Asian shares firm as China's GDP raises hopes of recovery
Asian shares rose on Friday after global stock indexes and Wall Street posted more records, and as China's economic growth matched expectations in spite of U.S....
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China to roll out more support measures as economy faces pressure: statistics head
China will maintain a proactive fiscal policy and a prudent monetary policy in 2020 and roll out more support measures this year as the economy faces...
China's 2019 property investment solid, but first sales drop in 5 years dents outlook
China's property investment hit a two-year low in December even as it grew at a solid pace in 2019, adding to recent signs of a slackening...
China's 2019 and December crude oil runs hit record highs
China's crude oil throughput rose to a record high in 2019 following the start-up of two mega-refineries, official data showed on Friday, with December posting the...
Oil up sharply as more trade deal progress spurs energy demand hopes
Oil rose more than 1% on Thursday, as progress on another major trade deal fed optimism that energy demand will grow in 2020.
Gap pulls plug on Old Navy spinoff to focus on turning around sales
Gap Inc on Thursday scrapped its plan to spin-off Old Navy and said it would instead work to stem dropping sales, while fewer discounts during the...
China set to post weakest growth in 29 years as trade war bites, investment sputters
China is expected to report on Friday that economic growth slowed to its weakest in nearly three decades in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with...
Factbox: How NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service stacks up against others
Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal on Thursday gave specifics on its planned Peacock video streaming service, which will do battle with industry leader Netflix Inc and others in...
Factbox: How the North American trade deal will affect autos, digital trade, drugs
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) that was passed by the U.S. Senate today modernizes the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that has been blamed for...
Apple and Tesla may be market darlings, but hedge funds are betting big they'll collapse
Elon Musk's automaker Tesla on Wednesday once again reclaimed its title as Wall Street's most-shorted stock. Until Apple stole it back.
Exclusive: Cyber security firm McAfee hires new CEO
McAfee LLC told Reuters on Thursday it has hired Peter Leav, the former CEO of BMC Software, as its new CEO, replacing Chris Young, who created...
Comcast's Peacock streaming service to offer free and $5- or $10-a-month options
Comcast Corp-owned NBCUniversal's new Peacock service, its belated entry into the streaming video wars, will offer free and $5-per-month options with advertising, the company announced on...
Open Banking In Canada: Navigating The Future Of Money
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Stephen J. Redican, Robert Dawkins, Ross McGowan and Alexandra Nicol Jan 9, 2020 The Canadian financial services industry is at the threshold...
S&P 500 blasts through 3,300 as tech stocks surge
The S&P 500 rallied through the 3,300 mark for the first time on Thursday and the other main U.S. indexes also surged to record highs, fueled...
Which company just hit $1 trillion? Google it.
As Google-parent Alphabet Inc became on Thursday the fourth U.S. company to top a market value of more than $1 trillion, some funds holding its shares...