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Boeing workers shown just after union leaders announced November 4 that the contract was ratified, ending a more than 50-day strike

Business

Boeing resumes production at Seattle plants after strike

Boeing has resumed production on the 737 MAX after a nearly three-month stoppage due to a lengthy labor strike in the Seattle region. The...

AFP4 days ago

Chinese consumer inflation came in below forecasts last month, reinforcing the need for more support for the economy

Business

Seoul stocks drop on S.Korea woes; most Asian markets rise

South Korean stocks fell more than one percent Monday as the country was racked with political uncertainty after President Yoon Suk Yeol averted impeachment...

AFP5 days ago

Germany's blue-chip DAX index has defied domestic gloom to hit a milestone

Business

Defying headwinds, Germany stocks hit milestone

Germany’s blue-chip DAX stock index jumped above 20,000 points for the first time Tuesday following gains on US and Asian markets, defying multiple headwinds...

AFPDecember 3, 2024

Hello Kitty remains a global phenomenon, with a Warner Bros movie in the pipeline and a theme park due to open next year in China

Business

Hello Kitty owner plunges 17% on sharesale plan

Shares in the Japanese entertainment giant behind the popular Hello Kitty brand plunged on Wednesday after major shareholders said they would reduce their stakes....

AFPNovember 27, 2024

An activist with India's opposition Congress party shouts slogans in Kolkata as he burns an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tycoon Gautam Adani to protest against the government's financial policies

World

India’s Adani Enterprises tanks after founder’s US charges

Shares in India’s Adani Enterprises slumped 20 percent at Thursday’s open after US prosecutors charged billionaire industrialist founder Gautam Adani with paying hundreds of...

AFPNovember 21, 2024

Gautam Adani has been charged by US prosecutors with paying more than $250 million in bribes to Indian officials for lucrative solar energy supply contracts

Business

India’s Adani Enterprises tanks after founder’s US charges

Shares in India’s Adani Enterprises slumped 10 percent at Thursday’s open after US prosecutors charged billionaire industrialist founder Gautam Adani with paying hundreds of...

AFPNovember 20, 2024

Business

India delivery app Swiggy shares gain on market debut

Indian food delivery firm Swiggy rose nearly 17 percent on its market debut Wednesday after raising $1.34 billion in the country’s second-biggest IPO this...

AFPNovember 13, 2024