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Samsung Electronics flags 5.2% rise in Q2 profit

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean telecom giant Samsung Electronics on Friday flagged a 5.2 percent rise in second quarter operating…

June 2018 inflation soars to 5.2 percent; PHL’s highest inflation since 2011 noted

  (Eagle News) – Inflation continued to increase this June at 5.2 percent, which is higher than the previous month’s…

Nat’l gov’t’s infra spending from January to May reaches P281-B; DOF confident on expanding economy

  (Eagle News) – The national government has spent P281 billion on infrastructure in the first five months of 2018…

Chile on alert after copper price falls

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- The world's largest copper producer, Chile, said it was concerned Wednesday as copper fell to a…

Social security chief says Italy needs more migrants

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy needs more migrants in order to pay for the population's pensions, the country's social security…

Tokyo stocks open flat on investor jitters over US-China trade row

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo stocks opened flat on Thursday on investor jitters a day before a US deadline to…

Chinese tycoon dies in freak holiday fall in France

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Chinese tycoon Wang Jian, whose sprawling conglomerate HNA Group owns a host of foreign assets, has…

China court ‘bans sales’ of chips from US firm Micron

SHANGHAI, China (AFP)--A Chinese technology firm embroiled in a patent dispute with US chip giant Micron said Wednesday that a…

Tokyo’s Nikkei index closes lower on tech weakness

TOKYO, Japan (AFP)--Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed lower on Wednesday as high tech shares dropped sharply tracking falls on…

US car sales mostly up through June as larger vehicles reign

  by John Biers  Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP)--Leading automakers reported mostly higher US sales for the first…

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