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Philips sells 80pc of lighting components unit for $2.8b
Philips has agreed to sell an 80.1 percent stake in its lighting components division for $2.8 billion to Go Scale Capital, a technology fund
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Honda to invest £200m in British factory
Honda said Tuesday it will spend £200 million ($300 million) to upgrade a British factory that the Japanese automaker downsized last
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
India in biggest wheat import deals since 2010 as rains damage crop
India has bought up to 80,000 tonnes of Australian wheat in recent deals, three trade sources said on Tuesday, the biggest such
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Ford aims to triple exports from India with $1b plant
Ford Motor Co has invested $1 billion in a new plant in western India which will help the automaker triple exports from the country, chief
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Apple plans China iPhone trade-in with Foxconn
Apple Inc plans to introduce a trade-in programme for iPhones in China in association with the Foxconn Technology Group, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the effort.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
EU to probe cross-border e-commerce barriers
The EU's competition watchdog announced plans Thursday for a probe into whether companies are creating barriers to stop
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
India's Idea pays $4.8b for airwaves, most in auction
Idea Cellular Ltd, India's third-biggest mobile operator by market share, spent 303.06 billion rupees ($4.84 billion) to buy mobile
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Facebook brings applications, businesses to Messenger service
Facebook Inc on Wednesday opened up its Messenger service for developers to create apps and for shoppers to communicate directly
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
US caught off guard by success of new China-led bank
The success of the new China-led development bank has caught the United States off guard, after it fought the project and now finds itself increasingly isolated.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Warren Buffett's latest elephant deal
On the hunt for a big buy, billionaire Warren Buffett has again teamed up with Brazilian private equity firm 3G.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
China banks borrow Western tricks to combat spike in bad loans
Chinese banks are increasingly drawing on Western ways of selling off bad loans, after four of the largest five lenders reported a spike
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
WTO chief says negotiations on trade deal 'changing gears'
World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo said Thursday efforts are intensifying to end more than a decade of stalemate in negotiations for global trade liberalisation.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Toyota rolls out shared-parts strategy to chop costs
Toyota on Thursday announced plans to overhaul production to slash development costs, with a top executive describing the shakeup as
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Australia ready to join China-led bank
Australia is "well and truly" disposed to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Prime Minister Tony Abbott
25 March 2015, 18:36 PM
FTSE 100 firms appoint more women to their boards
Britain's top companies have made "enormous progress" on gender diversity by doubling the number of female directors, new figures indicate.
25 March 2015, 18:35 PM
Automakers race to double the driving range of affordable electric cars
Global automakers are readying a new generation of mass-market electric cars with more than double the driving range of today's
25 March 2015, 18:33 PM
Spain's BBVA denies credit line to bail Sahara boss
Spain's BBVA SA denied having any credit exposure to Indian conglomerate Sahara, just days after the group told a court it had a line of
25 March 2015, 18:26 PM
Cheap eurozone takeaway fuels Chinese appetites
The inexorable decline of the single currency offers ambitious Chinese firms a bargain buffet of eurozone business, analysts say, with
25 March 2015, 18:26 PM
Minister warns Malaysian firm on expats’ MRP
Malaysian IRIS Corporation Berhad must enroll 5,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia every day to give them Machine Readable Passport or face actions, expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister says
19 March 2015, 11:55 AM
Will that be all, sir? Butler business booms in China
A butler can typically expect to earn 20,000 yuan ($3,200) a month, making the course a worthwhile investment.
19 March 2015, 10:06 AM