China's giant foreign exchange hoard just got a bit smaller. A $94 billion decline in August – the biggest absolute drop on record –

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Tuesday it expected its total value of transactions in the second-quarter to be lower than previously thought, a fresh signal that China's slowdown is taking a bite out of consumer spending.

A leap in onion prices has left a bitter taste for Surinder Anand, owner of a New Delhi restaurant that sweats its way through a hundred kilos a day, but it could pose even bigger problems for India's leader.

STORYTELLING is an essential leadership skill. It allows leaders to communicate, build engagement and drive changes in an organisation, said Indranil Chakraborty, founder of StoryWorks, a communications consulting firm based in India.

A year ago, India's diamond capital hit the headlines when one of the largest polishing companies in the western city of Surat treated

Uber -- the app-based car service -- has raised $1.2 billion to keep expanding Uber China, a source close to the efforts said.

Toshiba said Monday it would book a $318 million annual loss to account for a billion dollar profit-padding scandal that hammered the reputation of one of Japan's best-known firms.

Plastic surgeon Abdul Ghafar Ghayur is practising his own brand of welfare in Afghanistan, where access to healthcare is limited and many cannot afford private treatment.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to win a rare second consecutive term but economists predict he won't use that victory

ONE night, 18-year-old Ritesh Agarwal was locked out of his apartment in Delhi. It was an unfortunate minor incident that was to change his life.

Thousands of European farmers took to the streets of Brussels on Monday to protest against plummeting prices for their produce.

Turned down for a 10,000 euro ($11,100) loan, George Sarris is one of hundreds of thousands of small business owners shunned by Greek banks.

The head of the Indian operations of the US-based Ford Foundation, one of the world's largest charitable funds, has announced she is

As thousands of refugees arrive every day in Germany, calls are growing louder from business leaders in Europe's biggest economy to offer them jobs.

From his laboratory at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, automated vehicle pioneer Raj Rajkumar says self-driving cars will evolve step-by-step, with humans staying in charge for a long time to come.

Apple is expected to unveil updated iPhones Wednesday along with an Apple TV revamp that may signal a push into online television streaming dominated by Netflix.

Warily watching economic clouds gathering in China and the possibility of an end to zero interest rates in the United States, G20 leaders steered a careful course at their meeting in Turkey at a time of uneven and fragile growth.

SMARTWATCHES, intelligent homes and drones that follow users wherever they go are on show at Berlin's mega consumer electronics fair, which opened its doors to the public on Friday.

WORLD financial leaders will agree to calibrate and communicate monetary policy carefully to avoid triggering capital flight, but will not call an expected US rate rise a risk to growth, a draft communique showed on Friday.

Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry on Friday bought rival mobile security provider Good Technology for $425 million in a move to broaden its software sales.