Volkswagen shares tumbled more than 20 percent on Monday, their biggest ever one-day fall, as the German carmaker was plunged into turmoil by accusations from US authorities that it falsified emissions data.

In the fast-moving world of Silicon Valley, Twitter's search for a new chief executive is moving at a snail's pace, raising concerns about deeper woes at the social media platform.

Federal Reserve policymakers appeared deeply divided on Saturday over how seriously problems in the world economy will effect the US, a fracture that may be difficult for Fed Chair Janet Yellen to mend as she guides the central bank's debate over whether to hike interest rates.

Zelta mobiles, a brand of Sky Telecommunication Ltd, launched a range of smart and bar phones, in Dhaka on Saturday.

British finance minister George Osborne expressed his confidence in the slowing Chinese economy on Sunday, saying the country was going through a necessary transformation and was still a driver of global growth.

Starbucks Corp can move to Cuba, but it still cannot sell lattes there.

A nationwide competition has recently been launched for emerging interior designers and architects to display their skills in use of material, space, colour, texture, lighting and graphics.

China unveiled details on Sunday of how it would restructure its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including partial privatisation, as data pointed to a cooling in the world's second-largest economy.

Malaysia will inject up to $4.6 billion to bolster its stock market and will spend tens of millions of dollars on infrastructure projects to try to stimulate the slowing economy, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday.

European jetmaker Airbus is taking its fight for a bigger market share to rival Boeing's backyard on Monday, as it inaugurates its first production plant in the United States.

With a three-year government rescue package coming to a close, the highly indebted state of Rajasthan is getting tough - it's demanding farmers start paying for their electricity.

Toshiba on Monday reported a first-quarter loss of $102 million after sales fell to a two-and-half-year low, in a fresh blow to the Japanese conglomerate after a huge accounting scandal.

Rich nations are stubbornly divided ahead of talks in Paris on Thursday to seek a deal to phase out coal subsidies in a foretaste of the difficulty of agreeing on action to curb global warming at a UN summit later this year.

Japanese videogame giant Nintendo said on Monday it has appointed Tatsumi Kimishima as its new president.

Three years ago India was the weakling of the emerging markets clan, politically stagnant and struggling to grow -- but as gloom engulfs other developing economies, the subcontinent is enjoying a moment in the sun.

Flush with cash and confidence after years of rising sales, German carmakers are used to reaping industry-leading returns. But with Chinese demand abruptly slowing, the profit engine has begun to sputter, overshadowing the glitz of the Frankfurt auto show which

The global economy faces a financial bubble from central banks pumping cash into economies, Germany's finance minister warns.

The price of international food commodities registered their largest monthly drop in seven years in August, the UN food agency said on Thursday.

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.