Initial claims returned to a more normal level, consistent with healthy labor market conditions, said Yelena Shulyatyeva.
MSCI’s world equity index, which tracks shares in 45 countries, was up 0.6 per cent, and the MSCI emerging market index rose 1.2 per cent.
Nisha said bilateral trade has the potential to grow to $10 billion from $2.5 billion, as recorded in 2013.
Japan’s finance ministry is studying possible rules that could govern transactions using the digital currency.
Escalation in tensions in the Ukrainian region of Crimea rocked European markets Thursday before a calm open on Wall Street helped ease the nerves.
The bidi product from the Indian company can no longer imported into the United States.
Facebook will acquire mobile messaging company WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars in a cash and stock deal.
Indians top the list of Dubai's most active property buyers.
Economists say the Fed will likely discount the reports and continue with measured reductions in its monetary stimulus.
Western sanctions put in place in 2012 over Iran’s disputed nuclear program have choked oil exports to around 1 million barrels per day.
Shanghai,Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur are the only Asian cities to figure in the rankings.
'I had a migraine the whole last week when I was trying to assess this.'
Services accounted for about 45 per cent of the economy in 2012 and is the biggest employer in China.
Merck seeks to cut costs by USD 2.5 billion by the end of 2015.
US in shutdown mode as Barack Obama and Republicans trade charges; tourists to be affected too.
The government is looking to protect environmental standards with this move.
'The new employment conditions were not a 'Hire Singaporeans first' policy.'
In those fallen currencies,policymakers are seeing the seeds of their salvation.
Credit markets bounced in positive reaction to first statements of Raghuram Rajan,pushing financial markets higher.
The rupiah was the second worst-performing Asian currency with a 11.8 percent loss against the US dollar.
Volatility will benefit countries with better balance sheets and low currency vulnerability.
China's industrial profits grew 12.1 per cent in the first quarter this year from a year ago.
Japan's exports to China fell 9.1% in fiscal 2012,while its exports to rest of Asia fell almost 42%.
China has seen rapid credit expansion as a result of Beijing's stimulus in 2008-09.
Worries about an economic slowdown in China fueled a steep drop in commodity prices.






