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Six big banks join blockchain digital cash settlement project
Six new banks have joined a UBS-led effort to create a digital cash system that would allow financial markets to make payments and settle transactions quickly via blockchain technology. The group aims to launch the system late next year.
31 August 2017, 18:00 PM
LG packs image, audio features into new flagship phone
LG Electronics on Thursday introduced a slimmer version of its top-of-the-line phone, with advanced new camera and voice-activation features aimed at active video users, which it hopes can help it claw back market share lost to rivals.
31 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Shanghai Stock's chairman to visit Bangladesh
Wu Qing, chairman of Shanghai Stock Exchange, is scheduled to visit Bangladesh and sit with the officials of Chittagong Stock Exchange this month.
31 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Canada's economy grew 4.5pc in second quarter
The Canadian economy grew 4.5 percent in the second quarter of 2017, the government statistical agency said Thursday, pushing beyond forecasts to the highest growth rate in 15 years.
31 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Crude slips, gasoline jumps as storm shuts a fifth of US fuel output
Crude oil slid and gasoline futures hit their highest since mid-2015 on Wednesday as flooding and damage from Tropical Storm Harvey shut over a fifth of US refineries, curbing demand for crude while raising the risk of fuel shortages.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Russian central bank steps in to rescue troubled lender
Russia's central bank said Tuesday it was stepping in to save the country's eighth largest lender, Otkritie, amid fears over its stability following a sharp drop in customer deposits in recent months.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
UK may shame firms over boss pay
The British government announced Tuesday reforms that could see companies that award generous pay packages despite shareholder opposition shamed in a public register, although the package was less ambitious than the original proposals.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Saudi Arabia shortlists 25 bidders for major wind plant
Saudi Arabia invited bids Tuesday from 25 shortlisted companies to build a 400 megawatt wind power project, as the world's top oil exporter pushes for renewable sources to diversify its energy mix.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Harvey damage estimated at $42b, among most costly US storms
Damage from Hurricane Harvey could put it among the top five most costly US storms ever, with failing dams and levees driving up loss forecasts, data modeling showed Tuesday.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
US looking into whether Uber bribed foreign officials
The US Justice Department is investigating whether Uber broke American laws against bribing foreign officials to promote business interests, the company confirmed Tuesday.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Moody's says G20 GDP growth to exceed 3pc
Moody's Investors Service kept its forecast for G20 economic growth at just over 3 percent for this year and next, but warned of geopolitical risks, US protectionism and spillovers from global monetary tightening and China's deleveraging measures.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Siemens buys self-driving software specialist Tass
German industrial group Siemens has agreed to buy Dutch self-driving software specialist Tass International for an undisclosed sum to strengthen its automotive business, it said on Wednesday.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
US economy grows 3pc in Q2
The US economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter, much faster than initially estimated, official data showed Wednesday.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Merkel supports European Monetary Fund to bolster euro zone stability
German Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed the idea of a European Monetary Fund on Tuesday and said she could imagine creating a combined European finance and economy minister, signalling a willingness to deepen euro zone integration.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Oil prices decline
Crude prices dipped on Tuesday as the market grappled with the shutdown of some 13 percent of refining capacity in the United States after a hurricane ripped through the heart of the country's oil industry.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM
UK house price growth eases to 3-month low in August
British house price growth eased to a three-month low in August, adding to signs that the squeeze on household spending since last year's Brexit vote has led to a slowdown in the housing market, a survey showed on Tuesday.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Debt cut for Greece not on agenda for now, Germany's Schaeuble says
Greece must press ahead with implementing its reforms-for-aid programme and become more competitive, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted as saying, adding that debt relief for Athens was "currently" not on the agenda.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM
TPP countries consider amendments to stalled trade deal
The 11 countries committed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership are considering amendments to the trade deal, three sources said on Tuesday, as officials meet in Sydney for talks to re-energize the stalled agreement.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Dollar falls to 4-month low vs yen
The dollar hit a four-month low against the yen on Tuesday after North Korea fired a missile that passed over northern Japan, the latest act of provocation by Pyongyang that has ramped up global tensions.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Philippines lifts Uber suspension after it pays nearly $10m in penalties
The Philippines lifted its one-month suspension on Uber Technologies ahead of schedule on Tuesday after the ride-hailing firm paid almost $10 million in a fine and financial aid to its drivers affected by the halted operations.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM