South Korea's current account surplus reduced to 7.27 billion U.S. dollars in August due to seasonal factors such as a deficit in the travel account at the peak of summer vacation, central bank data showed Monday.
Bangladesh recorded a current account surplus of over one billion U.S. dollars in the first month of the current 2014-15 fiscal year (July 2014-June 2015) as import payments dipped by double-digit levels, official data showed Sunday.
Canada's main stock market dropped for a fifth straight session on Thursday, nearing a three-month low, as sluggish U.S. economic data weighed on sentiment and doubts were raised about the liquefied natural gas project in the western province of British Columbia.
The government bond market in Vietnam has witnessed an average annual increase of 23 percent over the past five years, posting the fastest growth in emerging East Asia and the ASEAN+3 regions, according to latest report of the Vietnam's State Securities Commission (SSC).
U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday with all three major indices plunging more than 1 percent, as a slump in durable goods orders and escalating geopolitical risks spooked investors.
U.S. crude prices fell Monday on growth concerns across the globe and expectations of increasing supply from the Middle East.
U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 suffering the largest one-day decline since early August, on worse-than-expected U.S. housing data and concerns over China's economic growth.
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group started trading at 92.70 U.S. dollars per share at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Friday.
Canada's main stock was little changed on Thursday amid investors' concern about an independence referendum in Scotland.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on Thursday set its initial public offering (IPO) price at 68 U.S. dollars per share, setting a record-breaking IPO in U.S. history.
The chief executives of Australia' s top-listed companies earned an average total pay of 4.84 million Australian dollars (4.34 million U.S. dollars) in 2013 - 63 times an average worker's earnings, according to a new report released on Thursday.
The coast of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was once crammed with Chinese merchant ships ready to carry ceramics and silk to the Malay Peninsula, Myanmar and India.
Cambodian trade unions on Wednesday launched a campaign to demand a 177 U.S. dollars monthly minimum wage in the garment and footwear sector, the current monthly minimum wage being 100 U.S. dollars, unionists and officials said.
Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., showed up in Singapore on Tuesday for a roadshow in the city state for its initial public offering (IPO).
U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a record intraday high, boosted by expectations that the Federal Reserve may not send out a hawkish tone Wednesday at the conclusion of its policy meeting. The Dow jumped 100.83 points, or 0.59 percent, to 17,131.97. The S&P 500 climbed 14.85 points, or 0.75 percent, to 1,998.98. The Nasdaq Composite Index surged 33.86 points, or 0.75 percent, to 4, 552.76.
U.S. stocks closed mixed Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite Index suffering a hit ahead of Chinese e- commerce giant Alibaba's scheduled initial public offering later this week, as investors are awaiting the results of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting.
Canada's main stock market on Monday lost ground as miners shares plunged on weak Chinese data.
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