With sales stagnating and high rent and manpower costs eating away at his profits, Azan Tengku, the director of Singaporean gift company Kalms, decided to close down his stores and move all his products into vending machines.

Germany's top lender Deutsche Bank said it quadrupled bonus payouts to staff in 2017, despite booking a bigger-than-expected net loss for the year.

The EU on Tuesday approved the proposed merger between French lens-maker Essilor and Luxottica, the Italian eyewear company that

India regained its status as the world's fastest growing major economy in the October-December quarter, surpassing China for the

US consumer prices increased in January, with a gauge of underlying inflation posting its largest gain in 12 months, bolstering views that

Potential buyers have expressed strong early interest in a bankrupt US firm of Indian jeweler Nirav Modi, who has been accused of

Facebook on Wednesday announced that its year-old job-hunting service is expanding to dozens more countries, aiming to connect

A four-day exposition began in Dhaka yesterday with an aim to promote development of green industries and raise awareness about

Europe's economic recovery remains on track, with eurozone unemployment at its lowest level since December 2008, official figures

Canada's finance minister unveiled a budget Tuesday that looks to boost the number of working women to head off a looming labor shortage.

AS Xi Jinping marches toward presidency for life, economists are lauding the stability of his continued rule but the move has caused

Germany's jobless total fell more than expected in February and employment hit a record high in January, data showed on Wednesday,

US trade officials met with auto industry executives in Washington on Tuesday, three sources said, as talks to renegotiate the North

For years, General Motors resisted calls from South Korean officials to cut interest rates it was charging on nearly $3 billion in loans to

Taiwan on Wednesday warned its companies and people to exercise caution and not rush to China's embrace after Beijing released

Inflation in the eurozone slowed to 1.2 percent in February, the EU's official statistics agency said Wednesday, well off the European

China's working-age population fell to its lowest level since 2009 last year and was below a billion for the first time since 2010, data

The French economy grew by a faster-than-expected 2.0 percent in 2017, as investment and output picked up in the fourth quarter,

Hong Kong Wednesday reported a record surplus of almost US$18 billion thanks to a red-hot property market and announced wide-

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