During a meeting with the EU digital chief, no changes to a pact enabling billions of dollars of data flows were indicated by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross who gave no indication of any plans to change U.S. privacy protections on the pact.   The previous government at the helm of...

A senior Chinese commercial official said on Friday to the media that primarily since they met legal standards, initial approval on dozens of new trademarks in China for U.S. President Donald Trump trademarks were granted.   The U.S. president and his family were given protection in China...

One of the more noted economist is of the opinion that the health of the world's fourth largest economy is not as rosy as most people think even though Germany is often described as an economy that is considered to be the "powerhouse" of Europe and European economy.   "The crack in Germany's...

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...