Virgin Atlantic announced Monday that it has made firm orders for twelve wide-bodied Airbus A350-1000 jets, worth $4.4 billion (3.9 billion euros) at list prices, in the first major announcement at Farnborough.

The Frankfurt stock exchange said Monday that it is examining whether to lower a key hurdle for its planned merger with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to go ahead.

Tesla Motors Inc CEO Elon Musk on Sunday tweeted his intention to soon publish part two of his "top secret Tesla masterplan" following an embattled several weeks for the Silicon Valley heavyweight.

Oil fell on Monday over signs that US shale drillers have adapted to lower prices and on renewed indications of economic weakness in Asia where refiners are already trimming crude runs.

The OECD said Monday it is suspending for two months its composite leading indicators (CLIs) designed to flag turning points in economic activity due to volatility heightened by Brexit.

Ukraine and Canada signed a "milestone" free trade agreement on Monday designed to bolster support for the war-scarred former Soviet republic in the face of an increasingly assertive Russia.

Amid fears of a fiscal "race to the bottom" French Finance Minister Michel Sapin on Monday slammed British plans to reduce corporation tax as part of plans to keep attracting foreign investment after last month's Brexit vote.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday his government would consider giving Tanzania, where he's visiting, a $500 million loan to finance water projects in the east African nation.

China is set to make good on a promise to invest two billion euros ($2.21 billion) in the European Union's new infrastructure fund at a summit in Beijing on Wednesday, officials say, a gesture aimed partly at easing tensions over other issues.

South Korea's environment ministry said on Monday it will decide later this month whether to revoke the certification of 32 vehicle models made by Volkswagen after prosecutors accused the German carmaker of fabricating documents on emissions and noise-level tests.

The likely path after retirement preferred by most is to stay among family members, maintain a social life and relax after a life of hard work. But that was not the case for Amjad Khan Chowdhury.

Sharlin Islam is an MBA student at a leading private university in Dhaka. She finds it difficult to juggle between a day job at a local advertising firm, her evening classes and a fulltime role as the head of a joint family. Needless to say, she is pressed for time and her weekends are spent running chores. Whatever little time that is left to call her own, Sharlin spends lazing at home.

The new head of Sri Lanka's central bank Indrajit Coomaraswamy pledged Monday to uphold its credibility after allegations of insider

India may alter the list of steel items that attract a minimum import price if the country decides to continue with the protectionist measure beyond August, steel secretary Aruna Sundararajan said.

Kuwait said Sunday it plans to tap the international debt market through bond issues to finance its budget deficit after recording a first shortfall in 16 years.

New car registrations in Germany, a key indicator of demand in Europe's top economy, rose strongly in June, official data showed on Monday.

Britain will look to hire foreign trade negotiators to help it meet the challenge of striking new trade deals with countries in Europe and beyond after last month's shock decision to leave the European Union, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.

China's yuan touched a new 5-1/2 year low against the dollar for the second consecutive session on Monday on concerns that the central bank would tolerate a further weakening of the currency, as the bank appeared to have stood aside, traders said.

The aftershocks of Britain's decision to leave the European Union have hit the property sector over the past week, with a foreign bank freezing loans for buyers and some investors pulling out of commercial deals.

Britain's construction industry suffered its worst contraction in seven years in June as concern grew about a referendum on European Union membership, according to a survey that was mostly conducted before Britain voted on June 23 to quit the EU.