China's Ping An Insurance Group annual p...
BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Ping An Insurance Group Co., one of the country's leading insurers, saw a 20.6 percent jump in annual net profit in 2018. The company's net profit beat estimates to hit
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China's Ping An Insurance Group annual p...
BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Ping An Insurance Group Co., one of the country's leading insurers, saw a 20.6 percent jump in annual net profit in 2018. The company's net profit beat estimates to hit
French shares drop 2.03 pct on Friday
PARIS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- French shares lost on Friday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 down 2.03 percent, or 108.93 points, to close at 5,269.92 points. Of the 40 selected large companies, 39 lost
Malaysian central bank eyes slower econo...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Central Bank on Wednesday downgraded its forecast for the economic growth this year to 4.3 percent to 4.8 percent, from earlier forcast of 4.9 percent. Th
Tax cuts and fee reduction to tackle eco...
Editor's note: Liu Chunsheng is an associate professor at the Beijing-based Central University of Finance and Economics and deputy dean of the Blue Source Capital Research Institute. The article ref
China's home prices up slightly in Febru...
BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Home prices in 70 major Chinese cities edged up in February, official data showed Friday. The National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement that new house prices in
Roundup: U.S. economic growth slows to 2...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy grew at 2.6 percent year on year in the fourth quarter of 2018, down from 3.4 percent in the previous quarter, the U.S. Commerce Department reported o
Kenya's overall inflation rises to 4.35 ...
NAIROBI, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's overall inflation rate rose to 4.35 percent in March, up from 4.14 percent in February, the statistics bureau said on Friday. The Kenya National Bureau of Statis
Spanish stock market rises by 0.88 perce...
MADRID, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Spanish share values increased by 0.88 percent on Tuesday with the benchmark stock market index Ibex-35 opening on 9,409.10 points and closing on 9,492.30 points.Only fou
U.S. economic growth slows to 2.6 pct in...
The U.S. economy grew by 2.6 percent year on year in the fourth quarter of 2018, down from 3.4 percent in the previous quarter, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Thursday. Real gross domestic
France's industry production grows by 1....
PARIS, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Industry output in France, the second eurozone economy, reported a 1.3 percent rise in January from a month earlier, data released by the national statistics institute Inse
Israel keeps base interest rate at 0.25 ...
JERUSALEM, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israel's central bank announced on Monday that it will keep the base interest rate for the next six weeks at 0.25 percent.The base interest rate is expected to rise to
Share of Chinese RMB in global payments ...
The share of the Chinese currency renminbi (RMB) in global payments rose by 0.03 percent month-on-month to 2.15 percent in January, the highest since 2016, global transaction service provider SWIFT s
China's tourism sectors report faster gr...
China's tourism and related industries posted faster value added growth in 2017. The combined value added amounted to 3.72 trillion yuan (about 550 billion U.S. dollars) in 2017, up 12.8 percent yea
U.S. stocks open higher amid trade progr...
NEW YORK, April 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as market sentiment was lifted by more signs of progress in global trade. Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Av
U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade higher
NEW YORK, March 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded higher on Tuesday with six of the top 10 stocks by weight in the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on an upbeat note. Sha
Oil drops by over one pct as economic ou...
Oil prices dropped by more than one percent on Friday as clouds gathered over the global economy after the European Central Bank (ECB) warned of continued weakness and fresh data showed Chinese expor
British car production posts double digi...
British car production dropped more than 15 percent in the year to February, marking ninth straight months of decline, according to data published Wednesday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and
Sri Lanka faces rising unemployment in Q...
COLOMBO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Unemployment in Sri Lanka grew to 4.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 4 percent a year earlier, with loss of jobs in the agriculture and industry sectors, data
Over one tenth of Chinese people have me...
BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- About 11 percent to 15 percent of Chinese people have mild to moderate mental health problems while 2 percent to 3 percent have moderate to severe problems, according to
U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly h...
NEW YORK, April 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Monday with seven of the top 10 stocks by weight in the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on an upbeat n