Gold hits record high on haven demand

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[caption id="attachment_7600" align="alignnone" width="971"] File photo of gold bars seen at a gold and silver separating plant. [/caption] HONG KONG: Gold hit a record high...

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Australian regulator sues Google over expanded personal data use

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7603" align="alignnone" width="962"] A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration, Apr 12, 2020. [/caption] SYDNEY: Australia's competition regulator has launched court...

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Commentary: Who do employers choose to hire if every applicant seems qualified for the job?

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

Amid a tide of retrenchments, hiring is all the more challenging with the deluge of applications swarming in, says the Financial Times’ Pilita Clark. [caption...

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China expands state jobs for graduates as COVID-19 hits private sector

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7597" align="alignnone" width="959"] People wearing face masks worship at the Buddhist Jing-an Temple in Shanghai as it reopens following the COVID-19 outbreak in China....

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Global stocks on defensive as US-China tensions spook investors

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

U.S. stock futures slipped and Asian shares came under pressure in early Monday trade as tit-for-tat consulate closures in China and the United States fanned...

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Bitcoin rises above US$10,000 for first time since early June

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7622" align="alignnone" width="976"] FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin are seen in this picture illustration taken taken March 13, 2020. [/caption] NEW YORK:...

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Commentary: What China’s economy needs most is a good old big investment drive

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

China should be firm in adopting an expansionary fiscal policy aimed at accelerating economic growth, says Yu Yongding. [caption id="attachment_7617" align="alignnone" width="976"] The Chinese national...

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Germany must toughen audit rules after Wirecard scandal: Weidmann

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7611" align="alignnone" width="953"] FILE PHOTO: German Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany January 29,...

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Trump economic advisor predicts 20% US second-half growth

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7589" align="alignnone" width="978"] White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, on Apr...

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US records more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths for fourth day, some progress seen

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020

A family use a hand sanitizer station as the National Zoo reopens for socially-distanced patrons for the first time since the start of the coronavirus...