Rapidly rising stainless steel production in top consumer China has helped to preserve demand and prices of key ingredient nickel, but analysts still expect a supply overhang of the metal valued for its anti-corrosive properties.
Futures tracking the S&P 500 index hit a record high on Tuesday as investors shrugged off simmering U.S.-China tensions to bet on a stimulus-led economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
SINGAPORE: NTUC LearningHub has been appointed as a new training provider for the taxi driver and private-hire car driver vocational licences, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Tuesday (Aug 11). Singapore Polytechnic has also been appointed as a new test centre for these licence courses ...
France's data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Tuesday that it has opened a preliminary investigation into Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok after it received a complaint.
Britain's Rolls-Royce will carry out extra inspections on some of its Trent XWB engines which power the Airbus A350 airliner.
British insurer Prudential said on Tuesday it planned to spin off its U.S. business Jackson to focus on Asia and Africa, as its adjusted operating profit fell 3per cent in the first half.
SYDNEY: An employee of BP's Australian refinery who was fired last year for mocking management online using a well-known meme of Adolf Hitler has been awarded more than A$200,000 (US$143,100) in compensation. BP fired technician Scott Tracey from its Kwinana refinery in January 2019 for breaching ...
HONG KONG: China's Tencent Holdings will be under pressure to address concerns on the impact of a US ban on WeChat-related transactions and outline its plans to mitigate any fallout as it reports second-quarter results on Wednesday (Aug 12). The ban, to take effect in September and the latest ......
The number of people in work in Britain fell by the most since 2009 in the three months through June as the coronavirus crisis took a heavy toll on the labour market, even with the government's huge jobs protection scheme still in place.
Several businesses have managed to hold on thus far due to various government help schemes, but may have to make the heart-wrenching decision to put up the shutters if business still remains sluggish after the support measures end.
