Markets Argentine peso logs worst month in history, Latam stocks rise Argentina's peso slumped on Friday, underperforming the broader Latin American markets and recording its worst monthly p Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:40pm
Markets US Cash Soymeal-Basis offers mixed ahead of holiday weekend CHICAGO: Spot basis offers for US soymeal were mixed in the US Midwest on Friday, supported in some areas by tight suppl Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:39pm
Markets US wheat futures drop to multi-year lows on big supplies CHICAGO: US wheat futures sank to multiyear lows on Friday under pressure from hefty supplies and bigger-than-expected d Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:38pm
Markets CBOT corn stumbles on spillover pressure from weak wheat market CHICAGO: Chicago Board of Trade corn futures weakened on Friday under spillover pressure from losses in the neighboring Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:37pm
Markets CBOT soybeans inch higher on short covering CHICAGO: Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended slightly higher on Friday on short covering ahead of the three-day Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:36pm
World Brazil 2020 budget proposals show let up in squeeze BRASILIA: Brazil's government faces another year of strict fiscal discipline, its 2020 budget proposals on Friday showed Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:35pm
Business & Finance Chevron, BHP evacuate workers from Gulf of Mexico due to hurricane HOUSTON: Chevron Corp and BHP Group said on Friday they are evacuating non-essential workers from four oil production pl Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:35pm
Markets Oil falls ahead of hurricane but posts weekly gain as US-China trade war eases NEW YORK: Oil futures fell on Friday, with US crude down nearly 3% ahead of a hurricane near the Florida coast that coul Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:34pm
Business & Finance General Motors cuts some 350 jobs in Thailand operations BANGKOK: General Motors has cut about 350 jobs from its Thai subsidiary's operations, a labour representative said on Fr Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:33pm
Markets Wall St mixed ahead of new tariffs, holiday weekend NEW YORK: Wall Street showed mixed results on Friday as investors were cautious ahead of a holiday weekend in which a fr Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:32pm
Top News Trump says US has good negotiations with Taliban but no deal yet WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States had good negotiations going on with the Taliban b Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:31pm
World Italy's Salvini nixes future Berlusconi alliance CONSELVE: Italy's outgoing far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini on Friday excluded his League party forming any fu Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:37pm
Markets Wall Street swings to split finish ahead of tariffs NEW YORK: Wall Street finished with mixed results after a choppy session on Friday, as investors digested mixed economic Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:36pm
Business & Finance Twitter CEO account hacked, offensive tweets posted SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been "compromised" after a series of e Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:34pm
World Canada sees strong Q2 growth just before elections, data shows OTTAWA: Canada's economy grew by a better-than-expected 3.7 percent in the second quarter, official figures showed on Fr Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:32pm
Business & Finance Airbus drops bid to replace Canada fighter jets OTTAWA: Aerospace giant Airbus announced Friday that it is withdrawing from a Canadian government call for proposals to Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:31pm
Sports UEFA cap Champions League ticket prices at 70 euros for away fans PARIS: Tickets for away fans in this season's Champions League will be capped at 70 euros ($77), UEFA announced on Frida Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:26pm
Sports Pochettino laughs off 'stupid' rumour he could leave Spurs LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino insists he will still be in charge of the Champions League finalis Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:24pm
Markets Stock markets get lift from fresh trade hopes LONDON: Renewed hopes for trade talks kept stock markets mostly in the black Friday after China said it would not retali Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:23pm
World US doesn't have a 'tariff problem', it has 'a Fed problem': Trump WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday denied his trade wars were harming the US economy, instead lashing out the Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:20pm
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points