Economy

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – The gender pay gap in Australia has narrowed marginally though women employees on average still earned A$28,425 ($18,590) less each year than their male…

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at the monthly fixing on Wednesday, after lenders slashed the rates by higher-than-expected margins last month to revive economic activity. WHY IT’S…

Investing.com– The People’s Bank of China left its benchmark loan prime rate unchanged on Wednesday, with Beijing seeking more clarity on U.S. politics before unlocking more support for the economy. …

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s exports rebounded in October, led by a pickup in chip equipment demand in China, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that solid global demand…

(Reuters) – Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), China’s biggest e-commerce company, said on Wednesday it has priced both its US-dollar-denominated and yuan-denominated bonds as part of the $5 billion it had aimed to…

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s official labour market statistics may be failing to count almost 1 million people who are in work, complicating the Bank of England’s task…

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s official statistician has been overestimating the cost of child care in its consumer price index for the past year, but the error will not result in…

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)’s bid to recoup about $75.2 million left over from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission insider…

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Geopolitical jitters rippled through world markets on Tuesday but subsided as the U.S. trading session progressed,…