Apple ordered to pull part of press release in Qualcomm case

Apple Inc has been ordered by a German court to stop using part of a press release claiming all iPhones would be available in the country through carriers and resellers, a copy of the ruling seen by Reuters showed.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM

UK retail sales drop in December

British retail sales fell in December as consumers held onto their cash after snapping up discounted Christmas gifts the previous month, official data showed Friday.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Canada ended 2018 with 2pc inflation

Canadians paid 2.0 percent more for goods and services in December than a year earlier, the government statistical agency said Friday.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Japan consumer prices rose sluggish 0.9pc last year

Japanese consumer prices rose a sluggish 0.9 percent last year, according to government data published Friday, as the world's third-largest economy continues its years-long battle to stoke weak inflation.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Job jitters mount as China's factories sputter ahead of Lunar New Year

Wang Zhishen was thrilled when Danish shipper A.P. Moller-Maersk gave him two months' paid leave, relishing the chance to spend time with his wife and daughters in China's remote northwestern Gansu province.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM

China's record $83b injection heightens worries over ailing economy

China's central bank injected a record $83 billion into the country's financial system on Wednesday, seeking to avoid a cash crunch that would put further pressure on the weakening economy.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

German business warns of 'chaos'

Leading German business organisations warned Wednesday of a "chaotic" Brexit that would cause massive disruption to trade, after MPs in London overwhelmingly voted to reject an EU withdrawal deal.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

British banks soldier on thru’ murky waters

British banks swerved heavy share price losses in early trading on Wednesday, hours after a parliamentary vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal returned the most blistering defeat for a UK government in almost a century.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Pound higher, top stocks retreat

The British pound firmed against the dollar and euro Wednesday, and London stocks dropped, as traders awaited a confidence vote on British Prime Minister Theresa May's government after parliament voted massively against its Brexit deal.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Marketing spending growth hits wall at UK companies: survey

A six-year run of marketing spending growth at British companies ended in the final quarter of 2018 as uncertainty over Britain's impending exit from the European Union led companies to clamp down on costs, a survey showed on Wednesday.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Sri Lanka asks IMF to revive $1.5b bailout

Sri Lanka has appealed to the International Monetary Fund to revive a $1.5-billion bailout suspended during the island nation's political crisis late last year, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

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16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Vietnam's newest airline Bamboo takes first flight

Vietnam's newest commercial carrier Bamboo Airways took flight Wednesday, officially entering Southeast Asia's crowded aviation sector where it will face stiff competition from established players.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Japan's November machinery orders stall

Japan's core machinery orders slowed sharply in November in a sign corporate capital expenditure could lose momentum as a bruising US-China trade war spills into the global economy.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

New retail tools aim to solve e-commerce profit dilemma

Conventional wisdom in the Amazon era holds that the lowest price wins the battle of the retailers, leading many to just about give away items to make a sale.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Google sending outback tourists off the map

Tourism operators in Australia's vast outback say wild inaccuracies in Google Maps are making remote hot spots appear out of reach, deterring people from visiting the region.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

McDonald's loses Big Mac EU trademark battle

Irish fast food chain Supermac's announced Tuesday it had won a European Union battle against global giant McDonald's over the use of the Big Mac and Mc trademarks.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Etihad offers to invest in Jet Airways at 49pc discount

Etihad Airways has offered to pick up shares of debt-laden Jet Airways Ltd at a 49 percent discount and to immediately release $35 million to bail out the troubled carrier if certain conditions are met, CNBC-TV18 reported.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Saudi minister 'very optimistic' about oil market

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Tuesday he was "very optimistic" about the outlook for the oil market after producers cut output to support flagging prices.
15 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Volkswagen, Ford set alliance centred on vans, pickups

Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday they will join forces on commercial vans and pickups and also that they were exploring shared development of electric and self-driving technology, actions meant to save the automakers billions of dollars.
15 January 2019, 18:00 PM