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Tokyo, Shares fell in Asia on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. was stepping up its efforts to combat the virus outbreak that began in China. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 2.1% to 21,951.78, while in Australia, the S&P ASX/200 dr…

New York, Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street as investors continue to flee risky assets as countries take increasingly drastic measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak and as more big-name companies warn that they’ll be affected. The S and P…

Bangkok, Thailand’s manufacturing production index (MPI) contracted for a ninth straight month in January, down 4.59% from a year earlier, on lower production of cars, sugar and palm oil, the industry ministry said on Wednesday.The outcome was worse th…

Riyadh, Oil Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, met a number of chief executives of oil companies (Schlumberger- Air Productions – GX). This came on the sidelines of the International Conference and Exhibition of Carbon Capture, Utilizatio…

Manama, Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the BD 35 million monthly issue of Government Treasury Bills has been oversubscribed by 237%.The bills, carrying a maturity of 182 days, are issued by the CBB, on behalf of Bahrain.The issue date of …

New York, U.S. stocks turned lower in afternoon trading on Wednesday in a fresh wave of selling sparked by fears of the coronavirus spreading in the United States.At 1:47 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 116.19 points, or 0.43%, at 26…

Manama, The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) said that this month’s BD 100 million issue of Government Treasury Bills has been oversubscribed by 169%. The bills, carrying a maturity of 12 months, are issued by the CBB, on behalf of the Kingdom of Bahrain….