SaudiArabia’shousingministryhassetatargetforthemortgagemarkettoreachatotalvalueof502billionriyals($134billion)by2020fromacurrent290billionriyals,thekingdom’shou
Globalwarmingcouldplace25to50percentofspeciesintheAmazon,Madagascarandotherbiodiverseareasatriskoflocalisedextinctionwithindecades,areportsaidWednesday.Thelower
CommoditiestraderNobleGrouphasfinalizedarestructuringagreementwithagroupofseniorcreditorsholding46percentofitsdebt,andisintalkswithothers,asitracestolaunchadeal
China'sretailsalesofconsumergoodsgrew9.7percentyear-on-yearinthefirsttwomonthsof2018,datafromtheNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)showedonWednesday.TheNBScombinesJ
AsianstocksedgeduponTuesdaywithtechnologysharesbuoyedbygainsintheirWallStreetpeers,butgainswerelimitedaheadofU.S.inflationdatalaterinthedaywhichcouldofferclueso
AreliefrallysweptacrossAsiansharemarketsonMondayafterthelatestU.S.jobsreportmanagedtoimpresswithitsstrengthwhilealsoeasingfearsofinflationandfasterratehikes,ane
Thenewstock-pledgedrepomeasurespublishedbyChina’stwomainbourseswiththeaimofcurbingrecklessborrowingbymajorstockholderstookeffectonMondayafteratwo-monthgraceperi
Sevencivilians,includingtwowomenandthreechildren,werekilledwhenTalibanstrucktheirvehiclewitharocketineasternAfghanprovinceofNangarhar,theprovincialgovernmentsai
Chinesebankshavesignificantlysteppeduptheirlendingactivitiesinrecentyearstoranknowasthesixth-largestinternationalcreditorgroup,theBankforInternationalSettlement
WeaponsimportstotheMiddleEastandAsiahaveboomedoverthepastfiveyears,fuelledbywarandtensionsinthoseregions,anewstudyshowedonMonday.Intheperiodbetween2013and2017,a
Chinesewomen,especiallythosebornafter1995,arenowfocusingmoreandmoreontheircareerdevelopment,accordingtonewsurvey.JointlyreleasedbyLinkedInChinaandL'OREALChinaon
WorldsharebenchmarksweremixedonFriday,withAsiamostlyadvancingwhileseveralEuropeanmarketslostgroundafterPresidentDonaldTrumpannouncednewtariffsonsteelandaluminum
TheBankofJapan(BOJ)onFridayoptedtomaintainitsaggressivemonetaryeasingprogramasitcontinuestoworktowardshittingitslofty2percentinflationtarget.Thecentralbank'spol
Apple,theworld’smostvaluablepubliclylistedcompany,isindangerofbeingbeatenbyAmazon.comtothe$1trillionmark.WallStreet’soptimismaboutlastyear’s10thanniversaryiPhon
China'sconsumerpriceindex(CPI)roseby2.9percentyear-on-yearinFebruary,datafromtheNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)showedFriday.Theincreasewasupfrom1.5percentforJan
TheU.S.dollarindexroseagainstmostothercurrenciesinlatetradingonThursday,asinvestorswereawaitingformoredetailsaboutU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'stariffplan.TheU.S.do
ChangingattitudesmeanyoungChinesewomennolongerexpectorevenprefertheirhusbands'incometobehigherthantheirs,andinsteadareeagerforcareeradvancementandfinancialindep