Americans shopped with greater gusto at malls and online this holiday season amid a strong labor market and cold winter weather, retail sales experts said Tuesday.

Bangladesh's trade privilege in US markets has been again denied as President Donald Trump's administration goes on to enforce the trade preference programme's eligibility this week.

Brazil said it was suspending fish exports to the European Union in response to concerns raised by Brussels' veterinary inspectors.

General Electric's flagship gas turbines ran into problems in Pakistan earlier this year, leading to delays and lengthy outages at three newly built power stations, according to several senior Pakistani officials and power executives.

India's government is likely to borrow additional 500 billion rupees ($7.79 billion) in 2017/18 fiscal year that ends in March, the finance

Oil prices on Wednesday remained near two-and-a-half year highs from the previous session as the market outlook for 2018 is relatively tight, although the gradual resumption of flows through a major North Sea pipeline prevented crude from rising.

India is set to surpass China as the biggest importer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) this month as a drive to replace wood and animal dung fires for cooking boosts consumption.

More than half of Germany's industry associations have shrugged off worries about U.S. protectionist policies and Brexit, and are more positive about their situation than they were a year ago, a survey showed on Wednesday.

Cambodia sent its first batch of maids to work in Hong Kong on Wednesday as the Asian financial hub scrambles to meet growing demand for domestic helpers after a series of abuse scandals.

China's trade with North Korea edged up to $388 million in November but remained around its lowest levels this year, data showed on Saturday, as tough sanctions continue to slow business with its isolated neighbour.

Ukraine and Russia on Friday both claimed victory after arbitration aimed at settling a ferocious dispute over a 2009 energy contract.

Bitcoin plunged by 30 percent to below $12,000 on Friday as investors dumped the cryptocurrency after its sharp rise to a peak close to $20,000 prompted warnings by experts of a bubble.

German carmakers Daimler and BMW said Friday a new sweeping US tax reform giving major breaks to corporations will add hundreds of millions of euros to their 2017 earnings.

US President Donald Trump signed Republicans' massive $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law on Friday, cementing the biggest legislative victory of his first year in office, and also approved a short-term spending bill that averts a possible government shutdown.

Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (KOM) has agreed to pay $422 million in fines to the US, Brazil and Singapore to settle bribery cases involving Brazilian contracts, US officials said Friday.

German consumers' festive mood will continue into the new year, a closely-watched survey said Friday, as shoppers remain unfazed by a political impasse in Europe's purring top economy.

Rising prices for energy and other goods nudged a closely watched measure of US inflation a little higher in November, according to new data published Thursday.

Universal Robots, the leading manufacturer of advanced and lightweight collaborative robotic arms, started its operations in Bangladesh yesterday.

Runner Automobiles has beefed up its marketing efforts in Nepal in a bid to capture 15 percent of the growing motorcycle market in

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the business community of Cambodia to explore all the avenues to do business in Bangladesh, aiming to be partners in the quest for prosperity of the two nations.