Oil ebbs as China’s slowest GDP growth in almost three decades stokes demand fears
Oil prices slid on Friday on jitters over demand from China after the world’s largest oil importer recorded its weakest quarter of economic growth in...
Saturday’s Brexit vote will be ‘pretty close’: Labour’s McDonnell
Saturday’s parliamentary vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will be “pretty close” but likely just fall short, John McDonnell, the opposition Labour party’s...
Holiday Inn-owner IHG bruised by weak bookings in China, Hong Kong
Holiday Inn-owner InterContinental Hotels Group blamed lower business bookings in China and protests in Hong Kong for a 0.8% fall in quarterly revenue per room...
Bangladesh border forces kill Indian guard in rare clash
Bangladeshi border forces shot and killed an Indian border guard on Thursday when a altercation erupted over an Indian fisherman the Bangladeshis had detained, in...
DUP will lobby lawmakers to vote against PM Johnson’s deal: Wilson
Voting down Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will open up better opportunities for the government and the Northern Irish party which supports him in...
Holiday Inn-owner IHG reports drop in quarterly revenue per room
InterContinental Hotels Group reported a 0.8% decline in revenue per room for the third quarter on Friday, as the Holiday Inn-owner was hurt by protests...
AB Volvo truck orders tumble as markets hit brakes in third-quarter
Sweden’s AB Volvo on Friday reported a sharp fall in order intake of its trucks in the third quarter and forecast slumping market demand on...
Asian shares slump after weak China GDP, pound retreats
Asian stocks stumbled on Friday, erasing earlier gains after China posted its weakest growth in nearly three decades, countering a global lift in sentiment on...
Cartel gunmen terrorize Mexican city, free El Chapo’s son
Heavily armed fighters surrounded security forces in a Mexican city on Thursday and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s sons,...
Going Dutch? Low interest rates rattle ‘world’s best’ pension system
When Frans Kolkman hung up his police badge in 2017, he was looking forward to a comfortable retirement. Two years later he’s among millions of...