Namibian economy down 0.1 pct in 2018, f...
WINDHOEK, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Namibian economy recorded a negative growth of 0.1 percent in 2018, Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni told reporters on Thursday. This is a second year in a row
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Namibian economy down 0.1 pct in 2018, f...
WINDHOEK, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Namibian economy recorded a negative growth of 0.1 percent in 2018, Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni told reporters on Thursday. This is a second year in a row
Chinese shares close higher Monday
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher Monday with the brewing and steel sectors leading the gains. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 2.47 percent to close at 3,096.42,
China's overnight Shibor interbank rate ...
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost on China's interbank market, dropped 42.9 basis points to 2.155 percent Friday.
China Eastern Airlines revenue up 13 pct...
China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., one of the country's three largest state-owned airlines, registered revenues of 114.93 billion yuan (17.13 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, up 12.99 percent year on ye
Over a quarter of U.S. adults now own a ...
U.S. smart speaker owners grew 40 percent over 2018 to now reach 66.4 million – or 26.2 percent of the U.S. adult population – according to a new report from Voicebot.ai and Voicify releas
U.S. stocks close lower amid gloomy job ...
NEW YORK, March 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, as investors digested U.S. job report in February that largely fell short of market expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
Chinese shares close lower Friday
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 4.40 percent, at 2,969.86 points. The Shenzhen Component Index closed 3.25 percent lo
Macao SAR's GDP grows 4.7 pct in 2018
MACAO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The economy of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) grew 4.7 percent in 2018 as its gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 440.3 billion patacas (54.6 billion U.
China's raw coal production edges down
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's raw coal production fell 1.5 percent year on year to 510 million tonnes in the first two months of the year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
China's farm produce prices continue to ...
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Prices of farm produce in China continued to rise last week, official data showed Tuesday. The overall price for farm produce edged up 1.6 percent from March 11 to March
U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly h...
NEW YORK, March 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Monday with six of the top 10 stocks by weight in the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on an upbeat no
Number of online shoppers in China hits ...
BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The number of China's online shoppers hit 610 million as of December 2018, up 14.4 percent year on year, as consumer demands continue to grow and the online consumption m
S.Korean bank's bad debt ratio stays bel...
SEOUL, March 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korean bank's bad debt ratio stayed below one percent for two straight quarters amid still low borrowing costs, financial watchdog data showed Thursday. Delinquent ba
Mexico's central bank cuts economic grow...
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's Central Bank (Banxico) on Wednesday reduced its economic growth forecast for 2019 to a range between 1.1 and 2.1 percent from the previous projection of 1.7-
S.Korea's consumer price rises 0.5 pct i...
SEOUL, March 5 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's consumer price rose 0.5 percent in February from a year earlier on lower prices for oil product and vegetable, a government report showed Tuesday. The consume
China border province posts 36 pct trade...
KUNMING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Yunnan, a border province in southwest China, saw its foreign trade rise 35.8 percent year on year to 19.9 billion yuan (3 billion U.S. dollars) in January, said Kunming
China's overnight Shibor interbank rate ...
BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China's interbank market, dropped 28.6 basis points to 2.079 percent Wednesd
Chinese shares surge more than 5 pct Mon...
BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Major stock indices in China surged more than 5 percent Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 5.6 percent to 2,961.28 points. The Shenzhen Component Inde
China's home prices up slightly in Febru...
BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Home prices in 70 major Chinese cities edged up slightly in February, official data showed Friday. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement that new h
China's crude oil output grows in Januar...
BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- China's crude oil output edged up 0.3 percent year-on-year in January, data from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) showed. Crude oil output came in at