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Amazon, Walmart face hit from new India e-commerce rules 27 Dec 2018 - 03:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: An employee of Amazon India walks out of a security gate at Amazon's newly launched fulfilment centre on the outskirts of Bangalore. AFP / MANJUNATH KIRAN
Vinci to acquire majority stake in Gatwick for $3.7 billion 27 Dec 2018 - 11:57 am
Passengers walk through the South Terminal building at Gatwick Airport, after the airport reopened to flights following its forced closure because of drone activity, in Gatwick, Britain, December 21, 2018. (REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo)
Central bank is US economy's 'only problem': Trump 24 Dec 2018 - 07:29 pm
FILE PHOTO:US President Donald Trump  / AFP / Jim WATSON
With budget talks stalled, US girds for lengthy government shutdown 23 Dec 2018 - 07:53 pm
Incoming White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (R) speaks with US Senator Richard Shelby as they arrive at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on December 22, 2018,  AFP / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Tencent joins Naspers in a $1 billion funding for India's Swiggy 20 Dec 2018 - 04:02 pm
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Italy and EU reach budget truce as Rome backs down 19 Dec 2018 - 06:00 pm
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici and Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis (not seen) hold a joint press conference after attending Weekly European Commission College meeting in Brussels, Be
Strategists bet on a long-awaited economic rebound to fuel Brazil’s stocks 19 Dec 2018 - 02:09 am
Economist Paulo Guedes, incoming Brazil's Economy Minister and Roberto Castello Branco, chief executive of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, attend a lunch with businessmen at the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro (FIRJAN) headquarters, in Rio de Janeiro,
British government to activate full 'no-deal' Brexit preparations 19 Dec 2018 - 02:09 am
Britain's Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Claire Perry (L) and Britain's International Development Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt leaves from 10 Downing Street in central Lon
Xi’s defiant end to 2018 signals more US-China tension ahead 19 Dec 2018 - 12:38 am
Juan Pablo Castanon (L), President of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE), shakes hands with Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a meeting with industry bosses and members of his cabinet to discuss the new administration's policy on
Companies in England to pay packaging waste costs under new proposals 19 Dec 2018 - 12:38 am
A file picture of a plastic recycling and processing facility which was opened last year in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, in the UK. (Vanden Recycling)
May's team rejects new Brexit referendum after week of crisis 16 Dec 2018 - 05:20 pm
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Reserve Bank of India board seeks more discussion on governance under new boss 15 Dec 2018 - 12:10 am
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Mexico’s new president set to test skittish market with budget 14 Dec 2018 - 11:41 pm
Economist Carlos Urzua is sworn in as Mexico's new Finance Minister at the Congress in Mexico City, Mexico December 13, 2018. Reuters/Edgard Garrido
Fiat Chrysler may review $5.7 bln plan if Italy taxes diesel, petrol cars 13 Dec 2018 - 03:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: In this file photo taken on August 21, 2017 a car dealer in Turin shows the logos of Jeep, brands of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).  AFP / Marco BERTORELLO
Big firms could help rein in French finances: minister 12 Dec 2018 - 09:35 pm
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In airline-business rarity, Air France picks a woman CEO 12 Dec 2018 - 09:34 pm
Anne Rigail speaks during a press conference to announce the re-opening of direct flight between Paris and Nairobi, in Nairobi on March 26, 2018. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
China to consider delaying high-tech ‘Made in China 2025’ plans 12 Dec 2018 - 08:46 pm
An employee assembles a robot at a factory in Handan in China's northern Hebei province on August 27, 2018. The company provides personalized robots used for customer services. AFP
China makes first major buy of US soybeans since Trump-Xi meet 12 Dec 2018 - 07:30 pm
Soybean farmer Raymond Schexnayder Jr closes a bag of soybeans from his farm outside Baton Rouge in Erwinville, Louisiana, July 9, 2018. Reuters/Aleksandra Michalska