BERLIN, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Germany’s economic growth in the third quarter this year was just 0.2 percent, driven mainly by domestic consumption but dented by foreign trade, the federal statistics office Destatis confirmed on Thursday. Domestic spending rose 0.4 percent and state expenditure by one percent compared to the preceding quarter, but gross investment and imports […]
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Germany 3Q growth confirmed at 0.2 percent
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Trumps picks women, including a critic, for cabinet
PALM BEACH, United States, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Donald Trump began to broaden the base of his future cabinet Wednesday, nominating two conservative women including a critic, after his earlier picks rewarded campaign loyalists. Trump’s nomination of South Carolina’s 44-year-old governor, Nikki Haley, as US ambassador to the United Nations will be seen as a sign he is […]
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Trump win boosts Japan mask maker
SAITAMA, Japan, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The jury is still out on what Donald Trump’s election victory means for close US ally Japan. But at least one local business has emerged a winner. Ogawa Studios, the country’s top rubber mask maker, has seen surging demand for their version of the billionaire real-estate magnate since his shock November […]
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EU expat mounts campaign for Brexit rights
LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The Frenchman behind one of several grassroots campaigns for the post-Brexit rights of the three million citizens of other EU countries living in Britain remembers the referendum as a “nightmare”. “Like many, I was convinced that we would win,” 46-year-old Nicolas Hatton, who settled in Britain 21 years ago and is married […]
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Trump effect hits Mexico’s growth forecast
MEXICO CITY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The Mexican central bank slashed the country’s economic growth forecast on Wednesday, citing concerns that US President-elect Donald Trump will make good on his pledge to upend regional trade. The bank issued a quarterly report that cited the market volatility and the sharp depreciation of the peso that followed Trump’s victory […]
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Ivanka Trump separates personal, business social media
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, accused of a potential conflict of interest as she helms her own brand while making frequent appearances with her president-elect father, is separating her business and personal social media accounts. In a “letter” that appeared Tuesday on her Twitter and Instagram feeds, the businesswoman’s team said that […]