Indigenous peoples from Brazil and Colombia sued retailer Casino in a French court on Wednesday over the selling of beef linked to land grabbing and deforestation in the Amazon, campaigners involved in the lawsuit said.
U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as a swift global roll out of vaccines and a new round of stimulus bolstered bets on a quick economic rebound, with investors also focusing on private employment and service sector reports.
U.S. private payrolls increased less than expected in February amid job losses in manufacturing and construction, suggesting the labor market was struggling to regain speed despite the nation's improving public health picture.
Next year, Alphabet Inc's Google plans to phase out technology in its Chrome browser that lets other companies track users' web browsing. But that does not mean you will see irrelevant ads, or that the pair of shoes you have been eyeing will stop following you around the web....
The 11 deaths in February were three times more than the monthly average of 3.8 workplace fatalities over the last five years, says Associate Professor Goh Yang Miang of NUS.
European telecoms firms are cashing in on the money-making power of masts, as tower companies line up to pay multi-billion dollar price tags for antennas buzzing with ever more data ahead of the advent of 5G.
For 17 years, trucker Colin Birch has been hitting the highways to collect used cooking oil from restaurants.
KUALA LUMPUR: Audit firm Deloitte PLT will pay Malaysia's government US$80 million to resolve all claims related to its auditing of accounts of scandal-linked state fund 1MDB and its unit SRC International from 2011 to 2014, the finance ministry said on Wednesday (Mar 3). Deloitte has been under ......
LONDON: Britain will modernise its listing rules to attract more high-growth company and so-called blank cheque flotations, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak said after a government-backed review said London was on the back foot after Brexit. The London Stock Exchange is facing tougher competition from ...
British insurer Prudential expects to split off its U.S. business in the second quarter, it said on Wednesday as it posted a 4per cent rise in full-year operating profit on the back of strength in Asia.
