China mulls trade talks with the U.S.

Hurricane Laura makes landfall on the Texas-Louisiana state border - now rated a Category 4 storm. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has warned that Laura’s storm surge is ‘unsurvivable’. Federal Reserve Cha...

27 Aug 202022min

Asian indices fail to follow the S&P 500 which hits a third consecutive high despite U.S. consumer confidence falling to a six-year low. The U.S. Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Laura which is gatheri...

26 Aug 202025min

Asian markets near a two-year high, following the new record set by the S&P 500 on the back of Covid-19 vaccine optimism. Washington and Beijing both signal progress in renewed trade talks. The Dow cl...

25 Aug 202030min

President Trump is reportedly aiming to fast-track AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, bypassing safety standards as the FDA is set to award the British company and Oxford University ‘emergency use author...

24 Aug 202024min

Joe Biden formally accepts the Democrat presidential nomination and uses his speech to slam President Trump for allegedly failing in his most basic duties to the American nation. Putin critic Alexei N...

21 Aug 202024min

Asian markets plunge into the red on jitters over the U.S. pandemic recovery after the Fed paints a gloomy economic picture and hints at potentially more central bank measures to come in September. Th...

20 Aug 202024min

A historic high for the S&P 500 as the index manages to recoup its entire Coronavirus losses with a 54 per cent jump from the lows of March. This marks the end of the shortest American bear market in ...

19 Aug 202024min

CNBC learns that U.S. software giant Oracle is challenging Microsoft for Chinese app TikTok’s North American assets. BHP has missed its full-year forecasts but keeps its dividend. The Anglo-Australian...

18 Aug 202023min