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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets rallied Monday after China and the US said they were close to agreeing on a mini trade deal, but the pound extended losses on fresh Brexit uncertainty while EU leaders consider extending a deadline for Britain to leave the bloc. Investors tracked a strong lead from Wall Street, where the S&P 500 flirted with another record after the US Trade Representative’s office said the top-level negotiators had held […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines ranked 95 in the Ease of Doing Business latest report of the World Bank, jumping 29 notches from the previous ranking of 124th out of 190 economies. In the Doing Business 2020 Report, the Philippines was among the 190 economies included by the World Bank in its study. The Philippines got an Ease of Doing Business (EODB) score of 62.8 in the 2020 report, an improvement over its grade […]
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Shares in Nokia tumbled 20 percent on Thursday after the Finnish telecommunications equipment maker cut its earnings forecast in the face of intense competition to build the latest 5G mobile networks. While returning to profit in the third quarter, the company said it was downgrading its expectations for earnings and margins for this year and 2020 “due to margin pressure, additional 5G investments and additional digitalization investments.” Nokia and its rivals […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter shares skidded Thursday after reporting weak growth in the past quarter resulting from glitches that made it harder to bring in advertising revenue. Profit for the third quarter was $37 million, a sharp drop from last year when Twitter was helped by a large tax benefit. Revenue rose nine percent from a year earlier to $824 million, well below analyst forecasts, impacted by what the company called “revenue product […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The pound clawed back earlier losses Wednesday in Asia after Boris Johnson’s failure to push through his Brexit deal fuelled fresh uncertainty, while regional equities ticked lower as investors took a step back after recent gains. With everything quiet on the China-US trade talks, attention was on Westminster where Britain’s prime minister finally got MPs to agree to his EU divorce pact, but minutes later lost a vote on […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Sporting goods giant Nike announced a new CEO on Tuesday to take over from Mark Parker, who will continue to lead the company’s board of directors. John Donahoe will replace Parker as president and chief executive officer effective January 13, Nike said in a statement. Parker, who has served as CEO since 2006, and as chairman, president, and CEO since 2016, “will become executive chairman and continue to lead […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday on growing optimism that China and the US will sign a partial trade deal next month, while the pound held firm around five-month highs as dealers bet Britain will leave the EU with a Brexit agreement. Donald Trump reinforced hopes Monday that he and Xi Jinping will be able to put pen to paper on a mini pact, saying China had already begun promised purchases […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse San Francisco, United States (AFP) — Netflix shares rallied Wednesday after its latest quarterly update showed robust subscriber growth and better-than-expected profits ahead of a major escalation in the streaming television war. Netflix reported a net income of $665 million in the recently ended quarter, jumping up from $403 million in the same period last year and topping most analyst forecasts. Revenue and subscriber growth, however, came in just […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore eased monetary policy for the first time in over three years Monday as the US-China trade war bites, while the export-reliant economy narrowly avoided recession in the third quarter. The financial hub’s central bank joins others around the world, from Europe to the US, in loosening policy as fears mount of a global economic slowdown. The city-state has traditionally been the first among Asia’s export-driven economies to be affected during […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks rallied Friday as US-China trade negotiations yielded a partial deal, while the British pound surged for a second straight session on signs that London and Brussels could still avert a no-deal Brexit. The US-China agreement, announced in the closing minutes of Friday’s Wall Street session, halts new US tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect next week and includes a Chinese promise to ramp up purchases […]
by Heather SCOTT and Ben SIMON in Geneva WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hours after getting the green light from the World Trade Organization, Washington moved Wednesday to retaliate against the EU over illegal subsidies for Airbus, announcing tariffs on $7.5 billion (6.8 billion euros) worth of European goods starting October 18. The ruling is the largest arbitration award in WTO history and a landmark moment in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing battle, which threatens to intensify […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets sank Wednesday and the dollar struggled to bounce back following a worse-than-expected reading on US factory activity that revived worries about the impact of the trade war on the global economy. Adding to the selling pressure in Hong Kong were long-running concerns about the impact of increasingly violent pro-democracy protests in the city that saw a demonstrator shot and wounded by police on Tuesday. Regional investors took their […]
