The North American box office over the weekend was dominated by "The Butler", a biopic featuring what was happening at the White House throughout eight U.S. presidencies, as the film has drawn more enthusiastic moviegoers than expected, enabling it to outperform three other new wide releases.
Banks approved for foreign exchange transactions sold more foreign currency than they bought last month, although regulatory authorities have denied that foreign capital has been massively withdrawn from the country.
The United Nations has called for 98 million U.S. dollars in funding to respond to urgent humanitarian priorities in North Korea, a UN spokesman said here Thursday.
French cosmetics giant L'Oreal announced Thursday its intention to acquire all the shares of Magic Holdings International Limited, a Chinese facial care firm, the French company said.
Australian Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO) has been released by the Departments of Treasury and Finance on Tuesday.
Australia recorded its fifth consecutive monthly trade surplus in June, as a slight drop in the value of exports was offset by a larger fall in imports, Trade Minister Richard Marles said in a press release on Tuesday.
The U.S. stocks closed mixed after volatile trading on Monday following record runs in the previous week, with the Nasdaq Composite Index eking out small gains, as the U.S. non-manufacturing activity index for July came in positive.
British oil giant BP said Monday it has uncovered new allegations of fraud in the settlement program that has given billions of U.S. dollars to Gulf Coast businesses and residents after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, U.S. media reported.
South Korea's foreign reserves hit a record high last month due to an increase in the conversion value of non-dollar assets and a continued rise in investment returns, central bank data showed Monday.
U.S. stocks soared on Thursday, with the S&P 500 crossing the landmark level of 1,700 points for the first time, boosted by a batch of upbeat economic data and Federal Reserve reassurance after a two-day policy meeting.
The New Zealand government is to lower the film and television production cost threshold for rebates in a bid to have more global blockbusters made in the country, it announced Wednesday.
The World Bank said Tuesday that it has committed 52.6 billion U.S. dollars in loans, grants, equity investments, and guarantees to support developing countries in fiscal year 2013 which ended on June 30.
Singapore has inked an Investment Guarantee Agreement with Colombia, aiming to promote greater investment flows between the two countries, the city-state 's Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Wednesday.
U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notching a five-day winning streak,as minutes of the Federal Reserve's June policy meeting showed that further improvement in the labor market would be needed before Fed's tapering of its bond buying.
"Despicable Me 2" succeeded in finishing as the most popular film in North America over the Independence Day weekend as it beat up Johnny Depp's vehicle "The Lone Ranger" with ease and style.
Industrial parks (IPs) and economic zones (EZs) in Vietnam have attracted more than 110 billion U.S. dollars from foreign investors by the end of June this year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) reported on its website on Wednesday.
"Monsters University" opened as the No. 1 grossing film in North America this weekend, raking in 82 million dollars worth of tickets and set multiple industry records including the second highest debut for a Pixar film.
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