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BEIJING: Profit at China's state-owned firms fell 2.1 per cent to 2.68 trillion yuan (US$387.54 billion) in the first seven months of the year versus the same period last year,...

BENGALURU: India likely recorded strong double-digit economic growth in the last quarter but economists polled by Reuters expected the pace to more than halve this quarter and slow further toward...

BEIJING: China's CanSino Biologics reported a 69.5 per cent drop in revenue for the first six months versus a year ago, joining global and domestic COVID-19 vaccine makers affected by...

Johor Bahru resident Zulkhubri Ali Khan, who is a regular at Seven Oaks Bakery Cafe at Taman Pelangi, told CNA that he noticed the outlet has tweaked the prices on...

HONG KONG: Macao has fixed a limit of 6,000 gaming tables and 12,000 gaming machines for new casino operators early next year, as well as minimum income levels for each...

HONG KONG: Asian markets rose Friday (Aug 26) after a Wall Street rally ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that is expected to reiterate his plan...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's government will present its budget for 2023 to parliament on Oct 7, earlier than originally scheduled, news portal Malaysiakini reported on Friday (Aug 26), citing the country's...

MUMBAI: India's stricter digital lending rules have disrupted card services of foreign-backed fin-tech firms and jeopardised loan offerings of Amazon, prompting companies to chart a lobbying pushback, according to industry...

BEIJING: Chinese food delivery company Meituan posted a better-than-expected 16.4 per cent rise in quarterly revenue on Friday (Aug 26), as its business fared better than expected in a period...

BEIJING: China central bank said on Friday (Aug 26) that it will allow more foreign banks to get cheap funding via its carbon emission reduction supporting tool. The People's Bank...