British workers saw their pay grow more slowly than expected at the end of last year, official data showed on Wednesday, ahead of a likely squeeze on their living standards from higher inflation in 2017.

The European Parliament backed a contested EU-Canada free trade deal on Wednesday, facing down protests by activists and Donald Trump-inspired calls for protectionism.

Market trading is booming at US and European banks thanks to Donald Trump and Brexit, and yet the glory days of dealing rooms the size of football pitches remain as distant as ever.

AFTER Brexit stole the limelight last year, the spectre of Grexit is back.

US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen made it clear on Tuesday that interest rate hikes are coming, and could happen at any time.

The government of Bangladesh has set a target to bring the whole country under electricity coverage by 2021.

Isabelle Dupont-Paris "Makeup Expo” presented by Alix Avien-Paris is scheduled to take place at Six Seasons Hotel in Gulshan 2 on February 17-18, 2017.

BP returned to profit in 2016 as cost-cutting and lower charges linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill offset weaker crude prices, the British energy giant announced Tuesday.

China's foreign exchange reserves have fallen below $3 trillion for the first time in six years, the central bank announced Tuesday, crossing a symbolic threshold as authorities seek to stem capital flight out of the country.

The International Monetary Fund's board agreed late Monday that Greece likely will need further debt relief, but there remains a split over the appropriate goal for the country's finances.

Industrial production in Germany slid in December, official data showed Tuesday, clouding an otherwise bright picture painted by economic indicators in Europe's largest economy.

India's rupee will reverse recent gains and sink to a record low in the coming year on expectations for a rise in the dollar even though US President Donald Trump has made clear his dislike of a strong currency, a Reuters poll found.

"Things don't have to change the world to be important," Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs said in an interview in 1996.

Finnish network equipment maker Nokia reported its quarterly profits fell less than expected, helped by cost cuts and the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, and said the tough global market was starting to stabilize.

World food prices rose to a near two-year high in January and look set to be higher and more volatile in 2017, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.

Japan on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's accusation Tokyo "played the money market" to give it an unfair trade advantage, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying the claims of currency devaluation were untrue.

India's 2017/18 annual budget is "fiscally prudent," as it maintains the government's fiscal consolidation efforts and would lead to stable economic growth if implemented correctly, a Moody's analyst said on Wednesday.

Indian shares rose 1.8 percent on Wednesday after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a budget with a range of incentives for companies and geared towards boosting infrastructure and developing the rural economy.

India is to halve the basic rate of income tax to 5 percent, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced on Wednesday in his annual budget.

India is considering new measures to seize the assets of "big time offenders" who flee abroad, the finance minister said Wednesday, after tycoon Vijay Mallya left for Britain last year owing over $1 billion.