BEIJING: China said on Friday (Mar 26) it would hike duties on Australian wine imports for up to five years, as relations sour between Beijing and Canberra. The levies range from 116.2 per cent to 218.4 per cent, China's commerce ministry said in a statement, adding they will take effect...
China's top ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing has dropped H&M from its listings, joining a backlash over comments made by the Swedish fashion retailer last year about labour conditions in Xinjiang province.
FUKUSHIMA, Japan: When Olympic torch runners came to Fukushima city on Friday (Mar 26), Masahiro Abiko went out to cheer them with his employees, hoping the Games will reinvigorate his coronavirus-battered business making flags and festival attire. "Ever since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic ...
U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday as investors bought undervalued energy and bank stocks betting on what is expected to be the fastest economic growth since 1984, while awaiting inflation data later in the day.
DBS Group Holdings on Friday said it was appointing senior civil servant Chng Kai Fong as a new non-executive director to the boards of DBS Holdings (DBSH) and DBS Bank.
WeWork has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm BowX Acquisition Corp that values the office-sharing startup at US$9 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Insurance companies have spent US$17 million to defeat proposals to weaken or abolish the for-profit bail industry in the United States, a system that brings insurers US$15 billion in business a year, according to a Reuters analysis of campaign contributions, company financial statements and ...
SINGAPORE: Landlords and tenants of retail spaces may soon have to abide by new rules for leasing negotiations, with the Government looking to legislate a new code of conduct for the industry. The code of conduct, announced on Friday (Mar 24) by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), sets out ...
Germany's BASF is benefiting as people under lockdown fix up their homes but its CEO said the chemical maker may be left out of the party after the pandemic as consumers turn their spending to entertainment.
BASF, the world's largest chemicals producer by sales, pledged on Friday to spend up to 4 billion euros (US$4.7 billion) to slash greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter by 2030.
