China issues new rare earth export licences
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Govt to buy another 2.20 lakh tonnes of US wheat
2 December 2025, 14:24 PM
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US to zero out tariffs on UK pharma under trade deal
2 December 2025, 07:12 AM
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Gold prices ease on firmer Treasury yields
2 December 2025, 06:12 AM
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China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home
2 December 2025, 06:08 AM
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Transhipment truck finally leaves for Bhutan through Burimari
1 December 2025, 15:15 PM
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Remittance jumps 31% in November
1 December 2025, 12:39 PM
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Taiwan seeks tariffs cut to 15% in US trade deal
1 December 2025, 07:21 AM
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Gold climbs to six-week high on risk-off sentiment in equities
1 December 2025, 06:28 AM
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Asia's factories stumble as US trade deals fail to revive demand
1 December 2025, 06:11 AM
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UK net debt passes 100% of GDP for first time since 1961
Britain's public sector net debt surpassed 100 per cent of gross domestic product in May as borrowing came in higher than expected, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday.
21 June 2023, 07:20 AM
Oil slides more than $1 on China growth uncertainties
Global oil prices fell more than $1 on Monday, backing off last week's gains, as questions over China's economy outweighed OPEC+ output cuts and the seventh straight drop in the number of oil and gas rigs operating in the United States.
19 June 2023, 06:45 AM
Explainer: What is Russia's problem with the Black Sea grain deal?
President Vladimir Putin said this month that Russia was considering withdrawing from the Black Sea grain deal as he accused the West of cheating Moscow because it still faced obstacles getting its own agricultural goods to world markets.
17 June 2023, 07:08 AM
Meta's social media apps back up after outage
At one point, nearly 20,000 users in total said they were having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram and Meta's messaging service WhatsApp, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com.
17 June 2023, 06:09 AM
Oil gains for the week as supply cuts balance demand concerns
Oil rose on Friday and posted a weekly gain, as higher Chinese demand and OPEC+ supply cuts lifted prices, despite expected weakness in the global economy and the prospect for further interest rate hikes.
17 June 2023, 05:45 AM
New Zealand dips into recession, putting rate hikes in doubt
New Zealand slipped into recession as the economy shrank in the first quarter, data showed on Thursday, reducing the risk the central bank would need to hike interest rates further but creating a new headwind for the government's re-election hopes.
15 June 2023, 06:39 AM
Oil extends downtrend as China economy stumbles in May
Brent crude futures dipped 21 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $72.99 a barrel by 0400 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 20 cents, or 0.3 per cent, at $68.07 a barrel.
15 June 2023, 06:27 AM
Putin says Russia thinking of ditching grain deal due to West's 'cheating'
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was considering withdrawing from the Black Sea grain deal because the West had cheated Moscow by implementing none of the promises to get Russian agricultural goods to world markets.
14 June 2023, 09:30 AM
Fed poised to punt rate hike into the summer wind
The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday for the first time since the U.S. central bank kicked off a historically aggressive round of monetary policy tightening in March of 2022.
14 June 2023, 06:44 AM
India imposes wheat stock limit to arrest price rise
The world's second biggest wheat producer will also provide 1.5 million tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers such as flour millers, as part of efforts to bring down prices, which have risen 8 per cent in a month, Chopra said.
13 June 2023, 09:36 AM
Oil prices climb on bargain hunting ahead of US Fed rate decision
Oil prices traded up on Tuesday on bargain hunting, recovering some ground from the previous day's plunge, but gains were limited as investors remained cautious ahead of key policy decisions by the US Federal Reserve and other central banks.
13 June 2023, 07:29 AM
India to cap sugar exports until H1 2024 as El Nino looms - govt sources
India, the world's second biggest sugar exporter, usually decides the amount of the sweetener mills can export before the start of the new marketing year on Oct. 1.
13 June 2023, 05:04 AM
Central banks shelve guidance, in fits and starts, as inflation reigns
Central bankers, who once considered obscurity central to their craft, are trying to wean the world from the predictability they've nurtured over 15 years of concrete guidance about their intentions and return to a time when policy starts, stops and occasional surprises were more the norm.
12 June 2023, 11:37 AM
Billionaire George Soros hands control of empire to son Alex
A hedge fund manager turned philanthropist and major backer of liberal causes, Soros, 92, said he previously didn't want his Open Society Foundations (OSF) to be taken over by one of his five children.
12 June 2023, 11:20 AM
UBS completes Credit Suisse takeover
"This is the start of a new chapter - for UBS, Switzerland as a financial centre and the global financial industry," UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti and Chairman Colm Kelleher said in an open letter published in Swiss newspapers.
12 June 2023, 06:41 AM
Oil falls more than 1% ahead of US Federal Reserve rate decision
Oil prices declined on Monday ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting as investors tried to gauge the central bank's appetite for further rate hikes, while concerns about China's fuel demand growth and rising Russian crude supply weighed on the market.
12 June 2023, 06:09 AM
China's Nio cuts prices, ends free battery swapping as sales slide
Nio (9866.HK) said on Monday it would lower prices for all its models and end free battery swapping services to new buyers, as the Chinese electric vehicle maker faces mounting pressure over earnings losses and lukewarm sales.
12 June 2023, 05:56 AM
Sri Lanka lifts import limits on 286 items as crisis eases
The island plunged into crisis last year as its foreign exchange reserves ran out. The government limited imports on more than 3,200 items, including seafood, electronics, and even musical instruments.
10 June 2023, 10:54 AM
Exclusive: Russian banker Kostin says the end of US dollar dominance is nigh
The end of the dominance of the US dollar is nigh as the Chinese yuan rises and the rest of the world sees the peril of the West's failed attempt to bring Russia to its knees over Ukraine, one of Moscow's most powerful bankers told Reuters.
10 June 2023, 06:08 AM
Indonesia, Malaysia aim to fight 'discrimination' against palm oil
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday called for better collaboration with neighbouring Malaysia to fight what he called "discrimination" against their countries' palm oil products, as a new European Union law threatens to dent exports of the commodity.
8 June 2023, 06:35 AM