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India's electric vehicles push likely to benefit Chinese car makers
India's ambitious plan to push electric vehicles at the expense of other technologies could benefit Chinese car makers seeking to enter the market, but is worrying established automakers in the country who have so far focused on making hybrid models.
24 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Ford to cut 1,400 white-collar jobs in N America, Asia
Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it plans to cut 1,400 salaried jobs in North America and Asia through voluntary early retirement and other financial incentives as the No. 2 U.S. automaker looks to boost its sagging stock price.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Hindustan Unilever profit up 6.2pc
Hindustan Unilever Ltd, maker of products ranging from Lakmé cosmetics to BRU coffee, reported a 6.2 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of its Pears and Dove products.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Hundreds of EU airports, ports to benefit from simpler subsidy rules
Hundreds of small airports and ports around Europe are set to benefit from simpler EU state aid rules allowing governments to grant public funds to help them expand and create jobs.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
UK workers suffer first pay squeeze since 2014
British pay growth lagged inflation for the first time in two-and-a-half years in early 2017, underscoring the growing Brexit squeeze facing many households, official data showed on Wednesday.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Volvo Cars says new generation of diesel engines could be the last: CEO
Swedish carmaker Volvo's latest generation of diesel engines could be its last as the cost of reducing emissions of nitrogen oxide is becoming too much, Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Mattra wins Golden Globe Tigers Awards
Advertising agency Mattra has recently won the Golden Globe Tigers Awards 2017 held in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Western banks eclipsed by China's along the new Silk Road
For global banks, China's new "Silk Road" is a tantalising concept: billions of dollars in deals, loans and advisory fees, and a cosier relationship with Beijing for those who step up.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
German chemical industry sees growth ahead in 2017
The industry body for Germany's powerful chemicals sector on Wednesday forecast a pick-up in growth for 2017, after a strong first quarter stoked by increased demand at home and abroad.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Brazil inflation drops to 4.08pc
Brazil's annual inflation rate fell to 4.08 percent in April, lower than official estimates and raising hopes that the South American economic giant is emerging from a prolonged slump.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Oil price rebound to boost economic growth, says European bank
Europe's development bank predicted Wednesday a pick-up in economic growth in most of the regions where it operates this year as rebounding oil prices boost Russia and other commodity exporters.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Big banks fume over hefty new Australia levy
Australia's banking sector reacted with fury Wednesday to a government plan to slug lenders with a hefty new levy, calling it a "naive" tax grab that sent the wrong signal to global financial markets.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
India's cotton area seen rising 15pc to 3-year high
Cotton planting in India, the world's biggest producer of the fibre, is likely to rise by 15 percent in the 2017/18 marketing season to a three-year high as farmers switch away from other crops, likely boosting cotton production and exports.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Cuba is huge opportunity for US travel companies: BCG
Cuba represents a "huge" but challenging opportunity for US cruise, airline and hotel companies as American visitors to the Caribbean island could increase as much as sevenfold by 2025, according to a report by the Boston Consulting Group.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Shadow banking activity continues to grow: FSB report
Growth in global bond, real estate and money market funds continues to swell the world's "shadow banking" sector, which provides
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Toyota logs first annual profit fall in 5yrs
Toyota on Wednesday reported its first drop in annual net profit for five years, while the Japanese car giant unexpectedly warned that the cost of customer incentives and a further pickup in the yen threatened to dig further into its bottom line.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Ford tells UK: We also need Brexit deals with Turkey, S Africa
Britain needs to strike post-Brexit trade deals with countries such as Turkey and South Africa as well as the European Union, Ford said on Wednesday, underlining the scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Theresa May to meet business demands.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
China's commodity imports return to more normal levels
The pullback in China's imports in April of crude oil and major bulk commodities, except coal, is more of a reminder that strong gains can't last forever than a warning that demand is waning in the world's biggest importer of natural resources.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Norway to build first self-sailing electric cargo ship
Norway plans to launch the first autonomous and fully electric cargo ship next year that the project's backers said Wednesday will save 40,000 truck journeys per year.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Bitcoin surges to all-time high above $1,700
Digital currency bitcoin hit a record high on Tuesday as demand for crypto-assets soared with the creation of new tokens to raise funding for start-ups using blockchain technology.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM