China's overnight Shibor interbank rate ...
BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China's interbank market, decreased 24.5 basis points to 2.041 percent Thurs
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China's overnight Shibor interbank rate ...
BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China's interbank market, decreased 24.5 basis points to 2.041 percent Thurs
Turkish jobless rate hits record high si...
ANKARA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's unemployment rate rose to 13.5 percent in December 2018, the highest level since February 2010, official data showed on Friday. Unemployment rate in December las
ANTA Sports posts record annual profit a...
ANTA Sports Products Ltd, China's biggest sportswear retailer by market value booked record annual net profit for a fourth straight year on Tuesday. The company's net profit jumped 32.9 percent to 4.
Hong Kong's economy grew three percent i...
The economy of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) grew three percent in 2018, the HKSAR government's financial secretary said Wednesday when delivering the annual budget. This gr
Namibia's uranium production predicted t...
WINDHOEK, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Uranium production in Namibia is forecast to rise by 50 percent year-on-year in 2019, more than double the rate of expansion from last year's 20 percent level, a researc
Japan's fourth-quarter growth revised to...
Japan's economy grew faster than initially thought in the October-December quarter, due partly to strong corporate investment, official figures showed Friday. The world's third-biggest economy grew 0
China's overnight Shibor interbank rate ...
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China's interbank market, rose 4.5 basis points to 2.09 percent Monday. The
Taiwan libraries see sharp rise in e-boo...
The number of people borrowing e-books in Taiwan's libraries rose 30.83 percent year-on-year to 1.74 million in 2018, according to a report released by the Taiwan Library Monday. Public libraries on
Global coal demand to be stable through ...
BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Global coal demand in the next five years is set to be stable, with declines in the United States and Europe offset by growth in India and other Asian countries, a report
Hong Kong consumer prices up 2.1 pct in ...
HONG KONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's consumer prices rose by 2.1 percent in February year-on-year, official data showed on Thursday. The figure is smaller than the corresponding increase of 2.
Malaysia's inflation falls in February f...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's inflation as measured by consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.4 percent year-on-year in February, official data showed on Friday. This was the second month
China sets 2019 GDP growth target at 6-6...
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China has set its GDP growth target at 6-6.5 percent for 2019, according to a government work report available to the news media Tuesday morning ahead of the annual legis
Vietnam's traffic accidents down in 2 mo...
HO CHI MINH CITY, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Between January and February, 2,822 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam, killing 1,356 people, severely injuring 814 people and lightly hurting 1,355 others, t
British stocks up 0.39 pct Monday
LONDON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- British stocks rose on Monday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index up by 0.39 percent, or 27.66 points, to close at 7,134.39 points.Rightmove, a UK-based online real estate
U.S. stocks close mixed amid data
NEW YORK, March 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed on Tuesday as investors digested the latest economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 96.22 points, or 0.38 percent, to 25,554.6
Opinion: Saving children from having chi...
My country is overwhelmed with teen pregnancies. In 2013, the United Nations Population Fund estimated that Guyana had the second-highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in South America and the Caribbea
French shares gain 0.41 pct Monday
PARIS, March 4 (Xinhua) -- French shares edged up on Monday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 up 0.41 percent, or 21.38 points, to close at 5,286.57 points. French multinational mirror manufacturer co
China sees booming copyright registratio...
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- More than 1.1 million registrations for computer software copyrights have been made in China in 2018, a year-on-year growth of 48.22 percent, according to a newspaper rep
Roundup: Weekly oil prices mix but still...
The weekly oil prices mixed during the week ending March 22, with the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for April delivery up 0.89 percent and Brent crude oil for May delivery down 0.19 percent.
French shares gain 0.21 pct on Tuesday
PARIS, March 5 (Xinhua) -- French shares edged up on Tuesday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 up 0.21 percent, or 10.95 points, to close at 5,297.52 points. A total of 17 of the 40 selected large com