Australian gov't announces one-off energ...
CANBERRA, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has announced a one-off Energy Assistance Payment for 3.9 million struggling Australians. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the payment of 7
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Australian gov't announces one-off energ...
CANBERRA, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has announced a one-off Energy Assistance Payment for 3.9 million struggling Australians. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the payment of 7
Chinese online brokerage Futu Holdings p...
NEW YORK, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Futu Holdings, a Hong Kong-based online brokerage, prices its Initial Public Offering (IPO) at 12 U.S. dollars per share and it is scheduled to list on Nasdaq under the
Foreign investment into Vietnam up 86.2 ...
HANOI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has so far this year attracted 10.8 billion U.S. dollars worth of foreign investment, up 86.2 percent on-year, according to its Ministry of Planning and Investment
China, CEEC see steady trade growth
BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) saw steady trade growth last year as cooperation between the two sides strengthened. Bilateral trade reached 82.23
Iraqi parliament approves 2019 federal b...
The Iraqi parliament on Thursday passed a bill for the country's 2019 federal budget with about 112 billion U.S. dollars after long hours of debate among the parliamentary blocs. A parliament session
Roundup: S.Korea to spend 12 bln USD in ...
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's government said on Thursday that it will spend 13.2 trillion won (around 12 billion U.S. dollars) in border areas with the Democratic People's Republic of Kore
U.S. med-tech giant buys Israeli firm in...
JERUSALEM, March 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. medical technology giant Stryker has acquired the Israeli orthopedic device company OrthoSpace for 220 million U.S. dollars, both companies announced Thursday. Th
U.S. trade deficit in goods rises in Dec...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. trade deficit in goods rose 12.8 percent in December, after dropping in the previous month, according to an advanced estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau rele
U.S. trade deficit soars to 10-year high...
U.S. trade deficit soared to 621 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, the highest in a decade, data released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce showed. The 68.8-billion-dollar annual increase, or
U.S. budget deficit reaches record 234 b...
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. federal budget deficit reached 234 billion U.S. dollars in February, the biggest budget deficit on record for the month, the Treasury Department said Friday.
Spotlight: Studies find U.S. tariffs cau...
U.S. tariff measures are actually causing net losses of billions of dollars to domestic consumers and importers, according to two latest studies by U.S. economists. One of papers, published Saturday
Australian universities increasingly rel...
CANBERRA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Australian universities' revenue grew in 2017 on the back of strong international student numbers, data has revealed. The latest financial report of Higher Education Pro
Brunei allots 306 mln USD for proposed s...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Brunei earmarked a total of 414.7 million Brunei dollars (306.3 million U.S. dollars) to finance the establishment of the sultanate's stock exchange, of whic
China's outbound direct investment remai...
BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) in 1,416 overseas companies in 138 countries and regions stood at 15.66 billion U.S. dollars in the first two mont
"Shazam!" tops North American box office...
Warner Bros.' superhero film "Shazam!" took top spot of North American box office with a massive 53.45 million U.S. dollars debut through Sunday. Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, i
New Zealand gov't allocates funding to a...
WELLINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Department of Conservation will invest an extra 76 million NZ dollars (51.7 million U.S. dollars) over the next four years to address the country's biodi
Demand for Aramco's debut bonds at over ...
Saudi Aramco has received over 50 billion U.S.dollars in bids for its debut international bond sale, which had been expected to be in the 10-billion-U.S.-dollar region, sources familiar with the matt
U.S. dollar drops amid rising sterling
NEW YORK, March 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Wednesday, amid big gains in the British pound. British lawmakers voted by a margin of 43 to confirm their decision to reject any no
Oil prices rise as U.S. crude stockpiles...
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices rose on Wednesday after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles declined sharply.U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 8.6 million barrels in the week
Brunei sees 5.9 pct drop in 2018 trade b...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Brunei recorded a 5.9 percent drop in trade balance last year as growth in imports outpaced exports, according to government statistics released on Sunday. D