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Boeing plans to launch effort to raise over $15 billion in capital as early as Monday, source says
The new capital is set to come from a mix of the sale of stock and convertible preferred shares, the source added, saying the total amount raised could rise based on demand.
28 October 2024, 05:24 AM
Oil prices tumble as Iran fears ease, yen weakens after Japan polls
Oil prices fell as much as five percent in early trade before paring some of their losses
28 October 2024, 05:20 AM
AIIB head criticises advanced nations for trade barriers
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun on Saturday criticized advanced economies for creating trade barriers including for renewable energy goods, saying there was “no longer free trade” in the global economy.
27 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Ifad Autos exporting AC bus to Bhutan
Ifad Autos has become the first local automobile company to export airconditioned (AC) buses assembled in Bangladesh.
27 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Biden's precise industrial policy may soon mutate
Two years into the US government’s attempt to lure manufacturing of semiconductors and renewable energy back home, the president’s top national security aide, Jake Sullivan, offered a defense of his boss’s major economic choices.
27 October 2024, 10:32 AM
Indonesia bets on SE Asia's first battery plant to become EV hub
Hyundai said the new factory was a commitment to helping the archipelago become a supercharged Southeast Asian EV maker
27 October 2024, 04:56 AM
China's second-generation factory owners go digital to combat challenges
Qiu has set up a marketing business that directly connects factories with foreign audiences, through videos posted on Instagram and TikTok, which in China can only be accessed using a VPN.
27 October 2024, 04:51 AM
US consumer mood brightens, among Republicans in particular
US consumer sentiment climbed to a six-month high in October as declining interest rates helped improve buying conditions for big-ticket items like cars, but the uptick was most pronounced among Republicans who grew more confident in their party regaining the White House in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
26 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Debt rule tweak can help UK avoid moron premium
Reeves has already pledged to fund day-to-day spending with taxes but has been vague about her borrowing plans.
26 October 2024, 11:06 AM
Alibaba to pay $433.5 million to settle shareholder lawsuit over monopoly claims
Alibaba denied wrongdoing, saying it entered the settlement to avoid the cost and disruption of further litigation
26 October 2024, 05:49 AM
Moody's cuts France outlook, opening door to credit downgrade
Moody's said the fiscal deterioration it has seen is "beyond our expectations and stands in contrast with governments in similarly rated countries that are tending to consolidate their public finances."
26 October 2024, 05:44 AM
Russia hikes interest rates to 20-year high
The increase takes rates above an emergency level introduced in February 2022 -- just after Moscow ordered troops into Ukraine -- to their highest since 2003, with the regulator battling to stem the economic fallout of the conflict
26 October 2024, 05:39 AM
Bangladesh may not regain US GSP soon
Bangladesh is unlikely to regain benefits offered under the generalised system of preferences (GSP) from the United States if the programme is revived in the near future because of several issues related to labour rights in the country, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said yesterday.
24 October 2024, 19:51 PM
China should use fiscal policy to boost growth: IMF
The Chinese government should use its tax-and-spend policies to help boost flagging economic growth, a senior IMF official told AFP ahead of key meetings this week in Washington.
24 October 2024, 18:00 PM
New administrator forms 10-member panel to run BGMEA
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24 October 2024, 15:55 PM
Unilever beats third-quarter underlying sales estimate
The consumer goods giant said on Thursday it was keeping its full-year outlook for 3-5 percent underlying sales growth and an underlying operating margin of at least 18 percent
24 October 2024, 07:02 AM
US fines Apple and Goldman Sachs over Apple Card
Apple failed to send tens of thousands of customer disputes about credit card transactions to Goldman Sachs, and when it did the bank did not follow federal requirements for investigating claims, the bureau said
24 October 2024, 04:57 AM
Boeing workers reject contract, extend strike: union
64 percent of the members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 rejected the contract, the union said on X
24 October 2024, 04:53 AM
US ‘very close’ to soft landing
The United States is very close to achieving a soft landing, the rare feat of tackling inflation without spurring a long recession, the IMF’s chief economist told AFP.
23 October 2024, 18:00 PM
India lifts export tax on parboiled rice
The removal comes amid bumper harvest projections and surplus stock
23 October 2024, 05:45 AM