Economy

Huarmey (Peru) (AFP) - Sayuri Moreno found out while pregnant that her body was contaminated with arsenic, but could not...

Washington (AFP) - Retail sales in the United States slipped less than analysts anticipated in June on a weaker performance...

Zurich (AFP) - Cartier-owner Richemont said Tuesday its quarterly sales in China tumbled by 27 percent as the deepening economic...

Hengdian (China) (AFP) - Braving loneliness, tough auditions and an unfamiliarly hot and humid climate, aspiring actor Guo Ting is...

Shanghai (AFP) - At a job fair for soon-to-be graduates in central Shanghai, recruiters sat bored under washed-out tarpaulins as...

Beijing (AFP) - Shopping online, skipping meals out and a general sense that decades of double-digit growth are very much...

Washington (AFP) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that recent data boosts the central bank's confidence that inflation...

Zurich (AFP) - Swiss watch group Swatch saw its first half profits plunge due to the luxury market crisis in...

Belgrade (AFP) - The sight of ducklings struggling to swim in Belgrade's stinking sewage-choked rivers is one residents hope a...

Islamabad (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund has agreed to loan Pakistan $7 billion to bolster its faltering economy, with...