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The BBC’s Aaron Heslehurst explains how Coca-Cola became a million dollar idea.

The governments of Colombia and Japan announced a principle of agreement to eliminate international double taxation and also to prevent tax evasion and contribute to the growth of bilateral investment.

The Colombian Finance Minister, Mauricio C?rdena…

An Oxford firm has developed a device to sequence the genome of malaria parasites to help doctors detect the strain they’re dealing with.

In China, karaoke has become so popular that people can now sing inside booths in shopping centres.

Meet the scientific women fighting cultural conservatism and discovering new drugs from home.

While most professional sports league stop for Christmas Day, both American football and basketball games will take place in the US on 25 December.

How to prevent net-connected toys and other smart tech gifts becoming a post-Christmas nightmare.

Customers will now have to be told how likely they are to get certain in-game items, says Apple.

M&S, Waitrose and Asda all publish the figures as part of a drive to cut the use of antibiotics.

MPs want deposits on plastic bottles and a higher levy on packaging to protect the seas from pollution.

Optimism that tax cuts in the US could boost a host of London-listed heavyweights helped to propel the FTSE 100 to another record high last night. London’s blue-chip index enjoyed its best day in five months as commodity stocks rose and investors sought out beneficiaries of the biggest US tax overhaul …

Last year, a third of fund managers forecast the FTSE 100 to end 2017 between 7,000 and 7,500. So far, the market is on track to do even better than this. This year, close to two thirds expect the index will end the year between 7,500 and 8,000. Around…

Mainly reflecting the positive performance of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter, with growth of 0.3% compared to the second quarter, the Brazilian Central Bank (BC) increased growth expectations of economic activity this year from …

The Argentinean central bank (BCRA) said international reserves increased by US$ 2.753 billion during November to US$ 54.563 billion.

During November, the increase in international reserves was primarily due to the foreign currency income of the Nati…

The Brazilian Central Bank’s Quarterly Inflation Report revised downward projections for inflation for this and next year, reinforcing the analysis of market investors that the monetary authority still has room for cuts in the basic interest rate, kno…

The official data on inflation in Brazil, as measured by the Broad Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15), accelerated to 0.35% in December, from 0.32% in November, but closed the year at 2.94% in the last 12 months – the lowest level since 1998 (+1.66%), …

The executive chairman of Google-owner Alphabet will remain on the board as a technical adviser.

The Peruvian Congress, controlled by the opposition, called its 130 members to discuss and to vote a request to declare the vacancy of the President of the Republic, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, for permanent moral incapacity due to his link with the Brazil…

The FTSE 100 ended the day with a gain of nearly 1.1 percent to 7,603.98 points. “The FTSE 100 is the standout performer in Europe,” said CMC Markets UK’s David Madden. In Asia, Tokyo ended 0.1 percent lower but Hong Kong rose 0.5 percent and Shanghai gained 0.4 percent higher as dealers …

The US economy grew 3.2 per cent in the third-quarter, according to the third and final reading from the Commerce Department. That was down slightly from the second estimate of 3.3 per cent, but the pace remained the fastest since early 2015. Consumer …

Embraer stock soared more than 20% after the firm said it had held talks with Boeing about a possible deal.

Petrobras’ business and management plan for 2018 through 2022, approved by the Brazilian state-owned oil company’s board of directors, foresees investments of US$ 74.5 billion, slightly higher than the US$ 74.1 billion projected in the previous 2017-2…

After moving notably lower over the past few sessions, treasuries regained some ground during the trading day on Thursday.

Bond prices initially showed a lack of direction but moved modestly higher as the day progressed. As a result, the yield on the…

The dollar turning in a mixed performance against its major rivals Thursday afternoon, but remains little changed overall. Traders were confronted by a high volume of economic reports this morning and are preparing for another data deluge tomorrow. Du…

Crude oil prices continued to inch higher amid speculation the global oil supply glut is dwindling.

U.S. oil inventories have been declining for four weeks despite robust production, and OPEC has vowed to maintain its supply quota plan with Russia th…

The FTSE 100 set a new record high on Thursday with healthcare stocks setting the pace. NMC Health bounced 2.9 per cent to £28.17 after the hospital operator played down worries it will rely on acquisitions to expand beyond the Gulf. In a strategy update, NMC said its fertility division has substantial …

Gold prices were flat Thursday amid mixed economic data and surging U.S. stocks.

February gold settled $1 higher at $1,270.60 an ounce.

Economic activity in the U.S. unexpectedly grew at a slightly slower than previously estimated rate in the third …

Poundland has taken down an advert featuring Twinings tea after the company complained on Twitter.

THE FTSE 100 pushed to a record high on Thursday in a move that traders have chalked up to the so-called year-end “Santa rally”. London’s blue chip index ended the day up 1.05 per cent or 78.76p at 7,603.98 having pushed past the 7,600 mark for the first time. The last time that the FTSE 100 hit a …

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