China's postal sector sees growth in Jan...
China's postal sector made over 85.34 billion yuan (about 12.62 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue in January, up 21 percent year on year, official data showed. The business volume of the sector total
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China's postal sector sees growth in Jan...
China's postal sector made over 85.34 billion yuan (about 12.62 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue in January, up 21 percent year on year, official data showed. The business volume of the sector total
UN salutes Somali women for reconciliati...
MOGADISHU, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations communications group in Somalia on Friday saluted Somali women for their robust contribution to peace-building, reconciliation and the promotion of g
British stocks down 0.74 pct Friday
LONDON, March 8 (Xinhua) -- British stocks decreased on Friday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index down by 0.74 percent, or 53.24 points, to close at 7,104.31 points.Admiral Group, a motor insurance c
China's smartphone shipments down 11.4 p...
BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's smartphone shipments fell 11.4 percent in January to 32.15 million units, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed
China posts rising power generation
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's power generation rose 2.9 percent year on year to hit 1.09 trillion kwh in the first two months of the year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Tibet's 2018 GDP growth calculated at 9....
GDP in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region grew by 9.1 percent in 2018, down from the previous estimate of 10 percent but still among the nation's fastest. Tibet's GDP was calculated 147.76 bi
China's overnight Shibor interbank rate ...
BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China's interbank market, decreased 20.9 basis points to 2.286 percent Wedne
German shares edge down Friday
FRANKFURT, March 8 (Xinhua) -- German stocks edged down on Friday, with the benchmark DAX index down 59.96 points, or 0.52 percent, to close at 11,457.84 points.Industrial giant Thyssenkrupp lost 2.5
MSCI decision: Small waves or the beginn...
Global index provider MSCI will increase the inclusion factor of China's large-cap A-shares from five percent to 20 percent. China Merchants Fund expected A-share market to reach 220 billion U.S. dol
Croatian economy grows slower than expec...
ZAGREB, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Croatia's GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2018 was 2.3 percent, lower than in previous quarter when growth stood at 2.8 percent, according to a report released on Wedn
U.S. economic growth in Q4 revised down ...
WASHINGTON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2018 was revised down to an annual rate of 2.2 percent, from the previously reported 2.6 percent, the U.S. Commerce
Canadian stock market closes up
TORONTO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market closed up Friday. The Toronto Stock Exchange's SP/TSX Composite Index rose 52.80 points, or 0.33 percent, to close the day at 16,140.35 points
Brunei's CPI drops slightly in January
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Brunei has recorded a 0.1 percent drop in overall prices for January this year compared to the same month in 2018, amid decreases in the prices of furnishings
BYD posts strong NEV sales in Jan.-Feb.
SHENZHEN, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Leading Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker BYD sold 43,097 NEVs in the first two months of 2019, up 174.7 percent year on year. The strong growth was primarily fuele
Spanish stocks lose 1.30 percent on Frid...
MADRID, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Spanish shares dropped 1.30 percent on Friday, with the benchmark index Ibex-35 falling from 9,249.90 to 9,129.30 points.Only six of the 35 of the selected large companies
Spanish stock market rises by 0.34 perce...
MADRID, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Spanish share values rose by 0.34 percent on Wednesday with the benchmark stock market index Ibex-35 closing at 9,192.70 points. A total of 26 of the 35 of the selected l
China's overnight Shibor interbank rate ...
BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China's interbank market, decreased 5.3 basis points to 2.661 percent Thursd
Shandong Gold profits down 23 pct on low...
BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Shandong Gold Group Co., one of the leading gold producers in China, reported a 23-percent plunge in its profits in 2018 due to lower gold prices. Profits stood at 876 m
U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade higher
NEW YORK, March 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded higher on Friday with all of the top 10 stocks by weight in the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on an upbeat note. Sha
India's consumer inflation rises to 2.57...
NEW DELHI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- India's consumer inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at a provisional 2.57 percent in February, according to official data released on Tuesday.