Economics
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$25 billion of investments in 192 projects in the Suez Canal
The financial year of 2018/2019 records the highest annual revenue at an increase of 5.4%, equivalent to $300 million compared…
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Amazon in talks with India’s Reliance Retail for stake purchase: sources
Amazon’s massive online presence could help bolster Reliance’s consumer and private labels business. More importantly, a potential partnership will help…
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Trump unleashes Twitterstorm on China as trade talks resume
US President Donald Trump ripped into China on Tuesday after US negotiators arrived in Shanghai to resurrect talks aimed at…
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Air passenger departures set to hit 4.5b in 2019
The world’s airlines expect a 10th straight year of profit next year, with a projected surplus of US$35.5bil (RM148.3bil), the…
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Hackers using telecoms like ‘global spy system’: report
Boston-based Cybereason said the tactic gave hackers sweeping access to VIPs’ call records, location data and device information effectively turning…
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Argentina receives $5.4bn from IMF
The IMF board approved the fourth review of the South American country’s performance under the loan deal signed last year.…
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China & Gulf expansion to boost Trade Bank of Iraq’s revenues: chairman
State-owned Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) is expanding into China and the Gulf, seeking to lift its revenues from retail…
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‘Safe like China’ – In Argentina, ZTE finds an eager buyer for surveillance tec
In Argentina’s remote northern province of Jujuy, Chinese telecoms giant ZTE is installing a little slice of the Asian nation’s…
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African leaders to launch historic free trade deal
African nations will officially launch a landmark trade agreement at an African Union summit in Niger on Sunday, with the…
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