Global stocks jump as Trump authorises Biden's presidential transition process to begin

Biden's planned nomination of former Fed chair Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary is...

AstraZeneca slides after announcing its Covid-19 vaccine candidate is 70% effective

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper to produce than Pfizer and Moderna's, but is...

How the 2020 election revealed 2 Americas, divided by wealth and opportunity

Rural America surprised pollsters — and Democrats — with its immense support for Trump....

Europe's pandemic debt burden is large but sustainable, the ECB's chief economist says

European governments are spending trillions to protect their economies from the pandemic,...

China's factory activity, retail sales continue to grow, as it bounces back from Covid-19 slump

Industrial production grew by the most so far this year in October, while retail sales...

The problem with SA's new unemployment data - only 0.1% of SA households were surveyed

Only 18,021 households were surveyed to determine the employment status for the total...

Global oil demand will not recover until well into 2021, even with a Covid-19 vaccine, the IEA says

Oil demand will not recover until at least the middle of 2021, even with an effective...

Covid-19: UK jobless rate rises to four-year high in 3rd quarter and layoffs hit record

The jobless rate hit its highest in four years in the third quarter, while layoffs hit a...