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US economy creates 103,000 jobs in March

US economy creates 103,000 jobs in March

-- 2018-04-07 12:51:11

The US economy created 103,000 jobs in March while the wage growth picked up a bit. Average hourly earnings rose eight cents or 0.3 per cent last month after edging up 0.1 per cent in February. Nonfa...

Former Brazilian chief justice mulls presidential run

Former Brazilian chief justice mulls presidential run

-- 2018-04-07 11:41:50

Former chief justice and the first black member of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, joined the centre-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) late on Friday mulling a presidential bid in th...

Global stocks slide; equity markets tumble

Global stocks slide; equity markets tumble

-- 2018-04-07 11:32:10

Global stocks slipped on Friday while crude oil and equity markets tumbled after US President Donald Trump upped the ante in a trade dispute with China. MSCI’s gauge of worldwide equity indexes...

US stocks plunge on trade war worries

US stocks plunge on trade war worries

-- 2018-04-07 11:20:40

US stocks plunged on Monday as investors fled technology stocks amid resurgent trade war worries, with key indexes trading below their 200-day moving averages. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4...

Ex-Russian spy ‘recovering rapidly’ after poison attack

Ex-Russian spy ‘recovering rapidly’ after poison attack

-- 2018-04-07 10:08:29

Russian former spy Sergei Skripal is no longer in a critical condition after being poisoned by a nerve agent, doctors have said. Salisbury District Hospital said Skripal is responding well to treatme...

MAS likely to tighten monetary policy in April

MAS likely to tighten monetary policy in April

-- 2018-04-06 12:58:20

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), central bank of the Asian country, is expected to tighten monetary policy in April for the first time in six years, reports Reuters. A Reuters survey, pr...

Asian shares turn higher amid US threat

Asian shares turn higher amid US threat

-- 2018-04-06 11:59:35

Asian share markets mostly turned higher on Friday amid the worries about the Trump administration’s latest threats of yet more tariffs on Chinese imports. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225...

Nikkei edges up in choppy trading

Nikkei edges up in choppy trading

-- 2018-04-06 11:55:34

Japanese stocks edged up in choppy trading on Friday morning as the perceived safe-haven yen rose after US President Donald Trump warned of further tariffs on China. Japan’s Nikkei share rose 0...

Roof collapse kills six miners in Georgia

Roof collapse kills six miners in Georgia

-- 2018-04-05 15:59:42

Six miners have been killed and three others injured on Thursday when the roof of a coal mine in western Georgia collapsed, the country’s interior ministry said. The ministry said in a statemen...

Indian shares rise over 1pc on global cues

Indian shares rise over 1pc on global cues

-- 2018-04-05 15:08:03

Indian shares rose on Thursday, tracking global equity markets that recovered after fears of a Sino-US trade war eased, with metal stocks such as Hindalco Industries Ltd and banks such as ICICI Bank L...

Nepal has Rs 9.5b in demonetised Indian notes

Nepal has Rs 9.5b in demonetised Indian notes

-- 2018-04-05 13:40:51

Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will press India to exchange millions of dollars held in Nepal in banned high-value Indian bank notes during a visit this week to improve ties with its large south...

Cameroon security forces free 18 hostages

Cameroon security forces free 18 hostages

-- 2018-04-05 12:36:12

Twelve Europeans and six Cameroonians, who were seized by ‘secessionist terrorists’ in south-western Cameroon, have been freed in a military operation, a government statement said. It occ...

Brazil’s top court rejects Lula’s plea to avoid jail

Brazil’s top court rejects Lula’s plea to avoid jail

-- 2018-04-05 12:10:25

Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled early on Thursday that leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, denying his plea to remain...

6.0 quake batters southern Philippines

6.0 quake batters southern Philippines

-- 2018-04-05 11:41:17

An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Davao Oriental province in southern Philippines on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In a repor...

Asia shares bounce from two-month lows

Asia shares bounce from two-month lows

-- 2018-04-05 11:16:42

Asian shares bounced from two-month lows on Thursday as world equities recovered from a selloff triggered by escalating Sino-US trade tensions, with investors hoping a full-blown trade war between the...

10 Indonesians die after consuming home-brewed liquor

10 Indonesians die after consuming home-brewed liquor

-- 2018-04-04 16:04:37

At least 10 people have died after consuming poisonous home-distilled drink moonshine in Indonesia’s capital and its outskirt cities, a senior police officer said Wednesday. Police chief in Eas...

Sri Lanka central bank cuts key rate amid slow growth

Sri Lanka central bank cuts key rate amid slow growth

-- 2018-04-04 15:36:02

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) cut its key lending rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday. The central bank unexpectedly cut the key rate as policy makers sought to revitalise an economy growin...

Russia blames US, UK agencies for spy poisoning

Russia blames US, UK agencies for spy poisoning

-- 2018-04-04 14:36:23

Russia’s foreign intelligence agency chief Sergei Naryshkin said on Wednesday that the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain was an act of provocation by US and British inte...

UK shop prices drop in March

UK shop prices drop in March

-- 2018-04-04 14:19:19

British shop prices dropped in March at the fastest pace in more than a year, adding to signs that inflation pressure caused by the pound’s post-Brexit drop is fading away, an industry survey sh...

C Africa militia attack kills UN peacekeeper; 21 others dead

C Africa militia attack kills UN peacekeeper; 21 others dead

-- 2018-04-04 14:11:00

Christian militias stormed a UN base in southern Central Africa Republic, killing one peacekeeper and wounding 11 early on Monday, the United Nations said. At around 5 am (0400 GMT), armed anti-balak...

59pc of APAC financial cos to invest in real-time detection of fraud

59pc of APAC financial cos to invest in real-time detection of fraud

FE Online Desk 2018-04-04 14:04:51

The detection of fraud is a key concern for companies around the world, particularly for consumer banking and credit card companies. 78 per cent of retail banking and cards companies are most concern...

Germany removes Nazi-era swastika from church bell

Germany removes Nazi-era swastika from church bell

-- 2018-04-04 13:08:01

A controversial church bell in Schweringen, northern Germany, has had a swastika inscription removed as part of an unauthorised ‘spring cleaning’. The unknown perpetrators left a note on...

Malaysian PM announces pay rise ahead of polls

Malaysian PM announces pay rise ahead of polls

-- 2018-04-04 12:53:27

Prime Minister Najib Razak promised on Wednesday 1.46 billion ringgit ($378.04 million) in salary hikes to Malaysia’s civil servants, a key vote bank for the ruling coalition in a looming genera...

Asian shares mixed in early trading

Asian shares mixed in early trading

-- 2018-04-04 12:30:25

Asian shares were mixed in early trading Wednesday as investors pondered the latest volley of tariff measures and threats between the US and China. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 0.1 per cent...

Japanese stocks edge lower in choppy trading

Japanese stocks edge lower in choppy trading

-- 2018-04-04 12:24:38

Japanese stocks slipped slightly on Wednesday morning in choppy trade as the stronger yen soured sentiment, offsetting gains in some automakers after their strong US sales numbers. The Nikkei dropp...

Woman shoots herself after wounding three at YouTube HQ

Woman shoots herself after wounding three at YouTube HQ

-- 2018-04-04 12:07:36

A woman shot and wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters in Northern California before killing herself, police say. US media have named the suspect as Nasim Aghdam and said the incident...

Germany moves to extradite Puigdemont

Germany moves to extradite Puigdemont

-- 2018-04-03 15:46:22

German prosecutors filed a request to a regional court on Tuesday for the extradition of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where he faces charges of rebellion over the region’...

Sensex, Nifty fall amid global selloff; banks gain

Sensex, Nifty fall amid global selloff; banks gain

-- 2018-04-03 15:06:28

Indian shares edged lower on Tuesday tracking global peers, with gains in state-run lenders such as State Bank of India being capped by losses in tech stocks such as Wipro. Investor sentiment was sub...

Myanmar car crash kills five

Myanmar car crash kills five

-- 2018-04-03 13:47:26

At least five people have been killed and 19 others wounded in a car crash in Gwa township, Myanmar's Rakhine state, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Gwa-Ngathaingc...

White House criticises $3b China tariffs

White House criticises $3b China tariffs

-- 2018-04-03 12:50:57

The White House has criticised China after the second largest economic country imposed retaliatory tariffs against the US on a range of goods, including pork, fruits, and wine. Beijing has introduced...