World Business

LONDON: Microcontroller (MCU) IC design house Holtek Semiconductor is expected to post consolidated revenues of NT$4.2 billion (US$129 million) in...

LONDON: JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., on Friday posted a first-quarter net profit of RMB 313.3 million ($48.6 million) -- more...

WASHINGTON: Hong Kong's advertising market weakened in April, with ad spending falling 12 percent from a year earlier to HK$3.3...

WASHINGTON: Bucking the trend, the unemployment rate for Lincoln County dropped from 5.7 percent in March to 5.4 percent in...

WASHINGTON: Argentina's central bank announced it would boost banks' reserve requirements in a bid to cut sky-high inflation in Latin...

WASHINGTON: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. said inflation rate for the month of May could...

HARARE: Zimbabwe this week tendered 120 000 carats of diamonds from its Marange fields that could fetch between US$6 million...

PORT LOUIS: Mauritius' trade deficit narrowed by 1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year to 16.27 billion...

WASHINGTON: Unemployment rates decreased in all 12 of Wisconsin's largest metro areas between March and April, the state Department of...

WASHINGTON: Kazakhstan's National Bank forecasts inflation at a level no higher than 8 percent in 2016, said the bank's chairman...

ACCRA: Ghana's producer price inflation (PPI) slowed to 13.2 percent year-on-year in April from 14.3 percent the month before, driven...

WASHINGTON: The proposed Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia received a boost Monday with the announcement...

LONDON: Singapore’s petrochemical shipments abroad are likely to remain weak this year, tracking the overall decline in non-oil domestic exports...

WASHINGTON: Traditionally sunflower seed dominates in the structure of Romanian oilseeds exports. Season 2015/16 began quite actively. During September-February of...

MEXICO CITY: Mexico's factory-made exports rose in April, rebounding from a three-month slump, data showed on Wednesday, while non-oil consumer...

LONDON: The Federal Government loses about N15 billion annually to fake and substandard products in the country, the organised private...

CALIFORNIA: Microsoft Corp could cut as many as 1,850 jobs and take a new impairment charge as chief executive officer...

TOKYO: Mitsubishi Motors Corp booked a ￥19.1 billion (US$173.24 million) charge to reflect losses related to its fuel economy testing...

NEW YORK: Monsanto Co has rejected Bayer AG’s US$62 billion takeover bid, calling it “incomplete and financially inadequate.” However, the...

WASHINGTON: Ghana’s exports of wood products for the 11 month period between January and November 2015, as reported by the...