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IMF marks up China growth, warns of protectionism

TheInternationalMonetaryFundonTuesdaymarkedupChina'seconomicgrowthfor2018and2019bothby0.1percentagepointfromitsforecastlastOctober,andwarnedoftheriskofanescalat

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Entrepreneurs, bankers more upbeat on Chinese economy

Accordingtoasurveyof5000companies,Chineseentrepreneursandbankersweremoreconfidentabouttheeconomyinthefourthquarterofthisyearthanthepreviousquarter.Theentreprene

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China CPI, PPI up in October<br>

China'sconsumerpriceindex(CPI)andproducerpriceindex(PPI),rose1.9percentand6.9percentyearonyearinOctoberrespectively,accordingtothedatareleasedbyNationalBureauof

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S.Korean president's approval rating falls 1st time since taking office

SouthKoreanPresidentMoonJae-insawthefirstfallinhisapprovalratingsincetakingofficeearlierthismonth,alocalsurveyshowedMonday.AccordingtotheRealmeterpoll,Moon'ssup

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S.Korean President's 1st approval rating posts 81.6 pct: poll

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's first approval rating since his inauguration earlier this month topped 80 percent, a local poll showed Monday.

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3 out of 4 S. Koreans expect Moon's good management of state affairs

ThreeoutoffourSouthKoreansexpectednewly-electedPresidentMoonJae-in'sgoodmanagementofstateaffairs,asurveyshowedonMonday.AccordingtotheRealmeterpoll,74.8percentof

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German Social Democrats closing gap with Merkel's conservatives - Forsa poll

Support for Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) nudged up to 32 percent, one percentage point behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, over the past week, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

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1 out of 10 S. Korean companies becomes chronic "zombie": report

One out of 10 South Korean companies became a chronic "zombie" firm as they were not able to repay even borrowing costs with earnings, a central bank report showed Tuesday.

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Singapore's business confidence drops sharply in Q1

​The Business Optimism Index (BOI) in Singapore is projected to drop to a low level in the first quarter of 2015 amid global political headwinds and softer regional demand in external-oriented sectors, the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB) said on Monday.

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Singapore business confidence reaches 12-month low in Q4

​The ongoing geopolitical uncertainties around the world has led to global economic growth almost stalled, which in turn, hurt local business confidence in Singapore, dragging the Business Optimism Index (BOI) to a 12- month low in the fourth quarter, the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau said on Monday.

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2014 off to shaky start with weak U.S. jobs report

The U.S. job market is off to an unsteady start in 2014 with yet another lackluster unemployment report released on Friday.

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Aussie gov't urged to achieve budget surplus as election looms

Australian central bank governor Glenn Stevens last week issued a dramatic pre-election call for the government to achieve a budget surplus as soon as possible, and for the first time since 2008, a step he said would help restore economic confidence.