International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) chief Steve Dainton has suggested the sport's annual individual world championships be scrapped, with champions instead decided by the winners of the new "Grand Smash" mega tournaments.
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is declining and the safe-haven yen strengthened on Monday in the absence of fresh cues from Wall Street and European markets, which were closed for the Good Friday holiday, and amid worries about the economic impact of the coronavirus pande
China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a rise in infected travellers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a second wave of COVID-19.
Gold prices were little changed on Monday but held near a one-month high scaled last week as mounting worries about the global economic outlook due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, and the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus measures kept bullion elevated.
(RTTNews) - The China stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last 11 trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had risen more than 120 points or 4.5 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just above the
Kia Motors told its labour union in South Korea that it wants to suspend operations at three of its factories in the country as the coronavirus oubreak weighs on exports to Europe and the United States, a union official said on Monday.
Oil prices and U.S. stock futures dipped in early Monday trade as a landmark agreement by OPEC and its allies to slash output by a record amount failed to give investors any cause for lasting optimism about the economic outlook.
(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market has moved lower in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered almost 40 points or 3 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now rests just beneath the 1,360-point plateau although it may
(RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market has moved higher in back-to-back trading days, gathering more than 50 points or 2.8 percent along the way. The KOSPI now rests just above the 1,860-point plateau and it may tick higher again on Monday.
The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause millions more people in China to lose their jobs, leaving many of them stranded without a safety net, unable to access state unemployment benefits, economists say.
Despite 2x+ volume, Nasdaq’s Tal Cohen says the markets have been handling the heightened activity and volatility well. Check out his full interview with Greenwich Associates.
Oil futures were little changed on Sunday even after major oil producers reached a deal for a record 10 million bpd output cut, with analysts saying the agreement is insufficient to head off oversupply as the coronavirus hammers demand.
An oil producer deal to make record output cuts will lend some support this week to oil prices that have lost half their value this year as the coronavirus hammers demand.
Midstream companies Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD), Western Midstream Partners (NYSE: WES), and Antero Midstream (NYSE: AM) all pay double-digit-yielding distributions right now because of the volatility and uncertainty in the energy markets. While those sky-hig
According to The Wall Street Journal¸ more than a quarter of the U.S. economy has been sidelined by measures to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. With the virus and its economic impacts as the overarching news of the day, it's easy to overlook the parts of the economy th
To the ranks of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), and the rest of the streaming service gang, you can now add a new name: Quibi. Newer and lesser-known than its peers, Quibi launched on April 6 of this year -- on time, despite the COVID-1
The first quarter of 2020 is now behind us, and it was the worst first quarter ever for the stock market. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on economies worldwide and wiped out trillions in market value. With so many schools and businesses still closed to contain the outbr
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