Australia’s centre-right government is getting straight back to business after its surprise election victory, pledging to pass signature tax cuts to shore up a slowing economy. Just hours after Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed the biggest come-from-behind win in decades, his Liberal-National coalition said it aimed to...
With his trade war with China heating up, Donald Trump is suddenly talking up a quick deal with Japan to help out ailing American farmers. Yet leaders in Tokyo are in no rush to assist a US president who has repeatedly threatened them with higher tariffs. Trump is expected to mention...
Metro Bank has raised £375mn ($478mn) to repair its balance sheet, giving the British bank breathing space ahead of a potentially fractious annual meeting tomorrow. The nine-year-old challenger bank’s market value fell more than £1.5bn after disclosing in January it had under-reported the risk of its loan...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has secured a third term in office for his Liberal-National coalition with a surprise election victory, after Australian voters rejected the Labor opposition’s progressive policy agenda. The shock result has wide-ranging implications for a slew of listed companies, from banks to builders and resources firms, with Labor’s plans...
Despite Eastern European countries being an important export market for Vietnamese goods, the total trade revenue between both sides fell short of the potential, with bilateral trade reaching $10.1 billion in 2018—2.65 per cent of the country’s total export revenue, according to Vietnam’s deputy minister of industry...
ruppur The 46th India International Knit Fair was recently organised in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur by the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) and India Knit Fair Association (IKFA) in the backdrop of the ongoing US-China trade war, according to IKFA chairman A Sakthivel. Exhibitors from...
A.T.E. and Luscher have joined hands for the sales and marketing of UV laser direct exposing units for rotary screens in India. Luscher is a manufacturer of state-of-the-art imaging systems for various printing technologies, and caters to the graphic arts and textile industries. A.T.E. is provides new...
Around 2,000 key circular economy stakeholders will participate in the 3rd World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) to be organised in Helsinki on June 3-5. To be hosted by SITRA, the Finnish Innovation Fund, the forum this year will offer networking opportunities and have a strong emphasis on...
The latest Quarterly Survey on Manufacturing by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) highlights a continued positive sentiment for manufacturing sector in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018-19. For the first time in many quarters, the overall capacity utilization in manufacturing has witnessed...
Evidence continues to grow that the nearly year-long US-China trade war is pushing companies to source more from generalised system of preferences (GSP) countries like India, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and Turkey, according to the Coalition for GSP, a group of US firms and trade and consumer bodies...