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BMW seeks to be coolest ride-hailing firm with autonomous car
BMW will test autonomous vehicles in Munich next year as it seeks to keep up with ride-hailing firms like Uber, which have spent billions on pay-per-use personal transport.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
India prioritising shift to become natural gas-based economy: Modi
India is giving priority to moving toward a natural gas-based economy and efforts must be made to raise local production of the fuel while also creating infrastructure to import it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an energy conference on Monday.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Social media ads to hit $50b by 2019
The amount of money spent on advertising on social media is set to catch up with newspaper ad revenues by 2020, a leading forecaster said on Monday.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Panasonic in talks to buy ZKW to accelerate push into auto electronics
Japan's Panasonic Corp is in talks to buy European automotive light maker ZKW Group, accelerating its push into the automotive electronics market, a person familiar with the matter said.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Hong Kong-Shenzhen trading link off to negative start
A long-delayed trading link between the exchanges of Hong Kong and Shenzhen in China made a disappointing debut Monday, with markets on both sides of the border ending lower.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Iraqi banks rely on government support to recover from IS devastation
Iraq's private banks are pinning hope on the oil-rich government to bring back into the black their balance sheets severely affected by Islamic State's take over of parts of the country.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Tanzania buying new planes for troubled national airline to boost tourism
Tanzania plans to revamp its cash-strapped national carrier by buying new planes as part of plans to boost tourism and transport sectors, Tanzanian President John Magufuli said on Monday.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Business not doing enough to stop destroying forests
Global companies that produce and use commodities such as palm oil and soy are moving too slowly to cut deforestation, suggesting international goals to protect forests will not be met, groups that monitor business efforts said on Monday.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Euro zone business growth hits fastest this year; inflation up
Euro zone business activity grew at its quickest pace this year in November and firms, which benefited from a weaker euro, raised prices faster than at any time in five years, a survey found on Monday.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Scandal hearings put S Korea tycoons in hot seat
South Korea lawmakers on Monday kicked off an unprecedented series of hearings that will see the country's business elite grilled over a corruption scandal engulfing impeachment-threatened President Park Geun-Hye.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Italian banks on knife edge as Renzi quits
The fate of key Italian banks was up in the air Monday as investors feared that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's resignation will threaten their recapitalisation plans.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Apple shows ambition to get into self-driving car race
Apple Inc is wading in to the debate over regulation of self-driving cars, declaring it is excited about the potential for automated transportation and calling on US regulators not to restrict testing of such vehicles.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Russian central bank loses $31m in cyber attack
Hackers stole more than 2 billion rubles ($31 million) from correspondent accounts at the Russian central bank, the bank said on Friday, the latest example of an escalation of cyber attacks on financial institutions around the globe.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
No price like home: big spenders reappear in China
China's wealthiest shoppers are spending at home again, roused from a three-year slumber by a weaker yuan, lower prices and a crackdown on overseas sales agents - a welcome boost for the world's luxury brands.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Egypt sharply increases customs duties
Egypt has sharply raised customs duties on more than 300 goods, to 60 percent for many items, to encourage domestic production and curb a ballooning trade deficit, part of a broader government effort to reform the ailing economy.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Slogans, placards and food: South Korean protests a boon for restaurants
As protesters march through Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul, the centre stage of huge weekly demonstrations calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down, nearby restaurants hustle to prepare for a busy night.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
India fails to break deadlock on GST
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's plan to launch a new national sales tax next April got a jolt on Saturday after a two-day meeting with state officials ended without the resolution of a deadlock on who would administer the tax.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Europe on track for record tech investments this year: Atomico
Europe's tech sector is on track for a record level of investments this year but poor access to late-stage capital is keeping it from creating independent tech "gorillas", one of the region's most active investors said.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Pakistan puts cotton imports from India on hold as tensions mount
Pakistan has suspended cotton imports from its top supplier, India, saying shipments failed to fulfil phyto-sanitary certification, threatening the $822 million-a-year trade, government and industry officials told Reuters.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Trump picks Treasury secretary, says he'll leave his business
President-elect Donald Trump named Wall Street veteran Steven Mnuchin for Treasury secretary Wednesday, filling key slots on his economic team even as he announced plans to leave his businesses to avoid any conflict of interest.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM