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Vietnam’s richest man bets $2 billion to sell cars to Americans 10 Dec 2019 - 07:59 pm
Pham Nhat Vuong. Photo courtesy: Alex / vietnambiz.vn
Less action plans, more action': EU Commission under fire over money-laundering overhaul 10 Dec 2019 - 07:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: An activist performs as a client of an offshore company during a protest of Oxfam and Transparency International in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on April 12, 2016. AFP / John Thys
A 5,000-year-old plan to erase debts is now a hot topic in America 10 Dec 2019 - 07:58 pm
Elizabeth Warren says she’d cancel most of the $1.6 trillion in U.S. student loans. Bernie Sanders would go further -- erasing the whole lot, as well as $81 billion in medical debt.
'Symmetric,' now a Fedspeak staple, may point to endgame for US framework debate 10 Dec 2019 - 07:58 pm
This file photo taken on August 9, 2011, shows the US Federal Reserve building in Washington (AFP)
What an EU carbon border tax might look like and who would be hit 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
The sun rising above Tata Steels blast furnaces at their Scunthorpe Plant in north east England. AFP file photo / Lindsey Parnaby
South African Airways is in 'business rescue'. What does that mean? 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
A South African Airways (SAA) aircraft is pictured after landing at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa December 9, 2019. Reuters/Sumaya Hisham
Europe's new central bank chief faces slow growth, dissent 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
Christine Lagarde. (Reuters file photo / Lucas Jackson)
Brexit uncertainty likely to persist beyond UK election 08 Dec 2019 - 09:01 am
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Blame the financial crisis for more expensive Christmas trees 06 Dec 2019 - 11:20 pm
US First Lady Melania Trump reads excerpts from the book 'Oliver the Ornament Meets Belle,' by author Todd Zimmerman, as patients Sammie Burley (L) and Declan McCahan (R) listen, during her visit to the Children's National Hospital, in Washington, U.S. De
Elon Musk should pay $190 mln for defamatory 'nuclear bomb,' plaintiff's lawyer says 06 Dec 2019 - 11:12 pm
Elon Musk pauses at a press conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 6, 2018. Reuters/  Joe Skipper
Climate accord will fuel US jobs, business and labor leaders say 06 Dec 2019 - 07:34 pm
A worker removes the Trump name from the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City, March 5, 2018. Reuters / Carlos Lemos
Amazon emerges unscathed from UK Premier League debut 05 Dec 2019 - 06:49 pm
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
Macron's quest for an international tax on digital services 05 Dec 2019 - 03:58 pm
Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the opening session of the Paris Peace Forum as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, November 11, 2018. AFP / Gonzalo Fuentes
Britain's Big Six energy suppliers to shrink to five 05 Dec 2019 - 03:58 pm
A sign hangs outside the building of electricity provider npower in Solihull, Britain, March 7, 2016. Reuters/Darren Staples
Odd calm in China markets has traders suspecting state support 04 Dec 2019 - 11:36 pm
The Hong Kong Exchanges flag, Chinese national flag and Hong Kong flag are hoisted outside the Hong Kong Stocks Exchange, June 7, 2016. Reuters / Bobby Yip
Mexico, US negotiators discuss final trade deal 04 Dec 2019 - 11:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto, US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sign a new free trade agreement in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018. AFP / Saul Loeb
Ryanair CEO denies accusation of bullying former operations chief 04 Dec 2019 - 06:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: Ryanair Airlines employees stage a protest after strike call for 24 hours demanding wage increase at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport on September 28, 2018. Burak Akbulut / Anadolu Agency
Major brands found failing to help Thai seafood sector tackle slavery 04 Dec 2019 - 06:10 pm
Migrant workers prepare to unload their catch at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, January 22, 2018. Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha