H&M operating profit improves but sales still sluggish
REUTERS, Stockholm
25 September 2026 • Global Economy
Chinese-Bangladeshi JV, BPDB to build 10MW solar plant at Bhasanchar
Star Business Desk
25 September 2026 • Global Economy
H&M operating profit improves but sales still sluggish
Reuters
24 September 2026 • Business
US says China trade truce extended as Trump welcomes Xi
Reuters, Washington
24 September 2026 • Business
OECD lifts global growth forecast despite Mideast war
AFP, Paris
24 September 2026 • Global Economy
Gold prices fall
REUTERS
23 September 2026 • Global Economy

Trump denies report that his team is eyeing pared-back tariffs

Trump responded on his Truth Social platform after the Washington Post cited three sources familiar with the matter as saying that Trump aides were exploring a narrower approach to tariffs
7 January 2025

US Fed's top banking regulator says he will step down early

Michael Barr, the Fed's vice chair for banking supervision, said in a statement that he would step down from his management role by February 28 at the latest
7 January 2025

Renata ships first batch of psychiatric disorder medicines to US

The tablet, Risperidone, is locally marketed as Sperid
6 January 2025

Import disruptions cripple Banglabandha land port operations

Protests by Indian truck operators over online slot-booking issues caused the disruption
6 January 2025

Helped by hybrids, US new car sales rose to 5-year high in 2024

US new-car sales in 2024 continued to rise from their pandemic lows, bolstered by replenished inventories, higher incentives and surging demand for hybrid vehicles, automakers reported on Friday.
5 January 2025

Foxconn beats estimates with record fourth-quarter revenue on AI demand

Revenue for Apple's biggest iPhone assembler jumped 15.2 percent to T$2.13 trillion ($64.72 billion), Foxconn said in a statement on Sunday
5 January 2025

AI will become a Madison Avenue sensation in 2025

Even companies such as Netflix and Amazon, which until recently relied mainly on subscriptions, are getting in on the action
5 January 2025

China's central bank vows 'moderately loose' monetary policy

Beijing last year struggled to lift the economy out of a slump fuelled by a property market crisis, weak consumption and soaring government debt
5 January 2025

Microsoft expects to spend $80b on AI this fiscal year

Microsoft president Brad Smith on Friday said the company is on track to pump about $80 billion into artificial intelligence (AI) this fiscal year.
4 January 2025

Gold slips from three-week high

Gold prices retreated from a three-week high on Friday, pressured by a robust dollar, while markets braced for potential economic and trade shifts under US President-elect Donald Trump.
4 January 2025

Politicians will hinder central banks’ easing plan

In 2025, the global economy will be in a much better place than at any time since the outbreak of Covid-19. Growth will be solid, and inflation will finally abate.
4 January 2025

Container handling at private ICDs rose 16% in 2024

KDS Logistics managed to retain its top position among ICDs in handling export and import containers in 2024
4 January 2025

US regulator warned banks on crypto but did not order halt to business

A judge ordered the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to provide versions of supervisory "pause letters", it sent to unidentified banks after History Associates Incorporated, a research firm hired by crypto exchange Coinbase, sued the agency to release them
4 January 2025

US manufacturing contraction improved in December

The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index was 49.3 percent last month, up 0.9 percentage points from November, it said in a statement.
4 January 2025

Asia stocks begin year on cautious note

Equities mostly had a bumper 2024 on the back of enthusiasm about artificial intelligence (AI), cuts in borrowing costs by central banks and Donald Trump's presidential election win.
2 January 2025

Asia's factories end 2024 on weak footing as Trump 2.0 risks mount

A series of manufacturing purchasing managers' indexes for December from across the region published on Thursday showed factory activity slowing in China and South Korea although there were some signs of a pickup in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
2 January 2025

Eating out, air travel to turn costlier

From dining out and travelling by air to purchasing sweets and clothing, the small comforts in life are going to turn costlier for a hike in value added tax (VAT) on 43 goods and services.
1 January 2025

Manufacturing activity of China grows for 3rd month

China’s manufacturing activity expanded in December for the third month in a row, official data showed Tuesday, as leaders fight to reverse a slowdown in the world’s number two economy.
1 January 2025

Sri Lanka’s key consumer price index fell 1.7% in Dec

Sri Lanka’s consumer price index fell 1.7 percent year-on-year in December after dropping 2.1 percent in the previous month, the statistics department said on Tuesday.
1 January 2025

Bangladesh gets record $27 billion in remittance in 2024

Remittance inflow also broke single-month record in December
1 January 2025