The United States will find it "very difficult" to defend President's Donald Trump's proposed car tariff against any challenge at the World Trade Organization, a veteran trade adjudi
Oil rose to about US$69 a barrel on Monday, supported by Middle East tensions and OPEC-led supply cuts, though concern over the U.S.-China trade dispute and global economy capped gains.
HONG KONG: Alibaba is considering raising as much as US$20 billion through a listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, lining up a second blockbuster deal following its 2014
EU-U.S. talks that could prevent the United States imposing punitive car tariffs have made some progress, but Washington must decide if it wants to negotiate with Brussels on a broad removal of import
High costs for crew and cargo transportation continue to present a barrier
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei is reviewing its relationship with FedEx Corp after it claimed the USpackage delivery company, without detailed explanation, diverted two parcels destined for H
In 10 US cities, the number of properties on Airbnb surged from about 50 in its first year of operation to over half a million in 2017, Florida State University's Tarik Dogru points out.
SAO PAULO: Eike Batista, once the richest man in Brazil, has been fined around US$134 million for insider trading, the securities commission said on Monday (May 27), as the ex-billionaire remains unde
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's government-controlled carrier Aerolineas Argentinas said on Monday (May 27) it would cancel all Wednesday flights due to a one-day nationwide strike called by labour unio
The trial of lamppost-as-a-platform and expanding the Moments of Life service to other life stages will kick off from the third quarter of this year, GovTech announced at the annual Smart Nation and D
Fallout from Brexit has helped New York overtake London to become the world's pre-eminent financial center, a survey of financial executives by Duff & Phelps showed on Tuesday.
Mexico's Finance Ministry said on Monday it had blocked the bank accounts of the former chief executive of state oil firm Pemex, one of ex-President Enrique Pena Nieto's closest advisers, for
Canada took a first step toward ratifying a new North American trade agreement on Monday just three days ahead of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's trip to Ottawa to discuss passage of the treaty.
Xu Xuebing began importing US wood products into Shanghai two years ago, anticipating sizable profits re-selling to Chinese furniture manufacturers.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's second richest man Lee Shau Kee stepped down as chairman of Henderson Land Development on Tuesday (May 28), the latest of the city's golden generation of billionaires to
France must protect its own interests and jobs in any merger between Renault and Fiat, even though France's stake in Renault would automatically be diluted, said French Finance Minister Bruno Le M
SINGAPORE: In another clarification issued towards its new suitor from the United Arab Emirates, Hyflux said on Tuesday (May 28) that a recent meeting it had with Utico did not entail any binding agre
When Tencent Holdings Ltd made its first big foray overseas with an adaptation of its blockbuster mobile game "Honour of Kings" in the summer of 2017, executives thought they had a sure-fire
Tesla Inc is considering pricing its China-manufactured Model 3 vehicles between 300,000 yuan and 350,000 yuan (US$43,431-US$50,670) before subsidies, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people fami
General Electric (GE) has announced a plan to cut around 1,000 jobs in France, said a trade union source, in a move that could set the U.S. company at odds with the French government which has consist
Asian markets pushed higher Tuesday, following up on a positive performance by European shares overnight as investors breathed a sigh of relief over populists' failure to take over the European pa
New Zealand's treasury department said on Tuesday it was deliberately hacked after the country's opposition party released what it said were key details of a budget due to be announced on Thur
Singapore is prepared for the negative consequences that may arise from a protracted trade war between China and the United States, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (May 28).
South Africa's MTN on Tuesday revealed plans to build a "market place" app where customers will be able to buy everything from insurance to washing machines as it seeks to build its mobi
A bride-to-be has divided social media users with her teeny-tiny wedding attire. The bride, who is unidentified but believed to be from the US, is holding a beach wedding and decided to embrace the locale ...