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Europe sees higher growth, record low unemployment

Third-quarterGDPintheeuroareaandtheEU28roseby0.6percent,astheseasonally-adjustedunemploymentratehitahistoricallowinOctober,thestatisticalofficeoftheEuropeanUnio

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Cash incentives help smokers quit, study finds

AstudyintheUSsaidonMondaythatsmokerswhoareofferedcashincentivesarefarmorelikelytogiveupcigarettesthanthosewhoaresimplyofferedtipsonhowtoquit.Theapproachcouldoff

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Report: Latam exports to China rising fastest

ChinalookssettobecomethetopexportgrowthmarketforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbeanthisyear.AnewreportbytheUNEconomicCommissionforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean(ECLAC)said

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China's cultural industry posts double-digit revenue growth in

RevenuefromChina'sculturalindustryjumped11.4percentyear-on-yeartoreach6.8trillionyuan(about1trillionUSdollars)duringthefirstthreequartersof2017,theNationalBurea

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China's cultural industry posts double-digit revenue growth in Jan.-Sep.

RevenuefromChina'sculturalindustryjumped11.4percentyear-on-yeartoreach6.8trillionyuan(about1trillionUSdollars)duringthefirstthreequartersof2017,theNationalBurea

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Indonesia posts 12 pct FDI growth in Q3 this year

ByAPDwriterMaverickJAKARTA,Oct.30(APD)--Indonesiaposteda12percentgrowthinitsmaterializedForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)to111.7trillionrupiah(about8.2billionU.S.Dol

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Asia shares get tech boost from Apple, crude near two-year high

AsiansharesclimbedonMonday,astechnologystockswerebolsteredbysolidearningsfromUSstalwartsandonstrongpre-ordersforApple’siPhoneX,whileoilhoveredarounda2-yearpeako

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Opinion: Why Russian people believe their future lies in the East

ThevisitofRussianPrimeMinisterDmitryMedvedevtoBeijingthisweekisonesmalldatapointinanupwardcurveofhigh-levelcontactsandgrowingcooperationbetweenthesetwoAsiangian

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China's Central bank continues net cash injection via reverse repos

China'scentralbankhascontinueditsnetcashinjectionsviaopenmarketoperations,easingthereposliquiditystrain.ThePeople'sBankofChinaconducted150billionyuan(about22.7b

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U.S. economy expands 3 pct in Q3

TheU.S.economygrewatanannualrateof3percentinthethirdquarteroftheyear,slightlylowerthanthe3.1percentinthepreviousquarter,theCommerceDepartmentreportedFriday.Thed

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Catalan declaration of independence hits stock markets, bonds, euro

Spanishsharesacceleratedlosses,Spain’s10-yeargovernmentbondyieldshitadayhighandtheeurodippedagainstthedollaronFridayafterCatalonia’sregionalparliamentdeclaredin

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S. Korea's Kia Motors posts 1st operating loss in decade

KiaMotors,SouthKorea'sNo.2carmaker,posteditsfirstoperatinglossin10yearsduetoaone-offfactor,aregulatoryfilingshowedFriday.Kia'soperatinglossreached427billionwon(

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China Focus: Industrial firms report sharp gains as economy stabilizes

China'smajorindustrialfirmspostedfasterprofitgrowthinthefirstthreequartersoftheyear.Industrialcompanieswithannualrevenueofmorethan20millionyuan(3millionU.S.doll

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Gender pay gap in Britain narrows

ThegenderpaygapinBritainhasreacheditslowestlevelsince1997,theOfficeforNationalStatistics(ONS)saidThursday.Butonaveragemenstillearnedalmost10percentmorethanwomen

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China's industrial profits in biggest surge in six years

ProfitsforChina’sindustrialpowerhousessurgedthemostinnearlysixyearsinSeptemberasagovernmentcapacityreductioncampaignsparkedfearsofwintersupplyshortagesandsentpr

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Biggest Nordic bank Nordea to cut 6,000 jobs

Nordea,thebiggestbankintheNordicregion,saidThursdayitwouldslash6,000jobstoimprovecompetitivity,asitpostedasix-percentdropinthird-quarternetprofitduetohistorical

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S.Korea's GDP growth hits seven-year high on export recovery

SouthKorea'sgrossdomesticproduct(GDP)growthhitthehighestinoversevenyearsthankstorobustrecoveryofexports,whichaccountforabouthalfoftheexport-driveneconomy,centra