Sentiment at Asian companies edged up to its highest level in five quarters in July-September, boosted by signs that China's economy is stabilizing and as concerns about Britain's move to exit the European Union recede, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed.

US tech giant Intel announced plans Wednesday to spin off its cybersecurity operations as an independent company under the name McAfee.

China's imports rose for the first time in nearly two years in August, figures showed Thursday, the 1.5 percent annual increase beating expectations in a positive sign for the world's second-largest economy.

Nintendo Co's surprise announcement that its popular game franchise Super Mario Bros would debut on Apple Inc's new iPhone propelled its shares sharply higher on Thursday on hopes the firm had at last embraced mobile gaming.

Apple Inc unveiled an iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras and no headphone jack at its annual launch event Wednesday, though the biggest surprise was the debut of a three-decade-old Nintendo game franchise, Super Mario Bros, on the smartphone.

Britain has set up a trade working group with India to prepare for a future deal following Britain's exit from the European Union, trade minister Liam Fox said on Thursday.

A growing reliance by smaller Chinese banks on cheap short-term funds from bigger peers is raising the risk of a credit crunch and prompting regulators to push the banks towards more stable funding.

India will press ahead with tax reforms, repairing the banking system and getting stalled infrastructure projects moving to drive growth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday, but it is not yet ready to sell off its state banks.

China's foreign exchange reserves fell to the lowest since 2011 in August as the central bank intervened to support the yuan currency as it weakened to near-six year lows.

It should be compulsory for everyone with an income to pay taxes as it will create a culture of paying taxes and give a sense of pride among all, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.

Oil rose yesterday to pare some of the previous day's losses, partly thanks to a weaker US dollar, but the limited likelihood of a near-term agreement among the world's biggest exporters to rein in production kept gains in check.

LG Electronics Inc unveiled a premium smartphone on Wednesday that the South Korean firm hopes will help revive its money-losing mobile business, a major revenue contributor and key customer for components suppliers in the LG group.

Economists trimmed their forecasts for Singapore's growth in the third quarter and for next year while keeping their expectations for 2016 growth unchanged, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday.

India will present proposals to the World Trade Organization on ways to ease trade in services, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, as Asia's third-largest economy seeks to leverage one of its competitive strengths.

Top British bankers will tell finance minister Philip Hammond on Wednesday to give them a clearer idea of what the country's divorce from the European Union will mean for them when they hold their first meeting since the Brexit vote.

Canada's central bank maintained its key lending rate at 0.5 percent Wednesday while signaling hope for an economic rebound in the coming months following a dismal first half of 2016.

Ukraine said on Wednesday it may deliver the world's largest jet -- originally developed for the Soviet Union's abandoned space shuttle programme -- to China within the next five years.

Amazon said it would start delivering meals from restaurants direct to customers in some parts of London, the newest entrant to an increasingly competitive market which includes Just Eat, UberEats and Deliveroo.

Microsoft Corp is introducing a complete set of cloud services from data centres in Britain, its second biggest market for cloud-based software after the United States, as demand for data localisation spreads across Europe and around the world.

A push by some euro zone countries to issue debt that won't need repaying for many decades may come at a price - but for borrowers who lived through the bloc's 2010-2012 crisis, it's probably a price worth paying.