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China to expand property tax trial to check speculation
Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)
China's housing market took off after key 1998 reforms sparked a building boom on the back of rapid urbanisation and wealth accumulation. But as prices soared, ...
New allegations in Credit Suisse spying scandal: media
Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)
Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane Thiam was forced to resign in February 2020 after revelations the bank had hired investigators to follow Iqbal Khan, head ...
Asian markets swing but Evergrande payment report provides boost
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
Another round of positive earnings provided a further lift to Wall Street with the S&P 500 hitting its first all-time high since the start of September as trade...
Evergrande pays overdue interest on offshore bond: state media
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
The crisis at one of the nation's biggest property developers has hammered investor sentiment, rattled the key real estate market and fuelled fears of a spillov...
OECD nations to ban export credits for coal power
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
With the latest international climate conference just days away, the proposed ban will halt support to new coal power stations that don't have systems that trap...
Amazon faces new union organizing push in US
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
Laborers vying to form the first union at the e-commerce colossus in the United States will file with US officials on Monday with the goal of holding an electio...
Aussie rock lobsters a Hong Kong security threat: customs chief
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
Lobsters are one of a number of products from Australia that China has restricted imports of as relations between the countries plunged. But they remain a prize...
The self-made Chinese billionaire battling to save his empire
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
The 63-year-old was once China's richest man, with a taste for luxury labels and yachts, and a nose for praising the Communist Party that steered the economy to...
Australia accuses China of undermining world trade
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
During a usually routine WTO review in Geneva, Canberra's representatives said China had benefited "significantly" from 20 years of WTO membership but was not k...
China new-home prices fall for first time in six years
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
The latest reading follows official figures showing the real estate and construction industries shrank in the third quarter for the first time since the early s...
Asian markets mostly up on more earnings joy as Fed mulls taper
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
Signs of progress on US President Joe Biden's massive spending bill provided an extra lift, while bitcoin came within touching distance of a new record after a ...
China vows to open up market, but US sees no change
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing made the pledges during a WTO review of China's trade practices, an exercise held behind closed doors that all 164 members of the global trade body unde...
Britain will not 'pitchfork away' China investment: PM
Oct 19, 2021 (AFP)
Ties have frayed because of criticisms about China's crackdown on its Uyghur minority and creeping authoritarianism in Hong Kong, a former British colony. But J...
China property, construction sectors contract for first time since Covid hit
Oct 19, 2021 (AFP)
The figures come a day after figures showed the world's second-biggest economy grew slower than forecast in the same period owing to the regulatory tightening a...
ECB to test banks' resistance to climate risks next year
Oct 18, 2021 (AFP)
The European banking supervisor wants to "identify vulnerabilities, industry best practices and the challenges" faced by the industry, it said in a letter to le...
Windows, Gates and a firewall: Microsoft's delicate castle in China
Oct 15, 2021 (AFP)
The software giant has kept its business alive in China largely by complying with strict local laws, despite the communist nation's wide-reaching censorship. He...
Chile opposition accuses president after Pandora report
Oct 06, 2021 (AFP)
"All the opposition benches have agreed to initiate a constitutional indictment against President Sebastian Pinera," Jaime Naranjo, a deputy from the Socialist ...
Asian markets slip as inflation, default compound virus worries
Oct 06, 2021 (AFP)
The rally enjoyed across equities for more than a year has met a roadblock in recent months as supply chain problems and a surge in energy prices caused by a re...
Johnson vows 'long overdue' revamp of UK's post-Brexit economy
Oct 06, 2021 (AFP)
Shrugging off panic-buying at petrol stations, bare supermarket shelves and retailers' warnings of a bleak Christmas to come, the Tory leader says the short-ter...
EU leaders seek unity on how to face China and US
Oct 05, 2021 (AFP)
The gathering at Brdo Castle in Slovenia was their first meeting since June and saw them grapple with the fallout from the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and...
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