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J.P.Morgan said on Thursday it expects the Bank of England to start cutting interest rates in August this year, citing a possible easing in
GENEVA – Wheat shipments via the Suez Canal fell by almost 40 percent in the first half of January to 0.5 million metric tons due to attacks
TOKYO/BEIJING -Oil prices rose on Friday as geopolitical tensions and oil output disruptions in the U.S., the world’s biggest producer, caused by
LONDON -British retailers suffered the biggest drop in sales for almost three years during December, raising the risk that the economy entered reces
Defaults by U.S. companies with low junk credit ratings are likely to rise further in the first quarter of 2024, according to a Thursday report by
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered the temporary suspension of onion importation until May as domestic harvest and
SHANGHAI/BEIJING – For Chinese businessman Han Changming, disruptions to Red Sea freight are threatening the survival of his trading company in th
KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysia’s economy likely grew 3.4 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, slightly faster than the previous three-mon
TOKYO/BEIJING -Oil prices drifted lower on Friday after rallying the day before, as geopolitical tensions and disruptions in U.S. oil production fro
TOKYO – Amazon Web Services (AWS) said on Friday it plans to invest 2.26 trillion yen ($15.24 billion) in Japan by 2027 to expand its cloud comput
TOKYO —Japan‘s core inflation stayed above the central bank’s 2-percent target in December but slowed for a second straight month, data show
MANILA, Philippines — The newly expanded JG Summit Petrochemicals manufacturing complex in Batangas is set to employ about 6,200 people, according t
HONG KONG, China —Asian markets rose Friday following a tech-led rally on Wall Street that helped soothe traders’ concerns that the Federal Rese
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday led the inauguration of the expanded JG Summit Petrochemicals manufacturing complex i
NEW YORK – An index of semiconductor stocks was up more than 2 percent on Thursday and chip stocks were helping the broader market after Taiwan Se
NEW YORK —Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser held a conference call on Thursday with managing directors to discuss the bank’s sweeping overhaul, accordin
MANILA, Philippines —American offshore staffing and recruitment firm DOXA Talent is planning to increase the number of its employees in the Philip
Spirit Airlines is looking at options to refinance its debt and is not considering restructuring, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Th
WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in nearly 1-1/2 years, suggestin
U.S. stocks ended sharply up on Thursday, with the S&P 500 approaching record highs as AI optimism drove gains in Nvidia and other chipmakers. U.S.-li
