When money dried up and days dragged on, people found their own ways to stay occupied. During the Great Depression, entertainment was built around whatever materials and spare hours they had.

Ninety years ago, multinational firms found multiple ways to get around protectionism and political instability.

Just as the deficit countries are the world's 'spendthrifts', the surplus countries are the world's 'misers'. The global economy maintains a successful equilibrium so long as the willing spendthrifts ...

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Pete Russell has spoken of his immense pride in the “fighters” who have taken Great Britain’s men’s ice hockey team to within one win of a return to the top table of the international game.

LONDON — British woman Ethel Caterham became the world's oldest person at age 115 on Thursday after the death of a Brazilian nun who had held the record, research groups say. Caterham was born in a ...

During The Great Depression people did not have a lot. In fact, every cent counted. People quickly learned how to save as much money as possible and to live on less. While that time period was a dark ...

In Hong Kong, Ms Caterham set up a nursery. She has lived through the sinking of the Titanic, World War One, the Russian ...

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The series of tariffs ultimately sparked retaliatory tariffs from other countries, froze international trade and exacerbated the Great Depression, according to the U.S. Senate Historical Office.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, the Great Eagle Group recently unveiled a new hotel brand, Ying'nFlo, which is tailored specifically for the Chinese mainland market. Lo Ka-shui, chairman of Great ...

Nearly a century ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt kickstarted his storied first 100 days, ushering in the New Deal, a flurry of laws aimed at mitigating the ravages of the Great Depression.