South African mobile operator Vodacom Group reported a 8.9% rise in annual earnings on Monday, buoyed by an improved second-half performance in its domestic market and the sustained growth of its international businesses.
China's monthly auto sales rose for the first time in almost two years in April, industry data showed, as more customers visited showrooms after the economy began to open up and authorities loosened coronavirus-related travel restrictions.
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(RTTNews) - Indian shares opened sharply higher on Monday after the U.S. April jobs report came in better than expected and India began gradually easing stay-at-home restrictions across the country.
The French Open, which was postponed to September from May due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, could be held without fans, the organisers of the claycourt Grand Slam have said.
(RTTNews) - Stage Stores, Inc. (SSI) said late Sunday that it has filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas. The Company intends to seek approval for a consensual use of cash collateral to ensure it has
Indian shares climbed on Monday along with their Asian peers, as countries including India began to relax coronavirus lockdowns, spurring optimism about a pick up in economic activity.
Chinese direct investment in the United States dropped to the lowest level since 2009 last year amid bilateral tensions, and the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to weigh on investment flows between the world's two biggest economies, according to a report.
Central bankers who have spent a generation researching how their words influence the economy and honing the craft of "forward guidance" are now effectively tongue-tied by a health crisis that has no clear destination yet to guide households and investors toward.
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc sold 3,635 Shanghai-made Model 3 vehicles in China in April, down 64% from March, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
Jill Ellis, who led the United States to back-to-back Women's World Cup titles, would make the ideal replacement for England head coach Phil Neville when he leaves the job next year, former striker Eniola Aluko has said.
(RTTNews) - Asian markets are in positive territory on Monday following the rally on Wall Street Friday after a report released by the Labor Department showed U.S. non-farm employment plummeted in April, but was not as bad as expected. Optimism about an economic rebound as gover
South Korean shares edged higher on Monday, in line with Wall Street that rose after April job losses in the United States were fewer than feared, while more hopes of a global recovery due to countries restarting economies also aided sentiment.
Stage Stores Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late on Sunday, the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, following the collapse of luxury store chain Neiman Marcus and apparel retailer J. Crew Group Inc.
The dollar rose against most of its major peers on Monday as moves by the United States and other countries to re-open their economies raised hopes for a quicker global recovery from a deep recession triggered by the coronavirus health crisis.
Saudi Arabia is suspending the cost of living allowance and raising the value added tax threefold, as part of measures aimed at shoring up state finances, battered by low oil prices and a severe coronavirus-driven slowdown.
Local governments in China issued 286.8 billion yuan ($40.55 billion) worth of bonds in April, of which 120.2 billion yuan were in new bonds and 166.6 billion yuan were refinanced, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance on Saturday.
China's central bank said it lowered interest rates on its standing lending facility (SLF) in April, catching up with similar reductions in other liquidity tools as part of Beijing's efforts to support the coronavirus-hit economy.
Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Monday as investors looked ahead to more countries restarting their economies, even as some reported an unwelcome pick up in new coronavirus cases.