Saudi crown prince kicks off Asian tour with $20b kicker for Pakistan
By Jay Jackson, Long Beach Star
Greenback takes a hit in Asia
SYDNEY, Australia - The U.S. dollar fell sharply against all the major currencies in Asia on Monday. The euro regained ...
Turkey moves to ease tightening credit environment
ANKARA, Turkey - The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has lowered reserve requirement ratios to improve liquidity in ...
Trump gets briefing on trade negotiations at Palm Beach retreat
PALM BEACH, Florida - U.S. President Donald Trump has been briefed on current discussions on trade, underway between the U.S., ...
flybmi goes into administration, customers left stranded
LONDON, UK - The UK has been rocked by the apparent failure of 32-year old regional airline flybmi which ceased ...
60 representatives from across Australia to attend bushfires forum
KATOOMBA, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia - Bushfires and climate change will be the main topics at a national forum to ...
Report says credit card companies plan to lift commissions
NEW YORK, New York - Visa and Mastercard are planning to lift commissions on credit card transactions processed by U.S. ...
Where Ireland stands in relation to Brexit, McEntee
DUBLIN, Ireland - This week Ireland's Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee briefed journalists on Ireland's position in ...
Nearly 10% of Myanmar people now lliving and working overseas
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Almost 10% of the population of Myanmar is now resident overseas. Migrant workers from the country have ...
S&P Global Ratings establishes Irish hub for Europe
DUBLIN, Ireland - One of the major international credit rating agencies S&P Global Ratings this week inaugurated their new European ...
U.S. stocks gain Friday, Dow Jones jumps 443 points
NEW YORK, New York - With a total 7.07 billion shares traded on Friday, U.S. stock exchanges were light on ...
Amazon cancels proposal to build New York City headquarters
NEW YORK, New York - The Big Apple has lost out on its bid to host a new headquarters for ...
Airbus reports record profit despite lack of take-up of A380s
LONDON, UK - Airbus on Thursday made a shock announcement that it would cease deliveries of A380s as of 2021. ...
FERA case: SC to hear ED plea against T T V Dhinakaran
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear an appeal filed by the Enforcement ...
Magnet Networks launches award winning IoT solutions in India
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): An Irish company 's technology is enabling a new way of smart living and ...
Markets continue to slide, Sensex slips 190 points in early trading
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices opened with a flat note on Monday but slipped into the ...
VOA Latin America Interviews Colombia's Duque
Colombian President Ivan Duque, interviewed Saturday by VOA's Latin America Division, discussed the battle against the National Liberation Army in ...
Small businesses hard hit by load shedding
Eskom says the probability of load shedding is low for the next few days, but as GroundUp reports it has ...
Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Mortgage Lending
Mortgage originations hit 4-year low: NY Fed The Real Deal Mortgage originations fell last year, while new auto loans hit ...
A Look at Mortgage REIT ETFs Post Q4 Earnings - February 18, 2019
A Look at Mortgage REIT ETFs Post Q4 Earnings Zacks.com Let's take a look at how mortgage REIT ETFs performed ...
Risk of US corporate recession rises as earnings outlook dims
The outlook for Wall Street earnings has deteriorated significantly in recent months, data shows, raising the risk that companies in ...
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Days after Warsaw forum, Israel accused of 'theft' by Arab League
CAIRO, Egypt - Just days after foreign ministers from Arab nations sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in ...
Jeremy Corbyn disappointed with 7 breakaways
LONDON, UK - Seven Labour Party MPs have resigned from the party to form their own group with shared policies, ...
Civilians blocked from leaving as ISIS makes last ditch stand
Diehard jihadists have blocked roads out of the last scrap of their Islamic State group "caliphate" in Syria, US-backed forces ...
Rape and other sexual assaults rampant in South Sudan, says UN agency
Sexual violence in South Sudan has been rampant, prompting a call from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, for urgent ...
Pipe bomb explodes at home in Craigavon, second device found
CO. ARMAGH, Northern Ireland - An explosion at a house in Craigavon, Co. Armagh, in Northern Ireland on Saturday night ...
Theresa May lines up another meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker
LONDON UK - British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will meet with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker this week, ...
Abbott Ireland announces expansion plans, new jobs
DONEGAL, Ireland - Announcing plans to expand its workforce in Donegal, the U.S. healthcare giant Abbott unveiled plans to create 500 new jobs in the country.Abbott Ireland currently hires c ...
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