AstraZeneca Plc on Thursday struck a deal with the firm behind Imperial College London's experimental COVID-19 vaccine to develop and sell drugs based on its...

Afghanistan's Taliban government bolstered its economic team on Tuesday, naming a commerce minister and two deputies as the group tries to revive a financial system...

Battery power may be the frontrunner to become the car technology of the future, but don't rule out the underdog hydrogen.That's the view of some...

The Asian Development Bank warned of  "lasting scars" from the coronavirus pandemic as it cut its 2021 growth forecast for developing Asia on slow vaccination...

The Bank of Japan said on Wednesday it will begin disbursing loans in late December under a new scheme targeting activities aimed at combating climate...

The Asian Development Bank warned of "lasting scars" from the coronavirus pandemic as it cut its 2021 growth forecast for developing Asia on slow vaccination...

Shell Singapore will switch to fully-electric ferries to transport passengers to its energy and chemicals park on Pulau Bukom, as the company continues a repurposing...

The OECD warned Tuesday of an  "uneven" global economic recovery as it lowered its 2021 growth forecasts for the world and the United States while...

The United States' decision to lift restrictions on incoming travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 was met with a sigh of a relief by the global airline...

More than S$900 million in Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) payouts will be disbursed to employers from Sep 30. The payouts will be given to more than...

China Evergrande Group is confident the company will "walk out of its darkest moment", the debt-laden property developer's chairman said in a letter to staff...

JPMorgan is challenging British rivals on their home turf with the launch on Tuesday of its long-awaited digital retail bank, Chase, as part of what...

Fashion brand Zara owner Inditex has outpaced Swedish rival H&M in its efforts to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis, with second-quarter sales rising above...

Just two years after first entering the Bangladesh market, German sportswear giant Puma is going to further expand its horizon in the country.DBL Group, the...

Honda Motor Co's U.S. unit said on Monday it is targeting initial annual sales of 70,000 for its planned electric Prologue sport utility vehicle when...

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Monday it had lowered its passenger capacity forecast for the remainder of the year to 13per cent...

The global dominance of tech giants serves as a convenient online chokepoint for authoritarian governments to crack down on dissent or rig elections, critics of...

With the United States on the upswing from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve is expected to weigh in next week on whether the economy...

It is perhaps as predictable as it is problematic: Within days of news that two Federal Reserve bank presidents had engaged in controversial stock trades,...

China's top securities regulator defended their crackdown on various industries in a private meeting with Wall Street executives, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday (Sep 18).Investors'...

China will suspend sugar apple and wax apple imports from Taiwan to prevent disease carried by a pest found on the fruits from entering the...

Airbus has agreed to cut prices or reschedule delivery for hundreds of jets ordered by Malaysia's AirAsia to salvage a contract worth tens of billions...

Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its "huge financial muscle" to illegally hurt competitors, the country's antitrust authority...

British retail sales fell last month as the grocery sector was hit by people returning to restaurants and pubs after virus curbs were lifted, data...

US officials are examining possible insider trading and market manipulation at Binance, Bloomberg News reported on Friday (Sep 17), potentially adding more heat to the...

Six executives of China's heavily indebted Evergrande had redeemed some of the company's investment products in advance earlier this year, the property group said on...

The Shanghai government will support companies applying for approval to sell duty-free goods, and encourage duty-free shops to be set up at airports, hotels, malls...

If investors in China's biotech industry needed one more sign that the sector is coming of age, then a major licensing deal RemeGen Co Ltd...

India will splash 257 billion rupees ($3.5 billion) on incentives for the auto sector to boost production of clean cars, the government said Wednesday, as...

Japan's exports extended double-digit gains in August, led by strong shipments of chip manufacturing equipment, although the pace of growth weakened as COVID-19 hit key...

Air New Zealand said on Thursday (Sep 16) it was studying how it could use low-carbon technologies like electric, hybrid or hydrogen powered planes to...

Top emitters of carbon are not disclosing the full risks associated with climate change, reducing the chances of meeting global emissions targets, a study by...

China's factory and retail sectors faltered in August with output and sales growth hitting one-year lows as fresh coronavirus outbreaks and supply disruptions threatened the...

Massive US government stimulus payments during the Covid-19 pandemic last year boosted household income and lowered the share of Americans living in poverty, according to...

Indonesia's exports hit a record high of US$21.42 billion in August, rising 64.1 per cent on a yearly basis, boosted by a surge in shipments...

South Korea's LG Energy Solution (LGES) and Hyundai Motor Group have started construction on a US$1.1 billion plant to make batteries for electric vehicles (EVs)...

British employers added a record 241,000 staff to their payrolls last month, lifting the total number of payrolled employees just above the level they were...

Britain said on Tuesday it was delaying the implementation of some post-Brexit import controls, the second time they have been pushed back, citing pressures on...

After three months of decline in global oil demand, Covid-19 vaccine roll-outs are set to unleash thirst for oil stymied by pandemic restrictions especially in...

Singapore's PayNow and India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will be linked by July 2022, allowing users to make "instant, low cost" fund transfers directly between...

A South Korea's antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet's Google 207 billion won (US$176.64 million) for blocking customised versions of its Android operating system (OS), in...

India has cut base import taxes on palm oil, soyoil and sunflower oil, according to a government notification, as the world's biggest vegetable oil buyer...

As US President Joe Biden assesses whether to reappoint Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and nominate as many as three others to the central bank's...

A sale of Australia's greatest airport moved nearer on Monday as an infrastructure investor group gained permission to conduct due diligence on Sydney Airport Holdings...

A sale of Australia's biggest airport moved closer on Monday (Sep 13) as an infrastructure investor group won permission to conduct due diligence on Sydney...

Australia's competition regulator on Monday (Sep 13) denied authorisation for Qantas Airways and Japan Airlines (JAL) to coordinate flights between the two countries, citing competition...

Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup Sqreem was already present in South Africa, when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.As such, it was able to leverage on technologies...

Energy stocks are becoming a popular bellwether for concerns over how deeply the Delta variant of the coronavirus is expected to impact the US economy,...

Small employers like Bob Roth on Friday voiced frustration with US President Joe Biden's mandate that workers either get vaccinated or tested regularly to combat...

The IT giant Salesforce has offered to help relocate its employees working in Texas, following the passage of a restrictive abortion law in the conservative...