Can the OPEC oil deal be derailed by the production spree in U.S. oil – this is the question that many analysts and experts are raising at the moment given the recently released data about U.S. oil and shale gas production.   And the International Energy Agency said that led by expansion...

A recent survey by global design and architecture consultancy Arcadis shows that due to the severe shortage of construction labour, Hong Kong is the costliest Asian city to get anything built. The island city is also the world's least affordable urban centre to live and work in.   According...

Investors are breathing a sigh of relief as recent and more and more estimates and surveys hint at the fact that Marine Le Pen's chances of becoming France’s next president may be slipping.   The far-right candidate's lead over centrist Emmanuel Macron declining to just 1.5 percentage...

With lawmakers in U.S. Congress coming under pressure from some of the nation's biggest employers, major U.S. corporations are going to war in Washington over a Republican 'border adjustment' tax proposal meant to boost exports over imports.   The proposal could be doomed by the political...

While a raft of global smartphone makers launched devices at Europe's biggest tech showcase, Mobile World Congress (MWC) which kicked off on Monday, the absence was a flagship smartphone from Samsung, the world's biggest vendor, was notable.   To take the wraps of its new smartphones,...

While a more cautious mood hung over world stock markets and the dollar, both of which struggled for clear direction, the French 10-year bond yields hit a one-month low on Monday, pushing other euro zone sovereign yields lower.   Relieving some fears that have built up in recent weeks among...

In a bid to close a pricing gap with German-based discount grocery chain Aldi and other U.S. rivals like Kroger Co, Wal-Mart Stores Inc is squeezing packaged goods suppliers and running a new price-comparison test in at least 1,200 U.S. stores, according to the news agency Reuters.  ...

For newspapers struggling to attract more digital readers and advertisers, turning out to be the best hope in 2017 is "fake news" and the Trump administration's combative view of traditional news media as the "opposition party".   By marketing unbiased reporting as a sales strategy, building...

With prices surging 30 percent this-year-to-date, a glow on the uranium market has been put by a resurgence in interest for nuclear energy and a sharp reduction in supply.   With prices getting a boost after top supplier Khazakhstan shocked the market on Jan. 10 when...

While pointing out to uneasy communications with bosses as one factor, a recent survey has found that slightly less than one-third of those employees polled in Asia were happy in their work prompting the agency to conclude that, in general, employees in Asia are more downbeat about their jobs than...

Indications that the Chinese central bank has stepped up its efforts to regulate the bitcoin market is evident from the fact that the Chinese bitcoin exchanges have disabled withdrawals of the cryptocurrency after meeting with the People's Bank of China.   Including measures such...