Economy

News Hour: Ten global oil and gas companies on Friday announced they will invest $1 billion (900 million euros) in low-carbon-emission technologies to help combat climate change. BG Group, BP, Eni, Pemex, Repsol, Saudi Aramco, Reliance...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, driven down by fresh concerns over US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s emails just over a week ahead of the election. Global markets face increased levels of uncertainty ahead...

News Hour: The European Union and Canada signed a historic free trade agreement on Sunday that is promised to generate jobs and economic growth on both sides of the Atlantic. Critics, however, denounced the deal as...

News Hour: OPEC officials held talks with Russia and other non-cartel members on Saturday in Vienna to debate how to implement a plan aimed at cutting oil output to reduce a global supply glut and bolster...

News Hour: As voters consider soda taxes in four U.S. cities, a new study finds that low-income Berkeley neighborhoods slashed sugar-sweetened beverage consumption by more than one-fifth after the Northern California city enacted the nation’s first...

News Hour: Low crude prices and weak refining margins weighed on third-quarter profits at US oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron on Friday. But the heavy impact of the industry’s slump on company performance may have bottomed...

News Hour: Two back to back workshops held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 21 discussed the future of shrimps sector in Bangladesh and various challenges of and approaches to introducing e-Traceability in the sector and adopted...

News Hour: National Australia Bank posted better-than-expected cash earnings on Thursday after “a milestone year” in which writedowns for loss-making assets contributed to a 94.4 percent fall in annual net profit. Cash profit in the year...

News Hour: Sinking oil and falling Apple caused most world stock markets to retreat on Wednesday, although strong Boeing results supported the Dow. In New York, the Nasdaq took a beating and the S&P was down...

News Hour: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao today met with Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to discuss the government’s development priorities and ADB’s partnership with Pakistan. Mr. Nakao conveyed his deepest condolences...