Roundup: Oil prices rise amid U.S. sanct...
HOUSTON, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices rose during the week ending Feb. 1, with the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery up by 2.9 percent and Brent crude for March delivery up b
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Roundup: Oil prices rise amid U.S. sanct...
HOUSTON, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices rose during the week ending Feb. 1, with the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery up by 2.9 percent and Brent crude for March delivery up b
Fewer fire accidents reported in Spring ...
BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's emergency management authority said that the number of fire accidents dropped by nearly 20 percent during the week-long Spring Festival holiday ending Sunday. Fro
Over 60 pct of Maldivians prone to diabe...
MALE, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Maldivian Health Ministry on Monday said that over 60 percent of Maldivians were prone to diabetes while over 50 percent of those affected were not aware they had the i
Factbox: China's economic, social progre...
Under the backdrop of complex and severe international environment, China achieved stable economic and social development last year and made solid progress in reform and opening-up. Here are some re
LONDON, April 1 (Xinhua) -- British stocks rose on Monday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index up by 0.52 percent, or 38.19 points, to close at 7,317.38 points.Melrose Industries, a London-based compan
43 pct Chinese females spend 500 to 2,00...
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- About 43 percent of Chinese women in a survey said they spend an average of 500 to 2,000 yuan (74 to 298 U.S. dollars) every year on makeup, China Youth Daily has reporte
U.S. fixed mortgage rates fall while hom...
WASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Mortgage rate in the United States dropped last week, as home supply remained low in the market, the U.S. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Fr
China sees rising FDI inflows in Jan-Feb
BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland expanded 5.5 percent year on year to reach 147.11 billion yuan in the first two months, the Ministry of Commerc
Italy's industrial production surges 1.7...
ROME, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Italian industrial production grew by 1.7 percent in January compared to the previous month, the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) said on Friday. The figure marked t
U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly l...
NEW YORK, March 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly lower on Thursday with nine of the top 10 stocks by weight in the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on a downbeat
German new car sales stall: study
BERLIN, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The German automotive industry grew by a meager 0.4 percent in 2018, chalking up annual sales of 424.8 billion euros (484.3 billion U.S. dollars), according to a study pub
FRANKFURT, April 5 (Xinhua) -- German stocks edged up on Friday, with the benchmark DAX index up 21.74 points, or 0.18 percent, to close at 12,009.75 points.Multinational building materials company H
China carmaker BYD posts strong green ca...
SHENZHEN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Leading Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker BYD sold 73,172 NEVs in the first quarter of 2019, up 146.9 percent compared with the same period last year. The strong gr
U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade lower
NEW YORK, March 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded lower on Wednesday with six of the top 10 stocks by weight in the SP U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on a downbeat note. S
Morocco's forex reserves shrink 1.8 pct ...
RABAT, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Morocco's net international reserves amounted to nearly 22 billion U.S. dollars by the end of March, down 1.8 percent compared to the same period last year, the Central Ban
Feature: On Int'l Women's Day, leading I...
ROME, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Every year on International Women's Day, international organizations call attention to the fact that females are underrepresented in science and do not develop as far as mal
Germany registers "pleasing increase" in...
BERLIN, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Germany's retail trade of bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories saw a year-on-year increase of 11.9 percent in turnover in 2018, according to the Federal Statistical Off
China's overnight Shibor interbank rate ...
BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China's interbank market, increased 4.80 basis points to 2.714 percent Wedne
Russian central bank sees end-2019 infla...
MOSCOW, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Russian central bank said Friday it had lowered its forecast for inflation at the end of 2019 to 4.7-5.2 percent from a previous 5.0-5.5 percent on lower than expecte
Chicago crop futures retreat from weekly...
CHICAGO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures settled lower on Monday, with wheat falling significantly from 5 percent gains last week. All the most active crop fut