Alibaba praises Hong Kong ahead of US$13.4 billion listing
Alibaba Group chairman Daniel Zhang said Hong Kong's "future is bright" as the company presses on with its secondary listing in the city gripped by increasingly violent protests and rece
Alibaba Group chairman Daniel Zhang said Hong Kong's "future is bright" as the company presses on with its secondary listing in the city gripped by increasingly violent protests and rece
Private sleuth Sun Jinrong brings heat detectors, tiny surveillance cameras, and a blow dart loaded with a tranquiliser to his search for one desperate client's missing loved one: A cat named Duod
Global equities markets rose and safe-haven assets such as gold and government debt fell on Friday on renewed hopes that the United States and China will reach a deal to de-escalate their trade war he
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's economy grew at its slowest pace in a year in the third quarter as exports faltered, but the central bank said growth will remain positive and maintained its outlook for 2
Workers at South African Airways (SAA) downed tools on Friday in a strike over wages and job cuts that has forced the troubled state-owned carrier to cancel all flights and left its future hanging in
United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Friday it is extending cancellations of Boeing 737 MAX flights until Mar 4, joining US peers who are also scheduling without the aircraft until early March as the
HONG KONG: Hong Kong confirmed on Friday (Nov 15) its economy plunged into its first recession in a decade in the third quarter, weighed down by increasingly violent anti-government protests and the e
Dirty clothes: small or tall, old or young, we all create them. Small, young people — and yes, that’s a euphemism for our kids — seem to excel in the task, especially. And for whatever reason, it’s frequently a struggle to keep the dirty clothes (and clean ones, too!) off the floor and in one […]
President Donald Trump argues that Republicans aren't getting opportunities to speak during the impeachment inquiry hearings.
John Cawood, 72, is seeking damages from Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire - where membership costs 60,000 - after he was ejected from the club.
Britain's opposition Labour Party plans to nationalise BT's broadband network to provide free internet for all, a radical election pledge to roll back 35 years of private ownership that caught
An eight-month crisis over the grounding of Boeing's 737 MAX jets and widespread industrial delays are setting an unpredictable backdrop to next week's Dubai Airshow, with some airlines review
Scientists in Mozambique were lauded recently for discovering - and studying - a rarely used "assault recovery" technique used by a little known tribe called "Waheen Mojab Indayka", or "I got stabbed in the face for Staring" people. Attendees at t...
Alibaba's US$13.4 billion institutional bookbuild for its Hong Kong listing is already covered "multiple times," according to a message sent to investors and verified by sources with dir
BT has retained the UK broadcast rights to Champions League soccer for three years from 2021 at an annual cost of 400 million pounds (US$512 million), despite reported competition from rival Sky.
The launch of Apple TV+, coupled with Apple Inc's foray into digital services, could help the company increase its income from advertising by more than five fold to US$11 billion annually within t
Restaurants are doing away with dining rooms as consumers increasingly order food deliveries through apps such as Uber Technologies Inc's Uber Eats and GrubHub Inc.
Walmart became the latest company to point to a strong U.S. consumer, adding to a raft of firms in recent weeks citing healthy demand at a time when spending is seen as an increasingly key support for
Wall Street's main stock indexes hit record highs on Friday, fueled by fresh optimism over a potential calming of U.S.-China trade tensions and by a strong forecast from semiconductor industry bel
U.S. Federal Aviation Administrator Steve Dickson told his team to "take whatever time is needed" in their review of Boeing Co's 737 MAX, reiterating that the path to approval is "n
A new Airbus plane will be sent back to engineers in France following complaints of a "smell of wet sock" from cabin crew in the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia.
U.S. retail sales rebounded moderately in October although consumers did cut back on purchases of big-ticket household items like furniture and discretionary spending, which could temper expectations
NEW YORK: The strength of the U.S. consumer has been often cited as a pillar of the economy and one of the reasons the S&P 500 has recently scaled new heights, but consumer discretionary stocks have s
JC Penney Co Inc on Friday reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss, as the struggling retailer benefited from lower advertising expenses and an increase in margins, sending its shares up nearl
Britain's opposition Labour Party says if it wins the Dec. 12 election it will nationalise BT's broadband network and provide free internet for all within a decade, a radical election pledge t