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DHAKA, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — WowBox, the country’s number one lifestyle app, has launched ‘Wow Writers’,a special competition for those craving to showcase their ability to write. Three best writers, chosen from the submissions by an esteemed panel of judges, will have their write-ups showcased to an audience of the app’s 6.5 million users. The […]
Read MoreSHANGHAI, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Shanghai’s booming e-commerce industry saw another year of robust growth in 2016. The transaction volume of e-commerce hit a record high of more than 2 trillion yuan (290 billion U.S. dollars) in 2016, up 21.9 percent year on year, according to data released by Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, reports […]
Read MoreTORONTO, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Canada’s main stock market in Toronto rose for a second straight day on Wednesday, as gold prices reached a 13-week high to extend a strong start to 2017 by the materials group. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s benchmark Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite gained 55.24 points, or 0.36 percent, to close the […]
Read MoreBERLIN, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — An influential German business leader on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for his protectionist policies, warning that it could trigger a global recession, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reports. “By winning the election, Donald Trump has now got his dream business and sees the U.S. as his company,” Anton […]
Read MoreTORONTO, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Canada’s main stock market in Toronto advanced on Tuesday, as gains in Financials and Information Technology sectors overcame slumping energy stocks. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s benchmark Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite climbed 41.86 points, or 0.27 percent, to end the session at 15,498.80 points. Nine of the ten sub-groups finished the […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese insurers had initiated 651 investment projects with registered capital of 1.65 trillion yuan (about 239.8 billion U.S. dollars) in infrastructure and livelihood improvement by the end of 2016, official data showed. The investment was made through equity and bond purchases, as well as asset support plans, which mostly went […]
Read MoreMANILA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — The Philippines’ gross international reserves (GIR) climbed to 81.04 billion U.S. dollars as of January, the central bank said Tuesday. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Officer-in-Charge Nestor A. Espenilla said the January preliminary level was higher by 0.35 billion dollars than the December 2016 GIR. He attributed the increase to […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group, on this Safer Internet Day 2017, releases results from a survey of parents and adults across Asia in order to give greater visibility of the types of digital bullying affecting youth and how they deal with it. The survey was conducted over Facebook with 320 respondents primarily from […]
Read MoreJINAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua)– China’s Yancoal Australia will take over Rio Tinto’s coal assets in Australia in a deal worth 2.35 billion U.S. dollars. Under the deal, Coal & Allied Industries Ltd., which operates two mines in Australia, will be sold to Yancoal Australia, which is majority controlled by Yanzhou Coal Mining, one of China’s […]
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