some pasta, prepared with mealworms raised in your own home.
EPL: Arsenal win again, Huddersfield escape cellar
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2018
» Arsenal extended their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions on Sunday with a 2-1 victory at Bournemouth that moved them within a point of the Premier League's top four.
Asia markets cheered by post-election Wall St rally
Reuters, Published on 08/11/2018
» TOKYO: Asian stocks rose to a one-month peak on Thursday as investors, relieved to have moved past the US midterm elections without any major political surprises, drove a Wall Street rally, while the US dollar bounced and pulled away from 2-1/2-week lows.
Asian stocks slump to 14-mth low on US-China trade row
Reuters, Published on 10/09/2018
» SYDNEY: A sell-off in Chinese shares pulled Asian equities to a 14-month trough on Monday as investors braced for a potentially damaging escalation in the Sino-US tariff row after US President Donald Trump raised the stakes in the dispute with Beijing.