ZURICH:Singapore believes in globalisation and that economic transformation has to continue despite the uncertainty amid significant changescaused by globalisation, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swe
WASHINGTON:US regulators on Thursday (May 9) denied a request by China Mobile to operate in the US market and provide international telecommunications services, saying links to the Chinese government
WASHINGTON: Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, founder of rocket company Blue Origin, unveiled on Thursday (May 9)a mockup of a lunar lander spacecraft and discussed missions to the moon in a strate
PARIS-MILAN: French luxury goods group Kering said on Thursday it had agreed to pay 1.25 billion euros (US$1.40 billion) to settle a dispute with Italian tax authorities centered on its fashion brand
The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to deny China Mobile Ltd's bid to provide U.S. telecommunications services and said it was reviewing similar approvals held by t
Facebook Inc co-founder and Mark Zuckerberg's former college roommate Chris Hughes urged U.S. regulators to break up the social media company in a New York Times opinion piece on Thursday.
PARIS:US beverage giant Coca-Cola paid more than 8million (US$9 million) in France to health professionals and researchers in a bid to influence research, according to an investigation by French newsp
WASHINGTON:Half store, half museum, Apple's new location in the US capital within a historic landmark is being described as the "most ambitious" project for its retail operations. Apple
Vice President Mike Pence had a sobering message Saturday as he delivered a commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
WASHINGTON:US and Chinese officials returned to the bargaining table late on Thursday (May 9) amid a sudden flare-up in hostilities, while President Donald Trump held out hopes of salvaging a trade de
NEW YORK: Uber Technologies Inc priced its initial public offering on Thursday at the low end of its targeted range for a valuation of US$82.4 billion, hoping its conservative approach will spare it t
NEW YORK:Wall Street stocks fell again on Thursday (May 9) amid trade war jitters as investors weighed the latest back and forth ahead of key US-China negotiations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fi
All eyes are now on the Uber and WeWork IPOs which saw their companies valued in the amazing range of US$100 billion and US$50 billion respectively, says NUS Business Schools Lawrence Loh.
NEW YORK:Uber geared up on Thursday (May 9) for its Wall Street debut with a massive share offering that is a milestone for the ride-hailing industry and the so-called "sharing economy," but
Global stocks made gains on Friday as investors held out hopes for a trade deal between the United States and China, even as another round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods took effect.
CALIFORNIA: A US startup company is accusing Chinese telecommunications gear provider Huawei of enlisting a Chinese university professor working on a research project to improperly access the startup&
WASHINGTON: Crucial trade negotiations with China will continue on Friday (May 10), the White House said late Thursday night, about 90 minutes before steep new tariffs were set to hit Chinese goods. P
HONG KONG: Shanghai led gains across Asian markets on Friday (May 10)at the end of a torrid week for equities, with investors keeping a nervous eye on China-US trade talks and taking heart from positi
The Asia business of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, filed on Friday a draft prospectus for an initial public offering (IPO), which two sources with knowledge of the matter said
WASHINGTON: Top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators concluded the first of two days of talks on Thursday to rescue a trade deal that is close to collapsing as Washington prepares to go ahead with plans
US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was in no hurry to sign a trade deal with China as Washington imposed a new set of tariffs on Chinese goods and negotiators began a second day of last-ditch
SINGAPORE: Good news for Singaporeans going on holiday to Australia, as the Singapore dollar hit a 4-month high against the Australian dollar this week. The Singdollar traded at an intraday high of 1.
SINGAPORE:Singapore's second-biggest listed lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd reported an 11 per cent rise in quarterly profit on Friday (May 10) that beat market estimates, driven by broad-
Occidental Petroleum Chief Executive Vicki Hollub takes her case for buying Anadarko Petroleum to the company's shareholders on Friday, bolstered by rapid deal-making that put her on the cusp of v
SAN FRANCISCO: Rupert Murdoch's mass media and publishing company News Corp posted a third quarter net profit of US$23 million Thursday (May 9), boosted by its HarperCollins book division. Revenue
