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SYDNEY — Inflation in Australia has slowed to its lowest rate in three years, the country’s official statistics agency said Wednesday, raising hop
SINGAPORE — A survey of factory managers in China released Wednesday shows manufacturing contracted in January for a fourth straight month, reflec
LONDON/SINGAPORE – European shares eked out gains on Wednesday as investors waited for clues on when the U.S. Federal Reserve may start to cut int
HONG KONG/BEIJING -A state-backed property project in China has received the first development loan under Beijing’s so-called “whitelist” mech
MANILA, Philippines —Ayala Land’s real estate investment trust arm AREIT Inc. said eight of its office buildings were recognized by Internationa
MANILA, Philippines —Conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) will complete the acquisition of a 40-percent stake in Coca-Cola Beverages
MANILA, Philippines — Compared to its Asian counterparts, the Philippines is lagging behind in terms of foreign direct investments, lawyer Amee Zarr
MANILA, Philippines — Political instability can hurt the economy, said National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan in a
BEIJING -Oil fell on Wednesday as lackluster economic data in China, the world’s biggest crude importer, weighed on demand sentiment, but prices w
WASHINGTON – U.S. job openings unexpectedly increased in December and data for the prior month was revised higher, suggesting that the labor
TOKYO – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected emerging Asian economies would expand 5.2 percent this year, slowing from 2023
MANILA —The Philippine economy grew 5.6 percent year-on-year in 2023, slower than the 7.6 percent expansion in 2022, the Philippine Statistics Autho
Payments firm PayPal Holdings is planning to cut about 2,500 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, this year, a letter from CEO Alex Chriss, see
Starbucks reported record revenue in its fiscal first quarter but lowered its sales outlook for the rest of the year as spending weakens in China and
WILMINGTON – A Delaware judge on Tuesday ruled that Elon Musk’s record-breaking $56-billion Tesla pay package could be tossed, calling the compe
AI-related companies lost $190 billion in stock market value late on Tuesday after Microsoft, Alphabet and Advanced Micro Devices delivered quarterly
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks drifted through a quiet Tuesday and held near their record heights following a mixed set of profit reports. The S&P 500 sli
Alphabet disappointed Wall Street on Tuesday as holiday season advertising sales came in below expectations and the company said its spending on data
Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street estimates for fiscal second-quarter revenue on Tuesday, as new artificial-intelligence features helped attract custome
JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON —The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday edged its forecast for global economic growth higher, upgrading the outlo
