Markets jittery as leftist election victory stokes concerns of instability throughout Europec
Oil fell to the lowest level in almost six years on Monday as signs that Saudi Arabia's new king will maintain its production policy and rising US crude stockpiles bolstered speculation that a global glut will persist.
When Swiss Life Holding AG bought an office building in Geneva earlier this month for 535 million Swiss francs ($613 million), it set a record for the city. A day later, the central bank unexpectedly scrapped its currency cap, making the job of leasing the property more difficult.
When Patricia Villela Marino first came to Davos, Switzerland, nine years ago, she would stay up late to make an online bid to get into the World Economic Forum's panels. She was accompanying her husband, a Brazilian banker, and there were no seating guarantees.
Foreign funds bank on proven strategies to win more customers amid stiff competition
Private equity firms from China are increasingly investing overseas, helping to bring about synergy between Chinese and Western economies and businesses.
China-South Korea FTA and financial agreements will open fresh channels for investment
How do you cope with a prolonged period of low growth, which economists call secular stagnation or economic immobilism?
Global growth was yet again lower than initially expected in 2014, continuing a pattern of disappointing outturns over the past several years. Growth picked up only marginally in 2014, to 2.6 percent, from 2.5 percent in 2013. The global growth outlook for 2015 is not rosier either: It is expected to rise moderately to 3 percent, and an average of about 3.3 percent through 2017.
When Wang Shukun was studying English at the Tianjin Foreign Studies University, he adopted Eric as his given foreign name, a practice common in China for students of foreign languages.
Can someone who sings off-key become a pop singer? William Hung proved the trick could be pulled off if you gain a large enough following. It does not matter, it seems, if a crowd is there to cheer you for your chutzpah or jeer at you for singing badly.
Investors inclined to sell yuan as US Federal Reserve ends quantitative easing policy
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