[ad_1] LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Turmoil on financial markets is expected to deepen layoffs and accelerate acquisitions in the fund management industry. FILE PHOTO: People walk through the financial district during rainy weather in London,
China’s 2018 growth slows to 28-year low, more stimulus seen
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy cooled in the fourth quarter under pressure from faltering domestic demand and bruising U.S. tariffs, dragging 2018 growth to the lowest in nearly three decades and pressuring Beijing to
Exclusive: Modi considers cheap loans, other help for small Indian businesses – sources
[ad_1] NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering offering cheap loans and free accidental insurance coverage to millions of small businesses, two government sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as
Gold dips to two-week low on firm dollar, greater risk appetite
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Gold slipped to a more than two-week low on Monday as a firm dollar and more risk appetite outweighed support coming from expectations of a pause in the U.S. interest rate hike
Bowing to U.S. pressure, Germany bans Iran airline from its airspace
[ad_1] An Airbus A340-300 of Iranian airline Mahan Air taxis at Duesseldorf airport DUS, Germany January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has bowed to U.S. pressure to ban from its airspace an
South Sudan starts repairs, pumping oil from wells damaged in the civil war – minister
[ad_1] Ezekiel Lol Gatkuot, speaks during a Reuters interview in his office in Juba, South Sudan, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jok Solomon/File Photo JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan has begun to repair and pump oil from
Eve-of-Davos survey shows people place trust in companies over governments
[ad_1] DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – People around the world place much more trust in their companies than their political leaders, according to a major survey that suggests a mood of uncertainty and pessimism on the
Iran says Japan has started process of importing Iranian oil
[ad_1] FILEPHOTO: Oil takners pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed LONDON (Reuters) – Japan has started the process of importing Iranian oil, which was suspended due to U.S. sanctions,
Asia keeps calm as China cools, Brexit news awaited
[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets kept their nerve on Monday as data showed the Chinese economy slowed at the end of last year, underlining the urgent need for more stimulus as Beijing wrestles with
China December coal output rises about two percent to highest in over three years
[ad_1] Cranes unload coal from a cargo ship at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/Files BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s December coal output climbed 2.1 percent from the year before, government