Economic news

Nike Inc.’s quarterly revenue and profit figures went beyond Wall Street expectations on Thursday capped by surging sales in China. However, the leading footwear’s sales in North America are a letdown as it hit lower-than-expected figures to overshadow the beat. Nike continues to struggle in North America as it faces tough competition from other brands […]

Amazon is set to deliver its customer packages of up to 3.5 billion through its own in-house delivery network this year. Amazon has long been regarded as a long-term threat to United Parcel Service Inc (UPS) and FedEx Corp due to its growing network of delivery trucks, vans, and planes. FedEx has ended its relationship […]

SYDNEY-Sterling hit worst week in more than two years on Friday brought heavily by resurfacing concerns about Britain’s departure from the European Union, while positive records revived dollar from its previous loss. Overnight, pound GBP= declined further and was quoted $1.30 for the first time in two weeks. It traded $1.3008 in Asian trading hours […]

Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz USA has agreed to settle the $20 million civil penalty for vehicle recalls in the US. The government investigation on the 1.4 million recalled vehicles lasted for almost a year. The German automaker will pay $13 million and another $7 million if the company does not abide by the agreement, as stated […]

The United States and China are keeping close communication on the signing of the phase one trade deal, China’s commerce ministry said. The phase one of the deal will see to decrease the tariffs imposed on Chinese goods and to boost higher Chinese purchases of US energy, farm, and manufactured goods. The phase one of […]

CITIC sets to become first China firm to lead Asia equity rankings CITIC Securities is poised to become the first Chinese firm to lead annual equity markets (ECM) rankings for Asia-Pacific excluding Japan this year.   Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and other Western banks have traditionally battled over the top position in the region, where […]

SYDNEY-US greenback rode smoothly on US President Donald Trump’s impeachment headlines as Australian peer recuperated from sharp fall due to country’s unemployment percentage. The British pound GBP=D3 was pressed by reemerging issues of Brexit as it was last quoted $1.3083 after sharp turn of 2% in consecutive days. Greenback traders remained optimistic following a landslide […]

U.S. Dollar falls on Trump’s impeachment news The U.S. Dollar dropped on Thursday in Asia after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Republican U.S. President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The U.S. Dollar index slipped 0.1% to 96.925 by 11:30 PM ET (03:30 GMT). Trump is the third […]

SINGAPORE-Oil prices edged closer to achieving its third consecutive months of positively ended performance on Thursday, maintaining its momentum which started a week ago. Such followed after records disclosed that US crude inventories plummeted down while output reduction by major producers held supply steady. Brent crude futures swiped out 1 cent to $66.16 per barrel […]

The Bank of England is looking to pause from making rates decisions as it weighs up Brexit’s outlook on Thursday. Flashes of hopes rose after the recently concluded election favoring a graceful Brexit but Prime Minister Boris Johnson seems to dim the bright outlook as he revives fears of a disorderly exit from the European […]