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With Easy Ride trial, Nissan takes new step towards being Uber competitor 23 Feb 2018 - 10:40 pm
This photo taken on February 21, 2018 shows a man calling a Nissan electric vehicle Leaf equipped with an auto-driving system with exclusive software for smart phones, during a field test press preview in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture.  AFP / Toru Yamanak
Macron eyes action against Chinese farm buyers 23 Feb 2018 - 10:37 pm
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire (R) walks with chairman of the managing board of French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen Carlos Tavares during a visit to the PSA car plant in Mulhouse on February 23, 2018.  AFP / Sebastien Bozon
Xi confidant Liu He emerges as front runner to head China’s central bank 23 Feb 2018 - 10:30 pm
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Djibouti ends Dubai's DP World contract to run container terminal 22 Feb 2018 - 09:28 pm
Djibouti youths dance during the opening ceremony of Dubai-based port operator DP World's Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti port February 7, 2009. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah
Latvia's problems bare European Central Bank's Achilles heel 21 Feb 2018 - 06:33 pm
The European Central Bank appears to have been blindsided by Latvia's banking troubles, highlighting how thinly it is spread in supervising Europe's biggest lenders and raising questions about a system of euro zone supervision just three years old.
Turkish agency supports olive production in Montenegro 20 Feb 2018 - 06:41 pm
According to the statement, the agency opened an olive oil production plant in Montenegro’s coastal city of Ulcinj in the village of Pistula to support farmers in areas with the capacity of producing 200 tons of olive oil per season. Photo courtesy: olive
Venezuela's digital coin makes debut 20 Feb 2018 - 03:35 pm
Venezuela Central Bank
Boom turns to bust for millennials across advanced economies 19 Feb 2018 - 10:10 pm
Representative image: Men sit outside a discount clothing retail store in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13, 2016 (Reuters / Murad Sezer)
Here's how the Premier League could still lure Amazon to soccer 19 Feb 2018 - 10:10 pm
In this file photo taken on February 03, 2018 Arsenal's Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey celebrates scoring the team's fifth goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Everton at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 3, 20
Eyes wide shut: the $1.8 billion Punjab National Bank fraud that went unnoticed 19 Feb 2018 - 10:10 pm
A pigeon flies past the logo of Punjab National Bank outside a branch of the bank in New Delhi, India February 15, 2018. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
India's fraud-hit Punjab National Bank says can recover quickly, as police widen probe 16 Feb 2018 - 10:33 pm
 An activist of the youth wing of India's main opposition Congress party holds a cut-out with an image of billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi during a protest in New Delhi, India February 16, 2018. Reuters/Saumya Khandelwal
Lost in translation? GM plant shutdown shocks South Korea 16 Feb 2018 - 10:33 pm
Cars made by GM Korea are seen on trucks in a yard of GM Korea's Bupyeong plant before they are transported to a port for export, in Incheon, west of Seoul August 9, 2013. Reuters/Lee Jae-Won
It’s official: Abe nominates Haruhiko Kuroda for another term at Bank of Japan 16 Feb 2018 - 10:33 pm
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a financial and monetary committee session at the Lower House of the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, February 16, 2018. Reuters/Toru Hanai
Ending Nafta could cause rural depression, GOP senator says 16 Feb 2018 - 10:33 pm
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
South African stocks in demand after Zuma quits, rand soars 15 Feb 2018 - 06:57 pm
South African newspapers, displaying news of Jacob Zuma’s resignation as president, are seen in a shop in Johannesburg, South Africa February 15, 2018. Reuters/Marius Bosch
Gupta associates get bail as one brother becomes a fugitive 15 Feb 2018 - 06:57 pm
A police convoy leaves the home of the Gupta family in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 14, 2018. Reuters/James Oatway
Number of crypto hedge funds soars amid bitcoin volatility 15 Feb 2018 - 05:45 pm
Pedestrians walk past ATM machines for digital currency Bitcoin in Hong Kong on December 18, 2017. (AFP / Anthony Wallace)
Japan's crypto exchange Coincheck sued after hack 15 Feb 2018 - 10:12 am
FILE PHOTO: Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck's signboard is pictured in front of a building where their office is located in Tokyo, Japan February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo