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Mitsubishi shares plummet on data scandal

Mitsubishi shares plummet on data scandal

-- 2017-11-24 12:58:42

Mitsubishi Materials, a division of one of Japan's biggest conglomerates, saw shares fall by as much 11 per cent on Friday after admitting to a quality scandal. Three of its units were found to have...

S Korean consumer confidence hits 7-year high

S Korean consumer confidence hits 7-year high

-- 2017-11-24 12:27:18

South Korea’s consumer confidence rose hit the highest in almost seven years amid eased geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula, central bank data showed Friday. The composite consumer senti...

British consumer confidence slumps

British consumer confidence slumps

-- 2017-11-24 12:03:27

British consumer confidence slipped after last year’s Brexit vote, partly because of this month’s interest rate hike and further signs of a slowdown in the housing market, a survey sh...

Asia shares near 10 year peak

Asia shares near 10 year peak

Reuters 2017-11-24 12:00:00

Asian shares hovered below their 10-year peak on Friday while investors viewed Chinese shares with caution after their big fall the previous day. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ou...

Singapore industrial output rises 14.6pc in Oct

Singapore industrial output rises 14.6pc in Oct

-- 2017-11-24 12:00:00

Singapore's manufacturing output rose 14.6 per cent in October compared to a year ago, driven by growth in electronics output, data from the Singapore Economic Development Board showed on Friday. The...

Southeast Asian stocks slip

Southeast Asian stocks slip

-- 2017-11-24 12:00:00

Southeast Asian stock markets mostly lower on Friday, with the Philippines declining the most, as investors avoided riskier assets following a steep drop in Chinese shares in the previous session....

Zimbabwe stocks fall $6b after military takeover

Zimbabwe stocks fall $6b after military takeover

-- 2017-11-24 11:20:40

Zimbabwe’s stock market has shed $6 billion while its main index has slumped 40 per cent since last Wednesday when the military seized power leading to the fall of Robert Mugabe. The main indus...

Malaysia inflation rate eases to 3.7pc

Malaysia inflation rate eases to 3.7pc

-- 2017-11-24 01:06:21

Malaysia's annual inflation rate in October was 3.7 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, moderating from the previous month and lower than forecasts. A Reuters poll had pre...

S Korea external debt hits record high

S Korea external debt hits record high

-- 2017-11-23 12:59:38

South Korea’s ratio of short-term external debt to foreign exchange reserves touched a record 31.1 per cent by end-September from 30.8 per cent three months ago, data showed on Thursday. Short-...

Violence at Indian university after student’s suicide

Violence at Indian university after student’s suicide

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Students of an Indian university went on a rampage and set hostel properties on fire after a first-year student, who was caught allegedly cheating during an exam, committed suicide. Agitated students...

Three cups of coffees benefit health: Study

Three cups of coffees benefit health: Study

Reuters 2017-11-23 12:00:00

People who drink three to four cups of coffee a day are more likely to see health benefits than harm, experiencing lower risks of premature death and heart disease than those who abstain, scientists s...

Taiwan apartment fire claims nine lives

Taiwan apartment fire claims nine lives

-- 2017-11-23 11:58:02

Nine people, including foreign migrant workers, have been killed and two others slightly injured by a massive fire that broke out at a rental apartment in New Taipei City’s Zhonghe District in n...

Four die in Georgia anti-terror raid

Four die in Georgia anti-terror raid

-- 2017-11-23 10:34:21

Three suspected militants and a special forces soldier have been killed in a siege on an apartment in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, reports say. Explosions and gunfire rocked a block of flats in the...

Fed likely to raise interest rates in Dec

Fed likely to raise interest rates in Dec

-- 2017-11-23 03:50:59

US Federal Reserve officials are unlikely to raise interest rates in December, although the officials still divided over inflation outlook, Fed officials said after the latest monetary policy meeting....

Libya deports 124 illegal migrants

Libya deports 124 illegal migrants

-- 2017-11-23 03:21:04

Libya's Anti-Illegal Immigration Department has deported a total of 124 illegal African immigrants from the Libyan capital Tripoli, according to a local official. "The child Mamani returned to her ho...

Light pollution increasing around globe: Study

Light pollution increasing around globe: Study

AP 2017-11-23 02:44:01

The world’s nights are getting alarmingly brighter — bad news for all sorts of creatures, humans included. A German-led term reported Wednesday that light pollution is threatening darknes...

Southeast Asian stocks mostly gain

Southeast Asian stocks mostly gain

-- 2017-11-23 02:02:57

Most Southeast Asian stock markets edged higher on Thursday, after minutes of the US Federal Reserve meeting indicated that policy tightening might not be as aggressive as previously expected. Asian...

Asian stocks clam

Asian stocks clam

-- 2017-11-23 01:55:11

Asian share markets were calm Thursday after the Fed minutes largely met investor expectations that it will soon raise interest rates for a third time next month, but Shanghai stocks fell sharply. C...

Afghan air strikes kill 11 IS militants

Afghan air strikes kill 11 IS militants

-- 2017-11-22 12:55:57

At least 11 Islamic States (IS) militants have been killed during air strikes by Afghan security forces in Nargosi and Khamon areas of Achin district in Nangarhar province, the provincial governor's s...

US navy aircraft crashes with 11 on board

US navy aircraft crashes with 11 on board

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

An aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed into the Pacific Ocean Wednesday while on the way to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the Navy said. The Japan-based 7th Fleet said in a sta...

Wall Street end record highs

Wall Street end record highs

-- 2017-11-22 10:40:29

US stocks jumped on Tuesday, pushing all three major indexes to record closing highs, led by gains in this year’s top-performing technology sector. Healthcare stocks also rose after bullish res...

Asia stocks rally on strong global growth

Asia stocks rally on strong global growth

Reuters 2017-11-22 10:25:56

Asian shares joined a global rally and scaled a fresh decade peak on Wednesday as strong world growth and rising corporate profits lured hordes of investors into equities, while oil prices jumped on e...

Dhaka reminds Beijing of trade preference for more products

Dhaka reminds Beijing of trade preference for more products

FE Report 2017-11-22 10:02:44

Bangladesh has reminded China of offering duty and quota-free market access of 17 more products to facilitate exports to the East Asian nation, officials said. The reminder was given on Tuesday when...

European shares nudge higher

European shares nudge higher

-- 2017-11-22 04:07:45

European stocks edged up on Wednesday, losing some of the momentum that pushed stocks in Asia and on Wall Street to new highs overnight on continued faith in synchronised economic growth around the wo...

German cops recover John Lennon’s stolen items

German cops recover John Lennon’s stolen items

BBC 2017-11-22 02:56:42

German police have recovered more than 100 items stolen from John Lennon's estate, including three diaries. The diaries were put on display at Berlin police headquarters with other items including a...

Western India road crash claim nine lives

Western India road crash claim nine lives

-- 2017-11-22 02:34:51

At least nine people have been killed and several others sustained injuries when a state-run passenger bus collided with an overloaded jeep coming at high speed on Nokha-Sujangarh Road in the western...

Nikkei share rallies as large-caps gain

Nikkei share rallies as large-caps gain

-- 2017-11-22 01:56:55

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to a near two-week high on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in large-cap stocks such, as global growth hopes lifted the mood across world markets. The Nikkei ended 0...

Russia admits radiation spike in Ural Mountains

Russia admits radiation spike in Ural Mountains

-- 2017-11-22 01:45:37

Russian authorities have confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains while the suspected culprit, a nuclear fuel processing plant, denied it was the source of cont...

Brazil economy likely to grow 3pc in 2018

Brazil economy likely to grow 3pc in 2018

-- 2017-11-22 01:19:09

The Brazilian economy is likely to grow more than 3.0 percent in 2018, perhaps even near 4.0 per cent, the head of Brazilian state development bank BNDES, Paulo Rabello de Castro, said. This suggests...

Obese women at ‘larger’ breast cancer risk

Obese women at ‘larger’ breast cancer risk

BBC 2017-11-22 01:12:09

Cancerous breast lumps are less likely to be detected in overweight or obese women before the tumour becomes large, a Swedish study has found. These women may need more frequent mammograms to help sp...