NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — Crude prices plummeted to four- year lows on Friday as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) didn’t cut its output at Thursday’s meeting in Vienna.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar rose against other currencies as traders expected lower crude prices will support the U.S. economy.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama has asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to step down, making the first change to his cabinet after the Democrats’ heavy loss in the midterm elections early this month, The New York Times reported Monday.
Han Zheng (2nd R), secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Shanghai Municipal Committee, and Xiao Gang (1st R), chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), attend the launch ceremony of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 17, 2014. The landmark Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, which is aimed at linking up the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shanghai, was officially launched on Monday.