Forest fires that raged across Indonesia dented Southeast Asia's biggest economy to the tune of some $5.2 billion, the World Bank said Wednesday, not including the health impacts from toxic haze that sent air quality plummeting.
Telefonica Deutschland picked Nokia of Finland and China's Huawei on Wednesday to build its 5G network, seeking to get work moving even though Germany has yet to finalise security rules governing equipment suppliers.
Saudi Aramco's listing will boost the kingdom's efforts to diversify from oil as the bulk of proceeds will be injected in domestic projects, while the global buzz surrounding the deal will help lure foreign capital, the finance minister said.
Porsche has taken down payments from 30,000 customers in Europe for its Taycan, the luxury car maker's first fully electric model, CEO Oliver Blume told Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper.
After the initial euphoria had subsided, Mexican business leaders emerged bruised and resigned to a new stricter trade deal with the United States and Canada that could usher in more intrusive enforcement of labor rules in Mexico.
SINGAPORE: Amazon will invest in widening the selection of offerings and making online shopping more convenient for members of its two-year-old Prime service in Singapore. “We certainly listened to members and heard several things,” Amazon Prime’s vice president Jamil Ghani told CNA on Wednesday ...
Saudi Aramco shares were indicated at 35.2 riyal (US$9.39) each in the pre-market auction on Wednesday, 10per cent above their IPO price of 32 riyals, Refintiv data shows.
Saudi Aramco shares were indicated at 35.2 riyal (US$9.39) each in the pre-market auction on Wednesday, 10per cent above their IPO price of 32 riyals, Refintiv data shows.
The U.S. Federal Reserve holds its last policy meeting of 2019 on Wednesday, having completed a year-long U-turn that saw it abandon a tightening cycle and lower borrowing costs three times in response to the global trade war.
Facebook Inc dropped to the 23rd spot in Glassdoor's list of "Best Places to Work" in 2020 from the seventh it secured last year, amid heightened regulatory scrutiny of the world's largest social network.
