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Authorities are using Calvin Kleins and humorous videos to warn consumers over Christmas counterfeits.

The Border Force warns shoppers to be on the look-out for counterfeit products.

As 2017 draws to a close, investors in Pearson are no doubt looking forward to saying goodbye to a year to forget. Hopes that the fortunes of the educational publisher may recover in 2018, however, pushed it up the FTSE 100 leaderboard yesterday. JP Mo…

The firms have had to pay thousands of pounds back to staff for paying them below the minimum wage.

Its rivals include Smurfit Kappa, RPC Group and Mondi, a FTSE 100 member that issued a profit warning in October on the back of rising costs and painful currency movements. DS Smith said its outlook remains positive and it is starting its second half with “good momentum”. “While input cost pressures …

Zoran Bogdanovic, who started his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, joined the FTSE-100 soft drinks group in 1996 and rose to chief financial officer, then general manager of its Croatian unit. The Criat went on to run its Swiss operations, th…

The online gambling operator behind Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo will be propelled into the FTSE 100 index after agreeing the outline of an audacious takeover of Britain’s biggest bookmaker in a deal worth up to £3.9 billion. GVC Holdings, which also owns the Party Poker and Betboo websites, …

2 GVC Holdings, the online gambling operator behind Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo, will be propelled into the FTSE 100 index after agreeing the outline of a takeover of Britain’s biggest bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral Group in a deal worth up to £3.9 billion. The deal would create one of the world’s biggest …

Japan GDP Revised Up To +0.6% On Quarter, +2.5% On Year In Q3

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Japan Current Account Surplus Y2.176 Trillion In October

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Japan Overall Bank Lending +2.7% On Year In November; Excluding Trusts +2.7%

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The governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay expressed collective support to the Electoral Council of Honduras’ decision to proceed with a full vote recount after the opposition has cast doubts on offici…

The total vole of manufacturing activity in New Zealand climbed 0.3 percent on quarter in the third quarter of 2017, Statistics New Zealand said on Friday.

That was down from the 1.0 percent jump in the second quarter.

Of the 13 manufacturing indust…

More than 4,000 cases of human rights violation were recorded in Venezuela in 2017, according to Delsa Sol?rzano, an opposition representative who chairs the Permanent Commission on Internal Policy of the National Assembly.

In a report released at a …

Argentinean judge Claudio Bonadio requested the Senate to strip former President Cristina Kirchner from her parliamentary immunity to arrest her for the alleged cover-up of Iranian citizens suspected of involvement in the bombing of the Argentinean-Is…

Japan is scheduled to release a raft of data on Friday, setting the pace for a busy day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.

On tap are October numbers for current account and labor cash earnings, plus November figures for bank lending and the eco watc…

The total vole of manufacturing activity in New Zealand was up 0.3 percent on quarter in the third quarter of 2017, Statistics New Zealand said on Friday.

That was down from the 1.0 percent jump in the second quarter.

By value, manufacturing activit…

Britain’s leading cardboard box maker has revealed that the rise of internet shopping has helped its sales surge by more than £1billion in just five years. London-based DS Smith, which produces millions of tons of cardboard and plastic packaging a year, joined the FTSE 100 last week. Its customers …

New Zealand Q3 Manufacturing Activity Volume +0.3% On Quarter; By Value +0.5%

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Despite the problems faced this year, such as the imprisonment of its owners and a downsize of its operations in Brazil, meatpacker JBS intends to recover its stake in the country – especially in the cattle segment, taking advantage of a positive scen…

Argentinean judge Claudio Bonadio handed down a pre-trial detention order against H?ctor Timerman, a former Foreign Minister under Cristina Kirchner, in the same case he asked the Senate to strip the former president of her parliamentary immunity.

Bo…

After showing a lack of direction in morning trading on Thursday, treasuries showed a notable move to the downside over the course of the afternoon.

Bond prices slid firmly into negative territory after moving notably higher over the two previous ses…

What’s the most profitable trade in the FTSE 100? Long HSBC, short Barclays? Long ABF’s Primark, short Marks and Spencer? No. It’s long paper in the UK, short containerboard in continental Europe. Or, rather: DS Smith. It’s also something of a trick question, of course. That last “trade” is more a …

The Brazilian House of Representatives Speaker Rodrigo Maia said that the government is “facing a hard time to get enough votes” for the pension reform bill. “But we will get there,” he added.

According to him, there is no schedule yet for a floor vo…

Consumer credit in the U.S. increased by more than anticipated in the month of October, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday.

The Fed said consumer credit spiked by $20.5 billion in October after surging up by a downwardl…

Mexico’s National Consumer Price Index rose 6.63% in November from a year before, remaining way above the 4% limit set by the country’s central bank. It also accelerated when compared to the 6.37% rate posted in October.

The annual inflation in Nove…

The annual inflation in Chile in November remained at 1.9%, the same level as in October, said the country’s statistics office. As a result, the Chilean inflation remains below the bottom of the country’s central bank target, which ranges from 2% to 4…

U.S. Consumer Credit Jumps $20.5 Billion In October

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The dollar is turning in a mixed performance against its major rivals Thursday afternoon. Traders are keeping a close eye on Washington this week and are becoming more optimistic that lawmakers will pass a short-term spending bill to avoid a governmen…

The US International Trade Commission rules Canadian softwood hurts the American lumber industry.