Business / World Business

Hong Kong:  Most Asian markets fell in holiday-thinned trade yesterday, with dealers keeping tabs on a developing scandal around Donald Trump's administration. The...

Ho Chi Minh City:  Communist-led Vietnam may soon have its first technology company go public in the US. VNG Corp, a game developer...

Washington:  US consumer spending recorded its biggest increase in four months in April and monthly inflation rebounded, pointing to firming domestic demand that...

French consumer confidence last month hit its highest level since August 2007, statistics showed yesterday, as more people had a positive outlook about...

Berlin:  India is keen to attract more German companies to invest and improve bilateral relations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he...

Frankfurt:  Corproate lending in the eurozone, a key gauge for measuring the health of economic recovery, accelerated slightly in April to hit a...

Visitors looking at a gyrocopter at the Hangzhou International Future Life Festival exhibition in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. The three-day exhibition...

Brussels:  The European Central Bank will not consider including Greek government bonds in its asset purchases programme before a pending bailout review is...

London:  Concern over Italy's banks and Britain's national election dominated holiday-thinned European financial markets yesterday, from back off two-year highs. Sterling, hammered by...

Paris:  Tourism in Spain and the UK will lead a rebound in European luxury spending this year, while Chinese domestic consumption also increases,...

London:  Gold held near its highest in a month in thin holiday trade, with a softer dollar and a retreat in stock markets...

Experts from the Aluminium industry believe the Middle East region is on the right track to achieving its goal for expected global demand...

LONDON: British Airways (BA) said it would take steps to ensure there was no repeat of a computer system failure that stranded 75,000...

Hong Kong:  Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to downgrade Hong Kong’s debt rating last week was based on “shallow” evidence, Hong Kong Financial Secretary...

Lima:  The financial arm of the World Bank is considering issuing about $2bn in bonds to finance environmentally friendly projects in Peru, the...

Seoul: Bruised by anti-Korean sentiment in its biggest market and losing ground to local automakers, Hyundai Motor will open its first Chinese brand...

Frankfurt:  BMW AG is set to extend production halts in Germany to China and South Africa today as the luxury-car maker grapples with...

MOSCOW: Russia completed the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, its first post-Soviet foray into production of a...