Retail sales grew 3.7 per cent year on year in July, the least this year. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

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Policymakers are under pressure to roll out more stimulus to revive domestic demand and ward off external shocks to the $19 ...

Air Canada said it suspended plans to restart operations on Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said ...

China’s first contraction in outstanding loans since 2005 has crystallized worries about a deepening downturn for the world’s ...

Growth is set to slow as Beijing’s overcapacity fight takes a toll on investment, while years-long efforts are yet to ...

A fter Donald Trump announced ruinously high tariffs on China in the spring, a simple reminder of that country’s growing ...