China gets tough on long, odd company names Business "Beijing Afraid of Wife Technology" and "What You Looking at Technology" are among the kind of company names that will become a thing of the... China gets tough on long, odd company names
Business Big Chinese share-sale plan mired in confusion A plan under which big Chinese companies led by Tencent and Alibaba would invest $11.7 billion in the country's second-largest wireless carrier... on 17 August 2017
Business NAFTA renegotiation reveals some stark differences Negotiators from Canada, Mexico and the United States opened the first round of talks Wednesday to revamp the 23-year-old North American Free... on 17 August 2017
Business Tencent clobbers estimates with 70% profit surge Chinese tech giant Tencent on Wednesday reported second-quarter results that handily beat analyst estimates in an apparent validation of the... on 16 August 2017
Business Chess : Kasparov suffers first loss in comeback event Chess legend Garry Kasparov on Tuesday suffered the first loss of his brief but highly anticipated comeback to the game, succumbing to fellow... on 15 August 2017
Business Contaminated eggs scandal spreads from Europe to Asia The EU will call an emergency meeting of ministers over insecticide-tainted eggs, European Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said Friday,... on 12 August 2017
Business Doctors at heart of US opioid crisis When 55-year-old Sheila Bartels left her doctor's office in Oklahoma, she had a prescription for 510 painkillers. on 10 August 2017
Business Toshiba reports long-delayed earnings, posts $8.8 bn loss Toshiba on Thursday met a looming deadline to report its long-delayed financial results, saying it lost around $8.8 billion in the last fiscal... on 10 August 2017
Business HSBC profits higher on cost-cutting, favourable markets HSBC said profits were up in the first half of the year in what it called an "excellent" result after a turbulent 2016. on 31 July 2017
Business Maduro presses on with Venezuela vote despite protests, condemnation Venezuela careened towards a showdown on its streets Friday between anti-government protesters and security forces, raising international alarm... on 29 July 2017
Business IMF urges US to ‘protect’ gains won under Obamacare The International Monetary Fund on Thursday waded into the US health care debate, urging the Trump administration to "protect" gains achieved... on 27 July 2017
Business Rwanda targets high-end tourist market Nicaraguan singer Hernaldo Zuniga brought his entire family to trek through the lush forests and mist-shrouded volcanoes of northwestern Rwanda... on 26 July 2017
Business IMF says global recovery on firmer footing The global economic recovery is on firmer footing as improving growth in China, Europe and Japan offset downward revisions for the United States... on 24 July 2017
Business Erdogan in the Gulf seeking to ease Qatar crisis President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday began a key trip to the Gulf aimed at defusing the standoff over Turkey's ally Qatar, saying no one had... on 23 July 2017
Business Erdogan in the Gulf seeking to ease Qatar crisis President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began on Sunday a key visit to the Gulf region aimed at defusing the standoff around Turkey's ally Qatar, saying... on 23 July 2017
Business Erdogan heads to Gulf in hope of easing Qatar crisis Prolonging the crisis in the Gulf sparked by the isolation of Qatar is not in the interest of anyone, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan... on 23 July 2017
Business Qatar emir ready for Gulf crisis talks with conditions Qatar's ruler said Friday that the Gulf emirate is ready for talks to resolve a diplomatic crisis with a Saudi-led bloc so long as his country's... on 21 July 2017
