Japan's industrial output rises 1.4 pct ...

TOKYO, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Japan's factory output rose in February from a month earlier, the government said in a report on Friday. According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, industri

Top Chinese bank ICBC's 2018 profits up ...

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China's biggest commercial lender, on Thursday reported a net profit increase of 4.1 percent last year. The company's net profits attributable to s

U.S. stocks end higher amid trade optimi...

NEW YORK, March 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, as investors have been closely following updates on global trade and digested a batch of mixed economic data. The Dow Jones Indus

CBOT wheat futures lower amid fund selli...

CHICAGO, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures settled mixed on Thursday, with wheat falling more than 1 percent amid massive fund selling. CBOT corn contract for Ma

Bank of Portugal revises down 2019 GDP g...

LISBON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Portugal on Thursday downgraded its projections for the country's economic growth to 1.7 percent this year.In its March Economic Bulletin, the central bank re

U.S. pending home sales decrease 1.0 pct...

CHICAGO, March 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. pending home sales dipped 1.0 percent in February, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said Thursday. The Pending Home Sales Index dropped 1.0 percent to 101

Net profit of China's top liquor brand M...

GUIYANG, March 28 (Xinhua) -- China's leading liquor maker Kweichow Moutai said Thursday that its net profit saw a 30-percent rise in 2018. The company's net profit attributable to its equity holders

ICBC profits up 4.1 pct in 2018

BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China's biggest commercial lender, on Thursday reported a net profit increase of 4.1 percent last year. The company's

China Int'l Marine Containers sees 35 pc...

SHENZHEN, March 28 (Xinhua) -- China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. (CIMC) posted a 34.7 percent annual growth in net profit for 2018. In its 2018 financial results filed to the Sh

Vietnam's CPI growth in Q1 lowest in 3 y...

HANOI, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The consumer price index (CPI) in March fell 0.21 percent on-year, helping the average CPI in the first quarter stay at a three-year low of 2.63 percent on-year, according