China manufacturing gathers pace, Europe falters, U.S. steady

LONDON: US and European companies dominate the global market in oil exploration and production, especially projects requiring complex engineering and reservoir management, but they will face increasing competition from China over the next decade. ...

Asian shares took a weak lead after major equity markets in the United States and around Europe declined on Friday night. However, the regional bourses managed to finish edge higher after flirting with gains and losses during the session. The ...

Volkswagen, Europe's biggest auto group, has posted a robust quarterly net profit thanks to growth in China and higher profits at its luxury car divisions Audi and Porsche. In the quarter from April to June, the German group's net profit surged ...

Tilman Lueder was part of a delegation to Beijing The European Commission is seeking to strike a mutual recognition agreement with mainland China and is at the fact-finding stage, the head of its asset management unit has told AsianInvestor . ...

Sales down 9% in the second quarter, as improvements in North America and Europe fail to compensate for a slide in demand from China. Market growth in the mature markets of North America and Europe failed to offset a sharp downturn in demand in ...

European stock markets closed higher on Thursday as manufacturing gains in China and the euro area boosted investors' confidence that the economic recovery is on track. Europe's leading Blue-chip index, EURO STOXX 50 rose 26.94 points or 0.84 percent to ...

KEY REPORTS: Traders were looking ahead to a collection of U.S. economic data due out later this week. On Wednesday, the government's report on second-quarter gross domestic product is

July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose, with a gauge of Chinese shares in Hong Kong heading for its longest rally since 2010, while Australian bonds followed Treasuries higher before a Federal Reserve monetary-policy decision. Lead dropped while ...

A narrow butadiene arbitrage window between Europe and Asia opened this week as tight supplies in the latter propelled the Platts CFR China marker to a near nine-month high, trading sources said Monday. In Asia, butadiene prices rose $100/mt week ...