Business
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Volvo Cars strengthens focus on the Swedish market
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: Volvo Car Corporation acquired the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund shares in Volvofinans Bank AB. Volvo Car Corporation and the sixth AP Fund signed an agreement on December 28th 2015 to acquire the Fund’s 40% stake... -
Arc’teryx expands into trail running
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: Arc’teryx enters the trail running market with a shoe that delivers climbing and scrambling performance with high durability on steep, technical landscapes. Arc’teryx’s first trail runner, the Norvan VT and Norvan VT GTX, will... -
Wilson launches a digitally connected football
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: The new Wilson X Connected Football is the latest step in Amer Sports strategy to accelerate growth in digital products and services. The Wilson X Connected Football is a completely new football experience designed... -
Japan’s economy stagnated in the second quarter of the year
Aug 15, 2016News Hour: Japan’s economy stagnated in the second quarter, data showed on Monday, falling below expectations and rekindling worries about the government’s faltering bid to stoke a recovery, reports BSS. Growth in the world’s third-largest economy... -
Egyptian president wouldnt shy from tough economic reforms
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that he would not shy from tough economic reforms he said previous rulers had avoided fearing unrest, reports BSS. Sisi’s comments come after an initial agreement... -
World Bank approved as the first SDR bond issuer in China
Aug 13, 2016News Hour: The World Bank announced today that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has approved the World Bank’s inaugural issue in the Chinese domestic market of bonds denominated in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). The World... -
Retail sales in China rose 10.2% on-year in July
Aug 12, 2016News Hour: China’s retail sales rose 10.2 percent year- on-year in July, Chinese government statistics showed on Friday, missing expectations in a disappointing sign for growth in the Asian giant, reports BSS. The figure was a... -
Oil prices continued to fall
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: Oil prices continued to fall on Wednesday,driven in part by elevated US crude inventories and Saudi Arabia’s record oil production, reports BSS. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, a barrel of West Texas Intermediate... -
Global demand of Gold grew by 15% in the second quarter of 2016
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: Global gold demand grew by 15 percent to 1,050 tonnes in the second quarter of 2016, mainly driven by considerable investment demand, World Gold Council (WGC) said in its latest report, reports BSS. The... -
New Zealand cuts interest rates to a new record low
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: New Zealand’s central bank cut interest rates by 0.25 percent to a new record low of 2.0 percent on Thursday. The reduction was in line with market expectations, and the bank indicated more cuts...