U.S. wine exports fall 4.8 pct in 2018 a...
LOS ANGELES, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The value of U.S. wine exports went down by 4.8 percent in 2018, due to strong dollar, retaliatory tariffs, and competition from foreign wine producers, a leading ind
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U.S. wine exports fall 4.8 pct in 2018 a...
LOS ANGELES, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The value of U.S. wine exports went down by 4.8 percent in 2018, due to strong dollar, retaliatory tariffs, and competition from foreign wine producers, a leading ind
Spotlight: Turkey falls in recession ahe...
by Burak Akinci ANKARA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkey tumbled into a recession, its first in a decade of continuous growth under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is facing critical local elections t
S.Korea's auto export, production, local...
SEOUL, March 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's automobile export, production and local sales all declined last month on less working days, a government report showed on Thursday. The number of cars export
U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly l...
NEW YORK, March 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly lower on Friday with six of the top 10 stocks by weight in the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on a downbeat not
Approval rating for Japanese PM Abe's ca...
TOKYO, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet decreased to 43.3 percent, as many urge the government to respect an Okinawa referendum that rejected
Smartphone shipments on decline
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's smartphone shipments fell 20.1 percent year on year in February to 13.99 million units, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
Tech giant Xiaomi revenue up 52.6 percen...
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Xiaomi said Tuesday that its 2018 revenue reached 174.9 billion yuan (26 billion U.S. dollars), marking a 52.6-percent increase as the Chinese tech firm achieved robust
Bank of Portugal revises down 2019 GDP g...
LISBON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Portugal on Thursday downgraded its projections for the country's economic growth to 1.7 percent this year.In its March Economic Bulletin, the central bank re
China's rail freight volume up 3.3 pct i...
China's rail freight volume, an indicator of broad economic activity, climbed 3.3 percent in the first two months of the year, official data showed. The country's railways carried a total of 665.25
World food prices rise for the third str...
World food prices rose for the third consecutive month in February, rising 1.7 percent compared to January, led by a 5.6-percent rise in dairy prices, according to the Food Price Index released Thurs
Albania's unemployment rate slightly up ...
TIRANA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Albania's unemployment rate slightly increased to 12.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 12.2 percent the previous quarter, data released by the National Statist
Economic Watch: Companies, consumers to ...
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Both companies and consumers in China will benefit from massive VAT cuts that will be implemented next month. On Thursday, the Ministry of Finance and two other governme
French shares close flat on Thursday
PARIS, April 4 (Xinhua) -- French shares closed flat on Thursday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 down 0.09 percent, or 5.11 points, to end at 5,463.80 points.A total of 21 of the 40 selected large c
More women in parliaments of nations lin...
GENEVA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The share of women in national parliaments increased by nearly one percentage point last year, from 23.4 percent in 2017 to 24.3 percent in 2018, in part due to well-desig
Revenues of China's Internet companies u...
BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Internet companies saw combined revenues up 10 percent to 149.8 billion yuan (22.34 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of this year. The pace was down
U.S. stocks trade lower amid concerns ov...
U.S. stocks traded lower on Tuesday, as the shortened week started off amid concerns over global economic growth after a three-day break of the past weekend and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day. At mid
German shares edge up Thursday
FRANKFURT, April 4 (Xinhua) -- German stocks edged up on Thursday, with the benchmark DAX index up 33.61 points, or 0.28 percent, to close at 11,988.01 points. Global internet technology and financia
Top procurator: China environmental crim...
Violations against environmental preservation, property rights, minors and martyrs protection were severely punished in 2018, according to an annual report delivered by China's Procurator-General Zha
Major stock market indices worldwide
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are the indices of major stock markets worldwide on Monday.IN THE UNITED STATESThe SP 500 Index opened at 2,822.61 points, up 0.13 points, or 0.00 percent.
China's industrial profits up 10.3 pct i...
Profits of China's major industrial firms maintained steady growth last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Combined profits at industrial firms with the annual revenue of more