Business

London: Global economy has weathered the new US administration's sweeping challenges to the status quo with surprising aplomb given serious threats made...

Hong Kong: Mysterious disappearance from Hong Kong of Xiao Jianhua, a China-born billionaire, has sent a chill through mainland business circles linked to...

Houston/Caracas: Venezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA, has fallen months behind on shipments of crude and fuel under oil-for-loan deals with China...

Rio de Janeiro: Petroleo Brasileiro’s $5.2 billion sale of a natural gas distribution unit to Brookfield Asset Management and other investors has just hit...

New York: Amazon.com on Friday disclosed Iranian business ties that may have violated US sanctions, warning that it may be penalised after a regulatory...

Tokyo: Radical. That’s probably the single adjective that best covers the disparate economic policies being pursued in Asia’s three largest economies....

London: UK inflation is almost back on target. Economists forecast that consumer-price growth accelerated to 1.9 per cent in January, part of an upward...

California: Facebook Inc. hired MTV executive Mina Lefevre to develop original TV shows for the world’s largest social network. Lefevre, who oversaw all...

Berlin: Germany posted a record trade surplus in 2016, which may further fuel accusations by the Trump administration that Europe’s largest economy is...

Washington: Donald Trump criticized Nordstrom Inc. for dropping daughter Ivanka’s brand from the department-store chain, drawing a new company into the...