Japan's government downgraded its assessment of the economy in March for the first time in three years, blaming a bruising US-China trade war for slumping exports and industrial output.

The British unemployment rate has struck a 44-year low, official data showed Tuesday, despite a broader economic slowdown as Brexit looms.

A crisis at India's Jet Airways deepened on Tuesday as an increasingly worried government called for an emergency meeting, angry passengers demanded refunds and pilots threatened to go on strike over unpaid salaries.

As India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand prepare to head to the polls, the Indian rupee's recent sharp rebound is a telling reminder for investors to beware the potential for heightened volatility as they hunt for opportunities around upcoming elections.

A three-day international tourism fair titled “Novoair Dhaka Travel Mart-2019” begins in Dhaka tomorrow.

Goldman Sachs (GS) upgraded its view on India to “overweight” as the country catches up with pre-election rally amid expectations of another majority win for the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party.

US manufacturing dropped sharply for the second consecutive month in February with across-the-board declines in nearly every category of product, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The Inter-American Development Bank on Friday officially recognized the representative named by Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido, the first multilateral institution to take that step.

The US Federal Reserve will remain patient for a little longer than thought just last month, waiting until the third quarter before raising rates once more, and then stay on the sidelines, a Reuters poll of economists showed.

Amazon.com Inc's plan to set up a second headquarters in northern Virginia, after being rebuffed in New York, will face its first test when local officials vote on Saturday on a proposed financial package worth an estimated $51 million.

India's embattled Jet Airways put photographs of smiling women employees on social media last week for Women's Day, using the tagline “Standing tall; touching the skies” but few passengers reacted cheerfully.

Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple Inc, with a jury in federal court in San Diego finding that Apple owes Qualcomm about $31 million for infringing three of its patents.

Profits at German high-end carmaker BMW tumbled in 2018, the firm said Friday, with trade headwinds and tough new EU emissions tests' drag on performance set to last into this year.

The Bank of Japan issued a more downbeat assessment of the world's third biggest economy Friday, as a broader global slowdown impacts exports and production.

In San Francisco, far from the picturesque, winding streets in the hills, a glistening skyscraper represents how the country's tech titans have transformed the city -- and made it one of the world's most expensive places to live.

Mark Zuckerberg's inner circle just got smaller. Chris Cox, the Facebook chief executive's long-time lieutenant and chief product officer, is quitting after Zuckerberg last week outlined a new direction for the $470 billion social network. It's hard to overstate how instrumental Cox has been. His departure is a wake-up call for investors.

The grounding of Boeing's global 737 MAX fleet has brought headaches for airlines that need to find alternative aircraft to fly in their place, but it has given some carriers a welcome opportunity to re-evaluate orders for the plane.

China's rubber-stamp parliament approved a foreign investment law on Friday that was fast-tracked and may serve as an olive branch in trade talks with the United States.

Spain's Aena snapped up six airports in Brazil on Friday, in an auction seen as the first major test of foreign investor confidence in President Jair Bolsonaro's market-friendly agenda.

Japan's food firms, once seen as a rare group of winners in the country's fight against deflation, are falling out of favor with investors as consumers reject price hikes on many household products.