Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that, whatever the Brexit agreement, it must be rejected by the British Parliament, since any deal would be unacceptable for the country. As the Guardian newspaper reported, Blair believes that ...
China will continue to trade with Iran even after the entry into force of the US sanctions aimed primarily at the Iranian oil industry, its banking structure and shipping. This was announced at a briefing by the Deputy Director of the Foreign ...
Gold prices did not change much on Monday, as a stable dollar did not affect their dynamics. After Monday's morning decline, the price of the December gold futures on the Comex stock exchange increased by 0.02% to 1 thousand 233.5 dollars per ...
The purchasing managers index in the UK construction sector rose in October to 53.2 points from 52.1 points in the previous month, according to IHS Markit. The growth of the construction sector was a surprise for economists, who had expected ...
The number of jobs in the Canadian economy grew by 11,000,200 in October, Statistics Canada reported. However, the figure turned out to be lower than the forecasts of experts, who had expected it to increase by 15 thousand places. Unemployment ...
Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding in the second fiscal quarter recorded a rise in net profit by 13.4% in annual terms to 20 billion 33 million yuan. Adjusted earnings of 9.6 yuan per share exceeded analysts' forecast of 7.43 yuan ...
In October, analytical corporation Autodata recorded an annual increase in sales of new cars in the United States by 0.8% to 1 million 318 thousand cars. This was a surprise for analysts who had expected a decline of 2.1%. Sales growth from ...
American oil company Exxon Mobil reported that in the third quarter, its net profit amounted to 6 billion 240 million dollars. The indicator per share of 1 dollar 46 cents exceeded the estimates of experts of 1 dollar 23 cents per share, which ...
The manufacturing activity index in Italy for the first time since August 2016 dropped below 50 points in October of the current year, IHS Markit reported. In October, the decline in production was the most significant in the country over the ...
The purchasing managers index in the manufacturing sector of India from Nikkei in October was 53.1 points, an increase from 52.2 points in September, finversia.ru writes, referring to the IHS Markit. The growth rate in the Indian industry is ...
On Friday, oil prices fell moderately based on expectations of the entry into force of additional US sanctions against Iran on November 4. Experts expect that this event will entail a drop in the supply of Iranian oil by about 1-1.5 million ...
Following the results of the third quarter, the American oil corporation, Chevron, reported an increase in net profit 2.1 times in annual terms to 4 billion 50 million dollars. Per share, the indicator rose to 2 dollars 13 cents, while experts ...
The US external deficit in September reached a maximum in the last 7 months - a value of 54 billion 19 million dollars. The growth rate for the month was 1.3%, the US Department of Commerce reported. According to economists' forecasts, a less ...
The Bank of England lowered its forecast for the growth of the UK economy in 2018 from 1.4% to 1.3%. For the next year, the forecast was lowered from 1.8% to 1.7%, while the estimate of GDP growth for 2020 remained the same – at the level of ...
In September of this year, China bought Iranian oil by 34% less than in September last year. The volume of purchases amounted to 2 million 130 thousand tons, data from the General Administration of Customs of China showed. Relative to the previous ...
South Korea managed to get permission from the United States to continue oil imports from Iran after the introduction of the second part of the US sanctions, Bloomberg writes, referring to sources in senior government circles in South Korea. ...
The British-Dutch oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, following the results of the third quarter, reported about the growth of adjusted profit by 51% in annual terms to 5 billion 570 million dollars. The indicator includes changes in production ...
Labor productivity in the United States, which does not include agriculture, increased by 2.2% in the third quarter. The US Department of Labor reported that the growth rate slowed compared with a rise of 3% in the previous quarter. Following ...
The growth rate of manufacturing activity in Ireland in October was the slowest in 7 months, finversia.ru writes. According to a survey conducted by IHS Markit, the purchasing managers index for the Irish manufacturing industry dropped to 54.9 ...
DowDuPont was established in 2017 after the merger of Dow Chemical and Du Pont, and became the largest chemical company in the world. In the third quarter, its sales increased by 10% to $20 billion 100 million, helped by growing demand for ...