BEIJING — China pledged Friday to create a unified pension system to boost consumption and encourage labor mobility, a step toward empowering its vast rural poor....
JOHANNESBURG – Chile’s CFR Pharmaceuticals dropped its $1.2 billion bid for South African drugmaker Adcock Ingram on Friday, thwarted by Adcock’s top shareholder Bidvest in its...
WASHINGTON – The dollar weakened Friday after a U.S. jobs report underwhelmed expectations for a second straight month. The U.S. economy added 113,000 jobs in January,...
NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures turned lower after U.S. employment data for January came in lower than economists had expected. European markets gained ground after...
BEIJING – Emerging-market stocks fell to a five-month low on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected manufacturing data from China to the U.S. spurred concern global growth will falter....
TOKYO – Asian stock markets tracked Wall Street higher on Friday, after the release of upbeat jobs data overnight eased concerns about the U.S. economy that...
PARIS – Stocks gained ground on Friday to further recover from a steep two-week selloff, buoyed by expectations that a January U.S. jobs report will soothe...
WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, in a boost to the labor market outlook...
BRAZZAVILLE – On February 6th 2014, BUILD Africa, Africa’s premier international business and investment infrastructure forum opened in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Held over two...
NEW YORK – The Dow Jones Industrial Average raced toward its biggest gain of 2014 after an upbeat reading from the labor market. The Dow climbed...
