Economics

This year, shares of US companies that receive bulk of their profits outside the country have shown significantly better returns than those of organizations oriented to the domestic market.

Companies operating in the Permian basin in the US showed good results in August. This is not surprising, given the fact that this pool, located in Texas and New Mexico,…

London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is published each working day shortly before noon on British time. This is the weighted average rate at which loans are offered to banks in…

Hot stocks like Google-parent Alphabet Inc and Visa Inc. are being outpaced by shares of industrial products maker Handy & Harman Ltd with a nearly 30-percent gain in 2017. Yet,

World stocks update highs on Tuesday, despite weaker than expected data on China's trade, which overshadow prospects for global growth, writes Reuters.

The Prime Minister of Japan and Head of the Liberal Democratic Party of the country Shinzo Abe found himself in the epicenter of a serious political scandal. There is no…

The volumes of foreign sales of large world companies are rapidly declining. Corporate income received abroad in 2016 slid to 44% worldwide, the lowest in 5 years, says HSBC.

Setting the stage for a moderate economic expansion in the third quarter, amid a slowdown in new orders and consumer spending barely rose in the prior month, a gauge of

The euro rate in recent weeks has grown significantly. In relation to the US currency, the European currency reached its highest level from the beginning of 2015 at a low…

Countries of the South American trading block Mercosur may exclude Venezuela from its membership because of elections to the National Constituent Assembly, Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga said.

Swiss banks paid 970 million Swiss francs ($ 1 billion) at negative interest rates in the first half of 2017, which is 40% more than in the same period last…

The sluggish performance early in the year was temporary could be confirmed in the second quarter as consumers ramped up spending and businesses invested more on equipment and hence the

With Asian stocks retreating from recent highs and European tech shares opening sharply lower, an earnings miss by Amazon that hit U.S. technology stocks overnight rippled through into other markets

For the European Union, the next best thing could be Donald Trump’s ditching of a U.S.-led trade alliance with Pacific Rim nations even if wasn’t a gift to the EU.

Use of the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) will be discontinued by the end of 2021, as regulators and banks in the UK want to replace the rate with a…

In order to launch discussions for a post-Brexit deal as part of the Britain’s ongoing efforts to secure its trading future outside of the EU, the U.K.’s International Trade Secretary

As a nascent economic recovery and the passage of key economic reforms helped to lure global investors, the busiest week for initial public offerings in Brazil in four years ended

There are telltale signs of fading enthusiasm in U.S. stocks which have become increasingly difficult to ignore even as the S&P 500 Index clawed its way to a fresh record

Analysts say that there are many structural problems that have yet to be resolved to make the Greek economy more sustainable even as the government might be preparing to return

In what is a historically high number that bodes poorly for China’s overseas buying spree, a secretive U.S. government panel has objected to at least nine acquisitions of U.S. companies

A secret government group in the US has objected to at least nine acquisitions of US companies' shares by foreign investors this year, Reuters reports citing its own sources.

The damage that can be done to a debt-laden global economy by the looming interest rate increases was reiterated and is warning about by bond guru Bill Gross. The course

In 2008, the central bank of Ethiopia, known for its conservative views, decided to experiment: it allowed banking activities with no interest. Sharia law prohibits usury, so this step was…

World prices for wood are growing because of forest fires in the Canadian province of British Columbia, which is the world's largest supplier of softwood, The Vancouver Sun newspaper writes.

Experts of the Institute for Economic Research of the Federal Republic of Germany spoke out against initiatives to completely ban sales of cars with internal combustion engines by 2030. According…

In China, an audacious economic phenomenon is taking place. How China is systematically and rapidly doing away with paper money and coins is the issue rather than debt, infrastructure spending

The United States has said that its top priority for the talks related to the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was shrinking the U.S. trade deficit with Canada

Last weekend, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the country's central bank will play a more significant role in protecting against risks, and called for increased measures to protect the…

Proposed changes in the listing in Britain can attract companies with state participation to the London stock markets, as the authorities of oil-rich countries are preparing for a wave of…

During the second round of divorce talks starting Monday in Brussels, European Union negotiators have been urged by Brexit Secretary David Davis to push for progress on resolving thorny questions

The volume of trade in the euro area sharply increased in May against the backdrop of growing exports and imports of goods with the rest of the world. This fact…

Saudi Arabia may not be as weakened as one would expect, even though the oil market is vulnerable in the face of reductions carried out by major world oil producers.

If Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s approval rating continues to decline, a market researcher has warned that the markets could start to question the long-term sustainability of Abe’s economic program

The European Central Bank (ECB) seeks to maintain the open time of the asset buy-back program, and not to set a potential date for its termination. These actions are meant…

In order to regain control of its borders and establish a new points-based immigration system akin to the U.S., Britain should be willing to accept “a few tariffs” under the

Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is going to invest $ 50 billion in increasing production to 2.5 million barrels per day by 2025.

In signs of labor market strength that could keep the Federal Reserve on course for a third interest rate increase this year despite benign inflation, U.S. job growth surged more

A former International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist believes that everyone in the world would be hit by a fallout of the soaring debt levels in China which were a source

Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco increased production to a record level of 10.5 million barrels per day at the end of 2016.

The European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday that the U.K. cannot expect to leave the single market and keep all of its trade benefits. If the

The way for Israeli firms to access millions of consumers and for Indian companies seeking advanced technologies would be paved by a string of deals signed this week between India

Germany is concerned that US President Donald Trump can launch a trade war with Europe, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday before the G20 summit in the port…

On Thursday, The European Union and Japan are expected to sign a free trade agreement to protect themselves from the emerging policy of protectionism in the US under President Donald…