UK launches data center for critical minerals
An Ultra Low Emission Zone sticker is seen on the dashboard of a hydrogen-powered police car as the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan meets users of electric vehicles, and cycles […]
Bringing on the summer tourism heat
Hot scenic spots, hotels, resorts, airlines, RVs and caterers … all ride demand rebound Tourists visit Yueya Spring, a crescent-shaped lake, on camels in Dunhuang, Gansu province, in June. (ZHANG […]
Stronger policies key to economic growth
An employee works at a plant in Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on June 27. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China's economic growth in the second quarter may have slowed to […]
Chinese shares open lower Monday
BEIJING – Chinese stocks opened lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.17 percent to open at 3,381.82 points. The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.36 percent lower […]
China’s garment industry records revenue growth in Jan-May
Photo taken on May 9, 2017 shows an automated system for shifting garments at a kid garment enterprise in Zhili town, Huzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province. (XU YU/XINHUA) BEIJING […]
PBOC survey: China’s business profitability improves in Q2
This Dec 9, 2011 photo shows the headquarters of the People's Bank of China, China’s central bank, in Beijing. (LIU JIN / AFP) BEIJING – Profitability of Chinese enterprises improved […]
China ratchets up efforts to ease burdens on enterprises
This undated file photo shows the sunny day view of CBD area in downtown Beijing. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) BEIJING – Ministries in China have rolled out a raft […]
China’s two policy banks to raise 300b yuan for major projects
In this undated photo, a clerk counts renminbi yuan banknotes in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. (PHOTO / IC) BEIJING – The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, […]
Four Chinese airlines to buy almost 300 Airbus jets
The Airbus logo can be seen on the main entrance of the Hamburg plant of European aircraft maker Airbus on July 8, 2020. (MORRIS MAC MATZEN / AFP) PARIS – […]
EU agrees rules to tame ‘Wild West’ crypto market
A picture taken on Feb 6, 2018 shows a visual representation of the digital crypto-currency Bitcoin, at the "Bitcoin Change" shop in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ […]
Apple hikes Japan price of iPhone by nearly a fifth
Women use their smartphones in front of an Apple store in Tokyo's Omotesando district on June 4, 2019. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) TOKYO – Apple has hiked by nearly a […]
Google to pay $90m to settle legal fight with app developers
In this Sept 24, 2019 file photo, a Google sign is shown on the company's campus in Mountain View, California. (JEFF CHIU / AP) WASHINGTON – Alphabet Inc's Google has […]
Tesla hit by new lawsuit alleging abuse against Black workers
A sign bearing the company logo is displayed outside a Tesla store in Cherry Creek Mall in Denver. (DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP PHOTO) SAN FRANCISCO – (Editor’s note: Paragraph 3 […]
Stocks make tentative start to second half under growth clouds
SINGAPORE – Bonds slipped, the dollar edged higher and Asia's stockmarkets made a shaky start to the second half on Friday, as investors grow increasingly nervous about the global economic […]
Chinese shares open mixed Friday
BEIJING – Chinese stocks opened higher Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.05 percent to open at 3,400.26 points. The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.03 percent higher at […]
China to inspect enforcement of Foreign Investment Law
Aerial photo taken on March 7, 2022 shows containers at Lianyungang Port in East China's Jiangsu province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – The National People's Congress Standing Committee announced Thursday […]
Asian shares suffer painful quarter, dollar in rude health
SYDNEY – Asian shares were ending a rough quarter in a somber mood on Thursday amid fears central banks' cure for inflation will end up sickening the global economy, though […]
A-share emerges champion in global IPO financing in H1
People wearing facemasks amid concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, walk past a stock market display board showing movements of the Shanghai stock exchange at a shopping mall […]
Japan’s worst factory output in 2 years heaps pressure on economy
A man rides a bicycle before Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan on April 23, 2021. (PHILIP FONG / AFP) TOKYO – Japan's factory output posted the biggest monthly drop […]
Inflation pressures weigh heavily on Asia
A customer shops for vegetables in Colombo. Sri Lanka's economic crisis has made many families think twice about buying fuel or food. (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP) HONG KONG – Hit […]