Asian shares slipped on Friday after Reuters reported that the United States is set to add dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC, to a trade blacklist later in the day.
The union representing workers for General Motors Co in South Korea have voted in favour of a preliminary labour deal with the automaker, an union official told Reuters on Friday.
Retail traders have ridden 2020's stock market rally better than the professionals, with their most popular picks outperforming market indexes and well-resourced investors such as hedge funds.
PARIS: Global demand for coal is set to jump 2.6 per cent next year after a record pandemic-led drop this year, as recovering economic activity will lift use for electricity and industrial output, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday (Dec 18). Demand for thermal and metallurgical ...
Tesla's grand entrance into the S&P 500 is expected to be preceded by a huge trade, with an unprecedented US$80 billion of the electric car maker's stock changing hands by the end of the session on Friday.
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Surging U.S. stocks are stretching equity valuations near their highest levels in years, leaving investors to determine whether the rally signals a coming economic rebound or an asset price bubble in the midst of a global pandemic.
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Rolls-Royce may be the jewel in Britain's industrial crown, but the coronavirus crisis has left the engine-maker facing one of the toughest challenges in its 114-year history.
The Bank of Japan extended an emergency virus-related lending programme but kept its monetary easing policy unchanged Friday, as the country faces a record spike in new Covid-19 cases.
