UBS shareholders on Thursday approved payment of the second half of its 2019 dividend, making it the first major European bank to pay a full dividend for the year despite turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Lawmakers in Russia's parliament presented draft legislation on Thursday that, if passed, would enable the government to restrict internet access to U.S. social media giants deemed to have discriminated against Russian media outlets.
Britain is by no means pinning all of its hopes on a trade deal with the United States to the detriment of securing agreements with other countries, trade minister Liz Truss said on Thursday.
SINGAPORE: Nightlife venues that have expressed interest in reopening under a newly announced pilot programme have said that they will do "whatever it takes" to create a safe environment for customers, but are concerned about the impact of strict COVID-19 rules - including mandatory pre-event ...
SINGAPORE: Seven industry-led alliances formed to create and execute ideas to help Singapore as it attempts to steer the economy out of the COVID-19 crisis have developed solutions that include launching autonomous shuttles on the road and creating seamless shopping experiences to help the retail ...
Some of the relatives of victims of a fatal Boeing 737 MAX crash in Indonesia have slammed a decision by U.S. aviation authorities to allow the jets to return to the skies, saying the move comes too soon.
U.S. online retailer Amazon.com Inc has laid off dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff from its delivery drone project, Amazon Prime Air, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
It's 10 p.m. in the world's largest electronics market, and lines of delivery workers who once hauled computer components and knock-off phones now push carts overflowing with Mac lipsticks, Bioderma cleansers and other foreign beauty brands.
Global regulators have held off approving the Boeing 737 MAX despite a decision by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to end a 20-month grounding, highlighting changes in the global regulatory pecking order caused by two crashes of the jet.
SINGAPORE: More employees lodged claims for owed salaries in 2019 compared to the year before, according to the latest Employment Standards Report released on Thursday (Nov 19). Overall salary claims rose from 2.42 claims per 1,000 employees in 2018 to 2.68 claims in 2019. It later fell to an...
