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Vietnam government to sell $3b of shares in major firms
The Vietnamese government will sell its stakes in companies ranging from a dairy giant to an insurance firm in a move worth up to $3 billion, state media said Wednesday, boosting the communist nation's privatisation drive.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Tech funding surging despite bubble fears: survey
Investors poured increasing amounts of cash into startups in the third quarter, defying fears of a bubble in the tech sector, a survey showed Wednesday.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
New rules to boost India shipping fleet; may dent foreign shippers
INDIAN state-owned firms may have to give half their freight business to local shippers to help rescue an industry battered by the global commodities downturn.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Nissan turns to cricket to lure Indian buyers
Nissan Motor Co has entered into an eight-year sponsorship agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC), a company executive said, in a bid by the Japanese car maker to boost its small market share in cricket-crazy India.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Samsung Electronics unveils second Tizen-powered smartphone
Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled on Wednesday the second smartphone powered by the its own Tizen operating system, its latest bid to increase the popularity of its own software ecosystem.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Intel reports 6pc fall in net income
US computer chip giant Intel demonstrates how its no-touch technology enables users to operate their devices with hand gestures. The
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Toyota targets end of carbon emitters
Japanese car manufacturing giant Toyota is committing to all but eliminate carbon emissions from its production processes by 2050.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Twitter to cut 8pc of workforce
Twitter said Tuesday it was slashing eight percent of its workforce as newly returned chief executive Jack Dorsey outlined his "roadmap" to boost users and revenues at the money-losing messaging platform.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
India's pharmacies shut down to protest online sales
Around 800,000 Indian pharmacies downed their shutters Wednesday to demand a crackdown on online drug sales, which they say is unregulated and eroding their business.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
India's drug stores plan protest against e-pharmacies
As many as 850,000 small chemist shops in India will shut for a day next week to protest against a burgeoning online pharmacy industry that is attracting big money backers.
10 October 2015, 18:00 PM
StanChart chief plans to cut about 1,000 top staff
Standard Chartered's new Chief Executive Bill Winters plans to cut about 1,000 of the bank's most senior staff to reduce costs, according to a memo sent to staff, as he battles to revive the bank following a sharp drop in profits.
10 October 2015, 18:00 PM
G20 ministers endorse crackdown on corporate tax evasion
Finance ministers from the world's leading economies gave the green light Friday to a new plan to crack down on tax evasion by multi-national corporations which costs countries at least $100 billion a year.
10 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Nickel crisis rocks French islands in Pacific
Plunging nickel prices and the market woes of world mining giants have shaken the French territory of New Caledonia, a tropical archipelago in the Pacific that is hostage to the metal's fortunes.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
As China growth flags, analysts weigh alternative indicators
As once-stellar growth rates start to dip, watchers of China's mammoth economy worry that it could be worse than it looks because the official figures might not be telling the whole story.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Wal-Mart banks on cavernous warehouses in e-commerce push
WAL-MART Stores' expanding network of large distribution centers will allow it to deliver packages throughout the United States in two days, setting it up to compete more efficiently in online holiday sales, a senior executive said on Thursday.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Malaysia hopes to boost social enterprise to make society "more equitable"
Until they started to build micro-hydro dams, many of the indigenous people living in remote rainforests of Malaysia's Sabah state did not have access to electricity, forcing them to resort to costly ways of generating power through diesel generators.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Big banks face suits for alleged US bonds rigging
More than 20 lawsuits have been filed in the United States accusing large banks of rigging the US Treasury bond market in a similar fashion to other recent collusion cases.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM
German new car sales up
New car registrations in Germany, a key measure of demand in one of the most important sectors of Europe's top economy, rose in
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Global commodity price slump sends ripples around the world
In the boom times when the price of gold was soaring, Ebenezer Sam-Onuawonto had a dream job and a dollar salary many times the national average in this mining town in southwestern Ghana.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Tech neutrality a must for better telecom services
BANGLADESHI mobile operators need more freedom in using spectrum to offer more convenient internet services, said a senior official of Telenor.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM