India’s surging refined product exports ease Asia fuel crisis
REUTERS, Launceston
24 July 2026, 00:00 AM Global Economy
Oil prices rise for a fifth day, hit $96.49
REUTERS
24 July 2026, 00:00 AM Global Economy
BIDA converts over 15% of investment pipeline into active projects
Star Business Report
23 July 2026, 20:22 PM Business
Google-parent Alphabet beats expectations, cloud revenue nearly doubles
AFP, San Francisco
23 July 2026, 12:15 PM Business
US tariffs on Brazil take effect as Trump readies fresh flurry
AFP, Washington
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM Global Economy
Oil climbs over 4% to six-week high
REUTERS
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM Global Economy
Oil extends gains on fresh Mideast supply risks
Reuters, Singapore
22 July 2026, 11:22 AM Business
EU fines AliExpress 550m euros over illegal products
AFP, Brussels
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM Global Economy

Russian inflation slows in Sept but still elevated

Inflation ticked lower in Russia in September but was still more than double the central bank’s target, as huge spending on the Ukraine conflict kept upward pressure on prices, official data showed Friday.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM

IMF approves changes to cut borrowing costs by 36%

The IMF approved reforms on Friday that will lower members’ borrowing costs by 36 percent and lift eight indebted countries out of the requirement to pay more to borrow money.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM

China tees up fresh spending to boost ailing economy

China said Saturday it would issue special bonds to help its sputtering economy, signalling a spending spree to bolster banks, shore up the property market and ease local government debt as part of one of its biggest support packages in years.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM

India’s 100 richest tycoons surpass $1tn milestone

The collective wealth of India’s 100 richest tycoons surpassed the trillion dollar milestone for the first time as more than 80 per cent of the country’s richest tycoons are now wealthier than they were a year ago, a Forbes report showed on Thursday.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia sets price floor for wheat at int’l tenders

Russia’s agriculture ministry asked exporters at a closed-door meeting on Friday not to sell wheat by tender to international buyers below a minimum price, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM

UK economy returns to growth in August after two months of stagnation

Economic output rose by 0.2 percent in monthly terms in August, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics that were in line with expectations in a Reuters poll of economists
12 October 2024, 10:13 AM

Russia sets price floor for wheat at international tenders, sources say

Russia's Grain Exporters Union said in a statement after the meeting the ministry also told exporters to engage in direct deals with buyers without third parties, as well as not to provide Russian grain to foreign firms that won international tenders below the new price floor
12 October 2024, 07:55 AM

Working from home is powering productivity

Working from home (WFH) increased about tenfold following the outbreak of the pandemic and has settled in at about five times its prepandemic level
12 October 2024, 05:46 AM

IMF board approves changes to cut borrowing costs by 36%

The suite of changes agreed to by the International Monetary Fund's executive board include adjustments to the surcharges paid by countries with high levels of debt, like Ukraine and Argentina, the Washington-based institution announced in a statement
12 October 2024, 05:27 AM

Boeing to cut 10% of workforce as it sees big Q3 loss

The aviation giant must "reset our workforce levels to align with our financial reality," Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said, adding that the cuts of 17,000 positions globally "will include executives, managers and employees."
12 October 2024, 05:23 AM

China says will issue special bonds to boost ailing economy

The measures, announced at a highly anticipated press conference by Finance Minister Lan Fo'an and other officials, came on top of a series of steps announced over the last weeks
12 October 2024, 05:20 AM

China opens $71b ‘swap facility’ to boost markets

China’s central bank boosted support for markets Thursday by opening up tens of billions of dollars in liquidity for firms to buy stocks as part of a raft of measures by Beijing to kickstart the country’s flagging economy.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Ratan Tata: Indian mogul who built a global powerhouse

Industrialist Ratan Tata, who has died aged 86, was credited with transforming India’s Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate with a portfolio ranging from software to sports cars.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Climate action not a burden, but an opportunity for businesses: energy adviser

Bangladesh Apparel Exchange organised the second edition of Bangladesh Climate Action Forum 2024 today
10 October 2024, 12:21 PM

Chinese electric car companies cope with European tariffs

MG, an historic British company that is now a subsidiary of Shanghai SAIC, now faces EU duties of 35.3 percent
10 October 2024, 08:04 AM

Oil prices rise on US storm, fears of Israel-Iran conflict

US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Israel's plans concerning Iran in a 30-minute call on Wednesday that the White House described as "direct and very productive"
10 October 2024, 06:13 AM

German govt sees economy shrinking again in 2024

Output is expected to shrink by 0.2 percent in 2024, the economy ministry said in a statement
10 October 2024, 05:05 AM

China opens $71 bn 'swap facility' to boost markets

The news lit a fire under mainland and Hong Kong equities on renewed hopes that officials would finally get a grip on the issues that have dogged the economy for years
10 October 2024, 04:56 AM

The US economy is solid: Why are voters gloomy?

Cooling inflation, low unemployment, robust economic growth and... downbeat voters.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Neither precedent nor Trump can save Big Tech

After losing a jury trial against game store Epic Games in December, a judge has now ruled that Google must open a key piece of its Android smartphone operating system
9 October 2024, 11:25 AM