France's private sector growth accelerated in March to reach its highest level in nearly six years, a key survey showed Friday.

The Trump family is launching a new hotel chain in a bold expansion of a company that critics say is already too big and opaque for an enterprise whose owner sits in the Oval Office.

The chain, called Scion, will feature the first Trump-run hotels not to bear the family's gilded name. The hotels will feature modern, sleek interiors and communal areas, and offer rooms at $200 to $300 a night, about half what it costs at some hotels in Trump's luxury chain.

France's highest court scrapped Thursday fines for firms that fail to monitor foreign subcontractors and suppliers, a measure meant to avoid deadly disasters such as the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment complex in Bangladesh.

Workers at the world's largest copper mine, BHP Billiton's Escondida in Chile, ended a lengthy strike Thursday that had caused turbulence on global copper markets.

U.S. President Donald Trump had yet to bring skeptical conservative Republicans on board Thursday with his plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, throwing the health care bill into doubt as the clock ticked down on a vote in Congress.

Australia urged China Thursday to press ahead with economic reforms as Premier Li Keqiang began a trade-focused visit amid growing fears of a US slide towards protectionism.

On the sidelines of the meeting of the Egyptian-Lebanese Joint High Committee in Cairo, the Egyptian-Lebanese Businessmen's Forum organized a conference sponsored by the Prime Ministers of the two countries, Saad Hariri and Sharif Ismail, at the Four Seasons Hotel.

German carmaker Porsche said Wednesday it would celebrate a record year with a one-off payment to workers of up to exactly 9,111 euros, a nod to the its iconic 911 sports car.

European markets sank Wednesday, tracking a U.S. and Asian sell-off as the Trump-fueled surge stumbled on doubts over his ability to fire up the world's biggest economy.

Japan's trade surplus hit a multi-year high in February, government data showed Wednesday, as exports to China rebounded after a Lunar New Year lull.