Facebook Inc rolled out features Wednesday that enable businesses to privately communicate with customers through messages as part

US investment bank Goldman Sachs has estimated the Chinese government has spent up to 900 billion yuan ($147 billion) in the last

Maruti Suzuki, India's car market leader but lagging Ford Motor Co, Renault SA and others with new models in the fast-growing SUV

Indonesia's growth slid in the second quarter to levels unseen since 2009, government data showed Wednesday, highlighting the uphill

Growth in British services companies slowed more than expected last month as hiring eased to its slowest pace since March 2014,

Philippine inflation slowed to a record low of 0.8 percent year-on-year in July on lower electricity, petrol and transportation costs, the

Nestle SA's Maggi noodles comply with food safety standards, authorities in Goa said, in the first such ruling since the popular instant

The battle for supremacy in India's bulging e-commerce market between Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal is rapidly heating up with

Seed giant Monsanto Co's unwanted takeover bid with Switzerland's Syngenta AG would face strong resistance in Brazil should it go forward, farmers and lawyers said, a hurdle that could delay or force major concessions to the $45 billion deal.

Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a vast free-trade pact are "nearing completion" of a landmark agreement, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday, days after delegates failed to seal the deal in Hawaii.

For four years Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has basked in the success of its Galaxy smartphones, making billions of dollars competing with Apple Inc in the premium mobile market.

Toyota Motor Corp said it "can't be optimistic" about profitability in China, the world's biggest auto market, where slowing growth is forcing the Japanese manufacturer to cut prices and offer buying incentives to keep up with rivals.

The EU and Vietnam on Tuesday announced a free trade deal removing nearly all tariffs, with Brussels calling it a "milestone" on the way to a region-wide agreement with Southeast Asia.

Australia's central bank Tuesday held interest rates at a record-low of 2.0 percent as it kept the possibility of further easing on the table and dropped calls for a weaker exchange rate.

Emirates has come up with a new offer for its passengers to explore beyond the airline's network of American destinations with the

German automaker BMW said Tuesday that weaker demand from China could weigh on its full-year earnings, as it reported a slight drop in its second-quarter profits.

Indian online marketplace Snapdeal is set to raise $500 million in investment from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, SoftBank Group Corp and Foxconn, the trading name of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.

German carmakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes, will pay around 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) to buy Nokia's maps business, beating out high-tech rivals for location services seen as key to the future of self-driving cars.

Two Chinese smartphone makers pushed US technology giant Apple into third place in the world's biggest market in the second quarter, an independent analyst firm said Monday.

Inflation remained unchanged yet high in Indonesia in July despite predictions of easing, as consumers stocked up on food and transport tickets ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid, government data showed Monday.