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China's energy development hastens due to opening-up, int'l cooperation

BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua): With the start-up of its second ethylene cracker in south China this month, the cooperation between China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Shell Petrochemical Company entered a new stage. The 1.2-million-tonne project has more than doubled the capacity of the company's Nanhai petrochemicals complex, thus...

US looking for good NAFTA deal, says Mnuchin

WASHINGTON, May 21 (AFP): The United States cares more about getting a good agreement than quickly concluding the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the US Treasury secretary said Sunday. An informal deadline came and went this week for reaching an agreement in time for the Republican-controlled Congress...

Tokyo-Washington trade surplus surges in April

TOKYO, May 21 (AFP): Japan's politically sensitive trade surplus with the US edged up in April, government data showed Monday, after Tokyo warned it may take retaliatory measures against US tariffs. Japan logged a surplus in April of 615.7 billion yen ($5.6 billion) with the US, up 4.7 per cent...

CEO and MD of Janata Bank Limited Md Abdus Salam Azad speaking

CEO and MD of Janata Bank Limited Md Abdus Salam Azad speaking as the chief guest at the Cumilla and Noakhali Branch Managers' Conference-2018 at BARD auditorium in Cumilla recently, with DMD Md Ismail Hossain and GM Md Arifur Rahman Akand attending it as the special guests

Gold hits new low for the yr

LONDON, May 21 (Agencies): Gold marked a new low for the year on Monday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declared that a trade war between China and the United States was "on hold", sparking a rally in stocks and the dollar.Buoyancy in U.S. Treasury yields also weighed on appetite...

Chicago grain, oilseed prices mark rise

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters): Chicago grain and oilseed prices were higher on Monday after Washington and Beijing agreed to drop tariff threats, easing fears about demand for U.S. shipments to China.Dealers said gains were tempered by a strong dollar with the U.S currency climbing to a five-month high.The U.S. trade...

Taiwan export orders cross forecast in Apr

TAIPEI, May 21 (Reuters): Taiwan's export orders growth beat forecasts in April, as the island's technology sector recovered from a weak first quarter for the industry.Orders for the trade-reliant economy rose 9.8 per cent to $39.1 billion from the same period a year earlier, data from the Ministry of Economic...